The Lakhimpur Constituency, one of the 14 Parliamentary constituencies in Assam, is gearing up for Lok Sabha election this year. The estimated number of electors during the 2019 Lok Sabha Election in the Lakhimpur Constituency was 16,21,466.
Voters and Demographics (Pre-Delimitation)
Total voters: 17,04,407
Voter turnout 2019: 75.31 per cent
Individuals contesting for the Lakhimpur constituency comprises BJP’s Pradan Baruah, Congress’ Uday Shankar Hazarika, TMC’s Ghana Kanta Chutia, CPI’s Dhiren Kachari, Socialist Unity Centre of India Communist’s Pallab Pegu, Voters Party International’s Biren Bailung and three Independents Bikram Ramchiary, Deba Nath Pait and Gobin Biswakarma.
Among these, three prominent candidates are Pradan Baruah, Uday Shankar Hazarika and Ghana Kanta Chutia.
Pradan Baruah is a BJP politician from Assam, currently serving as the MP for Lakhimpur since a by-election in November 2016. He succeeded Sarbananda Sonowal and was formerly with the Indian National Congress. He has also been an MLA from the Dhemaji constituency.
Uday Shankar Hazarika, an Assamese politician, has been designated by the Congress as their nominee for the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha seat. Formerly affiliated with the BJP, he switched to the Congress recently.
Ghana Kanta Chutia is a political candidate from the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), contesting for the Lakhimpur Parliamentary Constituency in Assam. Hailing from Lathia in Dhemaji, Assam, he is recognised as a key member of the TMC.
The Lakhimpur Lok Sabha Constituency will cast its votes on April 19, during the first phase of the 2024 elections. The counting and declaration of results of the election outcomes are scheduled for June 4.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Pradan Baruah emerged victorious in the Lakhimpur constituency with a total of 7,76,406 votes. Congress’ Anil Borgohain was the runner up with a total of 4,25,855 votes. In 2014, Sarbananda Sonowal emerged victorious for the BJP, with Ranee Narah of INC as the runner-up. In 2009, Ranee Narah emerged victorious for the INC, with Dr Arun Kumar Sarma of AGP as the runner-up.
