Gaurav Gogoi Won The Jorhat Constituency Of Assam

The Jorhat constituency of Assam captured the attention of the public in this Lok Sabha election as it marked the entry of Gaurav Gogoi of Congress, who had moved to the Jorhat from his traditional Kaliabor constituency. Gaurav Gogoi secured 7,51,771 votes defeating the BJP candidate Topon Gogoi, who bagged 6,07,378 votes.

Jorhat, constituency after being represented by the Congress for a decade, its political dynamics marked the entry of the BJP as  Kmakya Prasad Tasa won the 2014 election, followed by the 2019 election, in which the party strengthened its hold in the constituency with the victory of Topon Kumar Gogoi.

Gaurav Gogi, the youth face of Congress, marked his political debut during the 2014 Lok Sabha election as he won against Mirnal Kumar Saikia of BJP in the Kaliabor constituency, which was first represented by his father and the former Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi, and then by his uncle Dip Gogoi.  In the 2019 election, Mr. Gogoi won the constituency against Moni Madhab Mahanta of AGP by securing 55.18% of the votes which is a total of 786,092 votes. He also served as the deputy leader of the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha Elections since 2020.

Gaurav Gogoi has been one of the youth faces of the Congress and has emerged as one of the most vocal critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has been raising important questions in the parliament. He also led a “no-confidence motion” against the BJP government, questioning the government’s silence on the Manipur violence.