Hojai Assembly constituency

Hojai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Hojai is also part of Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency.

Member of Legislative Assembly

• 1967: R. Ahmed, Swatantra Party
• 1972: Idris Ali Fakir, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Santi Ranjan Das Gupta, Janata Party
• 1983: Sadhan Ranjan Sarkar, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Santi Ranjan Das Gupta, Independent
• 1991: Ardhendu Kumar Dey, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Ardhendu Kumar Dey, Indian National Congress
• 2001: Ardhendu Kumar Dey, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Dr. Aditya Langthasa, All India United Democratic Front
• 2011: Ardhendu Kumar Dey, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Shiladitya Dev, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016 results

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2016: Hojai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shiladitya Dev	1,05,615	54.39	+35.53
	AIUDF	Dhaniram Thousen	49,756	25.62	−6.27
	INC	Dr. Ardhendu Kumar Dey	35,207	18.13	−26.26
	Independent	Md. Zakir Hussain	1,432	0.73	N/A
	Independent	Mainul Hoque	795	0.40	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,342	0.69	N/A
Majority			55,859	28.77	+16.27
Turnout			1,94,147	86.11	+6.85
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+4.64

2011 results

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2011: Hojai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Ardhendu Kumar Dey	70,649	44.39
	AIUDF	Dr. Aditya Langthasa	50,755	31.89
	BJP	Shiladitya Dev	30,011	18.86
	AGP	Narayan Chandra Bhowmik	2,623	1.64
	CPI(M)	Jogeshwar Das	1,577	0.99
	Independent	Deba Prasad Chauhan	1,420	0.89
	AITC	Debashish Dutta	941	0.59
	AIMF	Md. Abdul Karim	672	0.42
	Independent	Arun Dev	476	0.29
Majority			19,894	12.50
Turnout			1,59,124	79.26
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing

See also

• Hojai
• Hojai district
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly