Jayanta Malla Baruah

Jayanta Malla Baruah is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a one term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016.[1]

Jayanta Malla Baruah
Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 2011–2016
Preceded by	Alaka Sarma
Succeeded by	Ashok Sarma
Constituency	Nalbari
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Occupation	Politician

Constituency

Baruah represented the Nalbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Baruah won the seat on an Indian National Congress ticket beating the sitting Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly Alaka Sarma from the Asom Gana Parishad by about 9000 votes.[2]

Political party

Baruah was from the Indian National Congress but in 2015 he switched party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] Baruah was later denied a ticket from a party to fight the 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election.[4]

References

1. "Jayanta Malla Baruah Member Assam Legislative Assembly". assamassembly.nic.in.
2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Nalbari Assembly Constituency". elections.in.
3. "Nalbari BJP welcomes Jayanta Malla". eastern-today.com.
4. "BJP changes candidates in two seats, Jayanta Malla denied ticket". sentinelassam.com.