Kaziranga Lok Sabha Election 2024: 6 Facts You Need to Know About Assam's Newly Formed Constituency

Kaziranga (erstwhile Kaliabor) Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam. It was newly created during delimitation in August 2023. Voting for Lok Sabha election in the Kaziranga constituency will take place in the first phase of polls on April 19. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. The Kaziranga seat consists of Kaliabor, Barhampur, Binnakandi, Hojai, Lumding, Golaghat, Dergaon and Khumtai, Bokakhat and Sarupathar assembly segments.

The Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency was struck down during the delimitation process by the Election Commission in August 2023 and was replaced by Kaziranga. Here are some interesting facts about this Lok Sabha seat.

Right from Tarun Gogoi (Former Assam CM) to his brother Deep Gogoi and his son Gaurav Gogoi, Kaliabor had been the domain of the Congress (with occasional upsets by the Ahom Gana Parishad).But the delimitation exercise has seen the nature of the constituency change considerably.