Golaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Golaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Golaghat forms part of the Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency Ajanta Neog has been the most successful candidate in this constituency, winning it consecutively five times since 2001.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1951: Rajendranath Barua, Indian National Congress
• 1957: Rajendranath Barua, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Dandeswar Hazarika, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Soneswar Bora, Samyukta Socialist Party
• 1972: Soneswar Bora, Socialist Party
• 1978: Soneswar Bora, Janata Party
• 1983: Nagen Neog, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Debeswar Bora, Independent
• 1991: Nagen Neog, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Atul Bora, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2001: Ajanta Neog, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Ajanta Neog, Indian National Congress
• 2011: Ajanta Neog, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Ajanta Neog, Indian National Congress
• 2021: Ajanta Neog, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021 result

Assam Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Golaghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajanta Neog	81,651	50.63	+4.01
	INC	Bitupan Saikia	72,326	44.84	-5.32
	[[Assam Jatiya Parishad|Template:Assam Jatiya Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Reena Saikia	5,062	3.14	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,245	1.39	+0.24
Majority			9,325	5.79	+2.25
Turnout			1,61,284	78.59	-5.47
Registered electors			2,05,196
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016 result

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Golaghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajanta Neog	73,862	50.16	-14.72
	BJP	Bitupan Saikia	68,649	46.62	+44.03
	[[All India United Democratic Front|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]]	Syed Jahid Abdullah	1,804	1.22	N/A
	Independent	Dipankar Das	1,193	0.81	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,717	1.16	N/A
Majority			5,213	3.54	-34.07
Turnout			1,47,225	84.06	+6.72
Registered electors			1,75,129
	INC hold		Swing

2011 result

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Golaghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajanta Neog	79,648	64.88
	[[Asom Gana Parishad|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Amiyo Bora	33,477	27.27
	AITC	Debeswar Bora	5,006	4.08
	BJP	Debajit Bora	3,179	2.59
	NCP	Amrit Goswami	1,447	1.18
Majority			46,171	37.61
Turnout			1,22,757	77.34
Registered electors			1,58,719
	INC hold		Swing