Sarbananda Sonowal was the President of Assam's oldest student body, the All Assam Students Union from 1992 to 1999. After that, he became a member of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). In 2001, he was elected the MLA from Assam's Moran constituency. In 2004, he became a Lok Sabha member representing Dibrugarh constituency and continued to be so till 2009 before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2011. In 2014 general election for Lok Sabha he was appointed to head State's 16th Lok Sabha Elections Assam by Bharatiya Janata Party, and in the same year he was also elected as Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur Constituency, he was then appointed as Union Minister of State-Independent Charge, of the Government of India under the Modi Government at the centre. He was selected as the CM candidate of BJP for the 2016 Assam Assembly Election. On 19 May 2016, Sarbananda Sonowal won the Assembly Election from Majuli Constituency making himself the next Chief Minister of Assam
- 2001-2004: Elected as MLA, Assam Legislative Assembly from Moran Constituency
- 2004: Elected as Member of Parliament, 14th Lok Sabha from Dibrugarh Constituency
- 2005: Appointed Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
- 2006: Appointed Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- 2011: Appointed as National Executive Member of Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2011: Appointed as State Spokesperson and General Secretary for Assam Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2012: Appointed as State President for Assam Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2014: Appointed to head State's 16th Lok Sabha Elections Assam Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2016: Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli Constituency
- 2016–Present: 14th Chief Minister of Assam
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