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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Margherita<br />
| constituency_no = 83<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = Margherita Assembly constituency map 2023.svg<br />
| state = [[Assam]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency|Dibrugarh]]<br />
| district = [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]]<br />
| established = 1978<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| incumbent_image = <br />
| mla = <br />
| party = <br />
| alliance = <br />
| electors = <br />
}}<br />
'''Margherita Assembly constituency''' is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of [[Assam]], a north east state of [[India]]. Margherita is part of [[Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/Documents/Delimitation/DELIMITATIONASSAM_UPDATED.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies of State of Assam|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date = 2025-11-28}}</ref><br />
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==Members of Legislative Assembly==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! colspan="2" |Election<br />
!Member<br />
!Party affiliation<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |<br />
|[[1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |Kul Bahadur Chetri<br />
|[[Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br />
| rowspan="8" |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|[[Tarun Gogoi]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|1998^<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Pradyut Bordoloi]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|[[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Bhaskar Sharma]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
|[[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
=== 2026 ===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]: Margherita}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Rahul Chetry|party=Raijor Dal|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=|party=|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes= |percentage= |change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box rejected|votes=|percentage=}}{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = |change = }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=|loser= |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2021===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]: Margherita}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Bhaskar Sharma<br />
|votes = 86,640<br />
|percentage = 56.52<br />
|change = +0.68<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Manoranjan Borgohain <br />
|votes = 28,140<br />
|percentage = 18.36<br />
|change = -20.85<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Assam Jatiya Parishad<br />
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar Deb<br />
|votes = 22,935<br />
|percentage = 14.96<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Ignatius Ekka<br />
|votes = 10,315<br />
|percentage = 6.73<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Rantu Sonowal<br />
|votes = 1,444<br />
|percentage = 0.94<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Bhogeswar Shyam<br />
|votes = 1,269<br />
|percentage = 0.83<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 2,536<br />
|percentage = 1.65<br />
|change = +0.09<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 58,500<br />
|percentage = 38.16<br />
|change = +21.53<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,53,279<br />
|percentage = 78.12<br />
|change = -5.88<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2016===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
title=[[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]: Margherita}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Bhaskar Sharma<br />
|votes = 76,365<br />
|percentage = 55.84<br />
|change = +18.73<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Pradyut Bordoloi]]<br />
|votes = 53,621<br />
|percentage = 39.21<br />
|change = -12.94<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Nidan Purty<br />
|votes = 1,332<br />
|percentage = 0.97<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Bishwanath Singha<br />
|votes = 1,306<br />
|percentage = 0.95<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Umesh Bora<br />
|votes = 1,289<br />
|percentage = 0.74<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Purna Chhetri<br />
|votes = 690<br />
|percentage = 0.50<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 2,137<br />
|percentage = 1.56<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 22,744<br />
|percentage = 16.63<br />
|change = +1.59<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,36,740<br />
|percentage = 84.00<br />
|change = +15.61<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2011===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
title=[[2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]: Margherita}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Pradyut Bordoloi]]<br />
|votes = 57,615<br />
|percentage = 52.15<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Kamakhya Prasad Tasa]]<br />
|votes = 41,006<br />
|percentage = 37.11<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Asom Gana Parishad<br />
|candidate = Suren Phukan<br />
|votes = 7,066<br />
|percentage = 6.40<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Joikrishna Tanti<br />
|votes = 2,923<br />
|percentage = 2.65<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Trinamool Congress<br />
|candidate = Abani Mohan Medhi<br />
|votes = 1,874<br />
|percentage = 1.70<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 16,609<br />
|percentage = 15.04<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,10,484<br />
|percentage = 68.39<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Margherita, Assam|Margherita]]<br />
* [[Tinsukia district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Assam}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Tinsukia district]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1978]]<br />
[[Category:1978 establishments in Assam]]</div>
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