Bhuban Gam is a politician from

Bharatiya Janata party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. He has been elected in

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Me ...

election in 2022 from

Majuli Mājuli or Majuli () is a river island in the Brahmaputra River, Assam and in 2016 it became the first island to be made a district in India. It had an area of at the beginning of the 20th century, but having lost significantly to erosion it c ...

constituency. Bhuban Gam won the Majuli By-Polls election held on 10 March 2022. According to

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website, Gam won nearly 70 per cent of votes in eight rounds of counting . He received 66763 votes and won defeating Chittaranjan Basumatary of the

Assam Jatiya Parishad Assam Jaitya Parishad (AJP) is a state Political Party in Assam, India. It is formed by two student organizations of Assam, All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) in September 2020. Former All Assam Stu ...

by over 24952 votes.

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Assam: BJP names Bhuban Gam as candidate for Majuli by-election
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