Jonai Assembly constituency

Jonai
Jonai
Constituency No. 80 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Dhemaji
Lok Sabha constituency	Lakhimpur
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Elected year	2021

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Jonai Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Jonai is also part of Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency. It is a reserved seat for the scheduled tribes.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

	Member	Party affiliation
1978	Romesh Mohan Kouli	Janata Party
1983	Puspadhar Pegu	Indian National Congress
1985	Phani Ram Tayeng	Independent
1991	Gomeswar Pegu	Indian National Congress
1996	Pradan Baruah	Asom Gana Parishad
2001	Pradan Baruah	Indian National Congress
2006	Bhubon Pegu	Independent
2011	Pradan Baruah	Indian National Congress
2016	Bhubon Pegu	Independent
2021		Bharatiya Janata Party
2026		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jonai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Bhubon Pegu	128940	72.54
	INC	Raj Kumar Medak	48816	27.46
	AITC
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory			80124
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jonai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhubon Pegu	168,411	68.69	+49.71
	INC	Hema Hari Prasanna Pegu	57,424	23.42	+8.44
	AJP	Phaniram Tayeng	7,726	3.15	N/A
	Independent	Madhab Machahary	6,404	2.61	N/A
	Independent	Bhabani Boro	1,511	0.62	N/A
	JD(U)	Bhagya Chungkrang	1,006	0.41	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,676	1.09	+0.26
Majority			1,10,987	45.27	+21.36
Turnout			2,45,158	78.53	−3.32
Registered electors			3,12,180
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jonai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bhubon Pegu	88,441	42.89
	BJP	Aswini Pait	39,148	18.98
	Independent	Satho Basumatary	33,265	16.13
	INC	Sushil Pegu	30,890	14.98
	Independent	Lenindra Kumar Doley	5,625	2.73
	Independent	Hitesh Deori	2,290	1.11
	Independent	Bhupen Narah	2,120	1.03
	Independent	Janki Kumar Pegu	1,519	0.74
	Independent	Naren Sonowal	1,068	0.52
	NOTA	None of the above	1,417	0.83
Majority			49,293	23.91
Turnout			2,06,216	81.85
Registered electors			2,51,932
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

References

↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies of State of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 November 2025.

[1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies of State of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 November 2025.

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