{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Keshab Mahanta | native_name = | image = File:Keshab Mahanta (cropped).JPG | image_size = 200 | caption = Official portrait, 2018 | office = Cabinet Minister, Assam | term_start = 24 May 2016 | term_end = | 1blankname = Chief Ministers | 1namedata = {{ubl|Sarbananda Sonowal|Himanta Biswa Sarma}} | 2blankname = Departments | 2namedata = {{bulleted list|Science, Technology and Climate Change {{small|(2016–present)}}|Information Technology {{small|(2016–present)}}|Water Resources {{small|(2016–21)}}|Library and Archaeology {{small|(2018–21)}}|Health and Family Welfare {{small|(2021–24)}}|Transport, Excise {{small|(2024)}}|Revenue and Disaster Management {{small|(2024–present)}}}} | predecessor = {{ubl|Tarun Gogoi {{Small|(Sc&Tech, IT)}}|Basanta Das {{small|(Water)}}|Himanta Biswa Sarma {{small|(Health)}}|Parimal Suklabaidya {{small|(Transport, Excise)}}|Jogen Mohan {{small|(Revenue)}}}} | successor = | office1 = Member, Assam Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = 11 May 2006 | term_end1 = | constituency1 = Kaliabor | predecessor1 = Gunin Hazarika | office2 = Working President, Asom Gana Parishad | term_start2 = 2014 | president2 = Atul Bora | office3 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term_start3 = 10 May 1996 | term_end3 = 3 March 1998 | constituency3 = Kaliabor | predecessor3 = Tarun Gogoi | successor3 = Tarun Gogoi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|07|6}} | birth_place = Nagaon, Assam | death_date = | death_place = | party = Asom Gana Parishad | spouse = Chayanika Mahanta | children = 2 | website = | footnotes = | source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3716.htm }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/State-plans-task-force-to-track-illegal-migrants/articleshow/48442228.cms | title=State plans task force to track illegal migrants | work=The Times of India | date=12 August 2015 | accessdate=23 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/keshab-mahanta-2011.html | title=MEMBER OF ASSAM LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ESHAB MAHANTA | publisher=Assam Government | accessdate=23 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=oct2412/state06 |title=AGP organisational meet held at Kaliabor |publisher=Assam Tribune |date=22 October 2012 |accessdate=23 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064152/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=oct2412%2Fstate06 |archivedate= 4 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name=loksabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|accessdate =23 October 2015}}</ref> 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 ===
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Constituency ! colspan="2" |Party ! Votes ! % ! colspan="3" |Opponent !Result !Margin |- | 1996 | rowspan="4"| Kaliabor | {{party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad|rowspan=4}} | 283,086 | 36.4% | rowspan="3"| Tarun Gogoi | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}} | {{won}} | {{yes2|1,616}} |- | 1998 | 151,487 | 22.8% | {{lost}} | {{no2|232,335}} |- | 1999 | 206,150 | 26.4% | {{lost}} | {{no2|167,392}} |- | 2004 | 234,695 | 30.7% | Dip Gogoi | {{lost}} | {{no2|67,198}} |- |}
=== Assam Legislative Assembly elections ===
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Constituency ! colspan="2" |Party ! Votes ! % ! colspan="3" |Opponent ! Result ! Margin |- | 2006 | rowspan="5"| Kaliabor | {{party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad|rowspan=5}} | 37,031 | 42.2% | Simanchal Digal | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}} | {{won}} | {{yes2|11,832}} |- | 2011 | 44,886 | 49.6% | Tapan Borah | {{won}} | {{yes2|9,029}} |- | 2016 | 64,759 | 63.0% | Bindu Ganju | {{won}} | {{yes2|37,990}} |- | 2021 | 73,677 | 59.9% | Prasanta Kumar Saikia | {{won}} | {{yes2|28,720}} |- | 2026 | 74,029 | 45.1% | Jiten Gour | {{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=4}} | {{won}} | {{yes2|17,890}} |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3716.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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