Majuli is a Vidhan Sabha constituency. It is reserved
under the scheduled tribe category. It also falls under Lakhimpur Lok Sabha
constituency.

BJP’s Sarbananda Sonowal is the sitting MLA of Majuli.
He defeated Rajib Lochan Pegu of INC by 18,923 votes in the 2016 assembly
elections.

Tribal communities Deoris, Misings and Sonowal Kacharis live
in Majuli. Ahoms, Chutias, Koch, Kalitas are the non-tribal communities living
here.

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Majuli has witnessed high profile election campaigning with
Indian PM Narendra Modi and opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi visiting the
constituency before polling.

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Here are a few details about the Majuli assembly
seat:

Name of the assembly constituency, district: Majuli,
Jorhat

Lok Sabha constituency: Majuli Lok Sabha Constituency

Polling date: NA

2016 candidates: Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP), Rajib
Lochan Pegu (INC)

2021 candidates: NA

Sitting MLA, party: Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP)

Winning margin in 2016: 18,923

Runner up name, party: Rajib Lochan Pegu (INC)

Number of voters in 2016: 97,769

Percentage of votes polled in 2016: 85.33%

Number of women voters in 2016: 47,429

Number of polling booths in
2016: 164