Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency

Naba Kumar Sarania (in blue shirt above) registered an emphatic win as an Independent candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha election in Kokrajhar constituency. (Photo courtesy: Twitter/@MSDESkillIndia)

Kokrajhar is one of 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the north-eastern state of Assam and will cast its vote in the 2019 election on April 23.

Kokrajhar registered 83.16 percent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 1.73 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1765423 while the total voter turnout is 1468112. While in 2014, the constituency registered 81.43 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1502436 while the total voter's turnout was 1223445.

Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency covers 10 assembly segments - Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar East (ST), Kokrajhar West (ST), Sidli (ST), Bijni, Sorbhog, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Barama (ST) and Chapaguri (ST).

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election here, Independent candidate Naba Kumar Sarania defeated another Independent candidate Urkhao Gwra Brahma by a massive margin of 3,55,779 votes. This was the highest margin of win in terms of votes ever in elections in the state of Assam.

Interestingly, 49-year-old Sarania (also known as Heera) was a commander in militant outfit ULFA before entering politics.

In 2009 elections, before Sarania joined politics, the Bodoland People's Front managed to script a win by defeating Independents and the Asom Gana Parishad candidate. The voter turnout that year was 73.65 per cent.

The total number of electors in this constituency is over 15 lakh. For the 2019 election, BPF has decided to field Pramila Rani Brahma and this is the only constituency the party would contest and will provide support to BJP in all others in the state.