Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency
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Abhayapuri South | |
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Constituency No. 35 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Northeast India |
State | Assam |
District | Bongaigaon |
LS constituency | Barpeta |
Established | 1978 |
Reservation | SC |
Elected year | 2021 |
Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly, in Assam, northeastern India.[1][2]
Abhayapuri South (constituency number 35) is one of the 3 constituencies located in Bongaigaon district.[3] It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Abhayapuri South is part of Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency[4] along with 9 other assembly segments, namely, Bongaigaon and Abhayapuri North in this district, Patacharkuchi, Barpeta, Jania, Baghbar, Sarukhetri and Chenga in Barpeta district and Dharmapur in Nalbari district.
Town Details
[edit]Following are the details of Abhayapuri South:[4]
- Country: India.
- State: Assam.
- District: Bongaigaon
- Lok Sabha Constituency: Barpeta.
- Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
- Literacy Level: 69.74%.
- Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 206,843 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:91,211. Female Electors:83,652.
- Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°17’36.2"N 90°34’36.1"E.
- Total Area Covered: 435 square kilometres.
- Area Includes: Abhayapuri thana [excluding the villages specified in item (15) of the Appendix] in Goalpara sub-division of Bongaigaon district of Assam.
- Inter State Border : Bongaigaon.
- Number of Polling Stations: Year 2011–206, Year 2016–240, Year 2021–35.
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]- 1978: Rabindra Nath Choudhury, Janata Party.
- 1985: Ratneswar Sarkar, Independent.
- 1991: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
- 1996: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad.
- 2001: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
- 2006: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad.
- 2011: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.[4]
- 2016: Ananta Kumar Malo, All India United Democratic Front.[4][5]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2021 | Pradip Sarkar[6] | Indian National Congress |
Election results
[edit]2016
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIUDF | Ananta Kumar Malo | 51,525 | 32.50 | +3.29 | |
INC | Chandan Kumar Sarkar | 51,334 | 32.38 | −9.86 | |
AGP | Rabin Banikya | 50,957 | 32.14 | +10.42 | |
Independent | Nirmalendu Banikya | 1,602 | 1.01 | N/A | |
RPI(A) | Ashok Dutta | 1,304 | 0.82 | N/A | |
Jan Congress Party | Dhiren Majumdar | 694 | 0.43 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,113 | 0.70 | N/A | |
Majority | 191 | 0.12 | −12.91 | ||
Turnout | 1,58,529 | 90.95 | +5.81 | ||
Registered electors | 1,74,303 | ||||
AIUDF gain from INC | Swing |
2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Chandan Kumar Sarkar | 51,510 | 42.24 | ||
AIUDF | Bijay Das | 35,621 | 29.21 | ||
AGP | Dhrubajyoti Banikya | 26,485 | 21.72 | ||
BJP | Dinesh Sarkar | 2,998 | 2.46 | ||
AITC | Kaustav Kumar Das | 2,628 | 2.15 | ||
Independent | Ashok Dutta | 1,211 | 0.99 | ||
BPF | Bimal Chandra Das | 996 | 0.82 | ||
Lok Bharati | Mohadev Das | 510 | 0.42 | ||
Majority | 15,889 | 13.03 | |||
Turnout | 1,21,959 | 85.14 | |||
INC gain from AGP | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Abhayapuri South Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Abdul Batin Khandakar of INC Wins". news18.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Assam Assembly election 2021, Abhayapuri South profile: AIUDF's Anita Kumar Malo narrowly defeated Congress' Chandan Kumar Sarkar in 2016". firstpost.com. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.