Siddhartha Bhattacharya

Siddhartha Bhattacharya (born 10 June 1961) is an Indian politician from the state of Assam.He is the son of former Leader of Opposition,Assam, Gaurishankar Bhattacharyya. He was a Cabinet Minister of Education of Assam and a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party.

He had joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 1995 and was party President of Assam unit in 2014 but was replaced by Sarbananda Sonowal ahead of 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election. He is a National Spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party for the North Eastern region.

Bhattacharya was defeated from Gauhati East constituency seat in 2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election with margin of 3,997 votes by Robin Bordoloi of Indian National Congress. But, he won Gauhati East constituency in 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election by defeating Bobeeta Sharma of Indian National Congress by a record margin of 96,637 votes.

Bhattacharya is maternal uncle of Indian journalist Arnab Goswami.

Electoral history

Year Constituency Party Votes %Opponent Result Margin 2011 Gauhati East 43,730 34.3% Robin Bordoloi 2016 1,27,602 79.1% Bobbeeta Sharma 2021 1,13,461 67.7% Ashima Bardoloi