Keshab Mahanta

Keshab Mahanta (born 6 July 1959) is an Indian politician of Asom Gana Parishad. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from the Kaliabor Constituency of Assam from 1996 to 1998 as a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Kaliabor constituency since 2006. He is also serving as the minister of Health and Family Welfare and Science and Technology, Information and Technology Departments, Government of Assam in the Sarma Ministry since 2021 and was a former minister of Water Resources and Science and Technology, Information and Technology Departments, Government of Assam from 2016 to 2021 in the Sonowal ministry. He was also working president of Asom Gana Parishad since 2014.

Electoral history

Lok Sabha elections

Year Constituency Party Votes %OpponentResultMargin 1996 Kaliabor 283,086 36.4% Tarun Gogoi 1998 151,487 22.8% 1999 206,150 26.4% 2004 234,695 30.7% Dip Gogoi

Assam Legislative Assembly elections

Year Constituency Party Votes %Opponent Result Margin 2006 Kaliabor 37,031 42.2% Simanchal Digal 2011 44,886 49.6% Tapan Borah 2016 64,759 63.0% Bindu Ganju 2021 73,677 59.9% Prasanta Kumar Saikia 2026 74,029 45.1% Jiten Gour