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'''Abhayapuri South''' [[Electoral district|Assembly constituency]] is one of the 126 constituencies of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly of Assam]] state in [[Northeast India|northeastern India]].[1]


Abhayapuri South (constituency number 35) is one of the 3 constituencies located in [[Bongaigaon]] district. It is reserved for [[Dalits|scheduled castes]].
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Abhayapuri South is part of [[Barpeta]] Lok Sabha constituency<ref name="abhay ref1">{{cite news |title=Abhayapuri South Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Abdul Batin Khandakar of INC Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/abhayapuri-south-election-result-2021-live-updates-abhayapuri-south-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3697553.html |access-date=12 November 2021 |publisher=news18.com |date=2 May 2021}}</ref> along with 9 other assembly segments, namely, Bongaigaon and [[Abhayapuri]] North in this district, [[Patacharkuchi]], Barpeta, [[Jania, Barpeta district|Jania]], [[Baghbar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baghbar]], [[Sarukhetri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sarukhetri]] and Chenga in Barpeta district and Dharmapur in [[Nalbari district|Nalbari]] district.
 
== Town Details ==
 
Following are the details of Abhayapuri South:<ref name="abhay ref1" />
 
* 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 ==
*1978: Rabindra Nath Choudhury, [[Janata Party]].
*1985: Ratneswar Sarkar, [[Independent (politician)|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]].<ref name="abhay ref1" />
*2016: [[Ananta Kumar Malo]], [[All India United Democratic Front]].<ref name="abhay ref1" /><ref name="abhay ref2">{{cite news |title=Assam Assembly election 2021, Abhayapuri South profile: AIUDF's Anita Kumar Malo narrowly defeated Congress' Chandan Kumar Sarkar in 2016 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/assam-assembly-election-2021-abhayapuri-south-profile-aiudfs-anita-kumar-malo-narrowly-defeated-congress-chandan-kumar-sarkar-in-2016-9235651.html |access-date=12 November 2021 |publisher=firstpost.com |date=25 February 2021}}</ref>
*2021: [[Pradip Sarkar (politician)|Pradip Sarkar]], [[Indian National Congress]].
 
== Election results ==
=== 2016 result ===
{{Election box begin|
title=[[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]: Abhayapuri South (SC)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = All India United Democratic Front
|candidate  = [[Ananta Kumar Malo]]
|votes      = 51,525
|percentage = 32.50
|change    = +3.29
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Indian National Congress
|candidate  = Chandan Kumar Sarkar
|votes      = 51,334
|percentage = 32.38
|change    = -9.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Asom Gana Parishad
|candidate  = [[Rabin Banikya]]
|votes      = 50,957
|percentage = 32.14
|change    = +10.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Independent (politician)
|candidate  = [[Nirmalendu Banikya]]
|votes      = 1,602
|percentage = 1.01
|change    = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Republican Party of India (A)
|candidate  = [[Ashok Dutta]]
|votes      = 1,304
|percentage = 0.82
|change    = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party      = Jan Congress Party
|candidate  = [[Dhiren Majumdar]]
|votes      = 694
|percentage = 0.43
|change    = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = None of the above
|candidate  = None of the above
|votes      = 1,113
|percentage = 0.70
|change    = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes      = 191
|percentage = 0.12
|change    = -12.91
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes      = 1,58,529
|percentage = 90.95
|change    = +5.81
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,74,303
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner    = All India United Democratic Front
|loser      = Indian National Congress
|swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2011 result===
{{Election box begin|
title=[[2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]: Abhayapuri South (SC)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Indian National Congress
|candidate  = Chandan Kumar Sarkar
|votes      = 51,510
|percentage = 42.24
|change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = All India United Democratic Front
|candidate  = [[Bijay Das]]
|votes      = 35,621
|percentage = 29.21
|change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Asom Gana Parishad
|candidate  = [[Dhrubajyoti Banikya]]
|votes      = 26,485
|percentage = 21.72
|change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate  = [[Dinesh Sarkar]]
|votes      = 2,998
|percentage = 2.46
|change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate  = [[Kaustav Kumar Das]]
|votes      = 2,628
|percentage = 2.15
|change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Independent (politician)
|candidate  = Ashok Dutta
|votes      = 1,211
|percentage = 0.99
|change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Bodoland People's Front
|candidate  = [[Bimal Chandra Das]]
|votes      = 996
|percentage = 0.82
|change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party      = Lok Bharati
|candidate  = [[Mohadev Das]]
|votes      = 510
|percentage = 0.42
|change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes      = 15,889
|percentage = 13.03
|change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes      = 1,21,959
|percentage = 85.14
|change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner    = Indian National Congress
|loser      = Asom Gana Parishad
|swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Assam}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Assam]]

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