Biswanath (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Biswanath (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Biswanath forms part of the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Member of Legislative Assembly

• 1957: Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Kosheswar Bora, Independent
• 1978: Kosheswar Bora, Janata Party
• 1985: Padmanath Koiri, Independent
• 1991: Nurjamal Sarkar, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Prabin Hazarika, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2001: Nurjamal Sarkar, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Nurjamal Sarkar, Indian National Congress
• 2011: Prabin Hazarika, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2016: Promod Borthakur, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016 result

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Biswanath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Promod Borthakur	64,225	52.33
	INC	Nurjamal Sarkar	54,105	44.08
	JD(U)	Gopi Chand Shahabadi	2,056	1.67
	NOTA	None of the above	2,341	1.90
Majority			10,120	8.25
Turnout			1,22,727	86.95
Registered electors			1,41,134
	BJP gain from Asom Gana Parishad		Swing

2011 result

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Biswanath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Prabin Hazarika	48,104	45.51
	INC	Nurjamal Sarkar	46,605	44.09
	BJP	Diganta Ghatuwar	6,156	5.82
	Independent	Abdul Rajek	2,178	2.06
	AIUDF	Hifzur Rahman	1,566	1.48
	AITC	Kalyan Deori Bharali	1,102	1.04
Majority			1,499	1.42
Turnout			1,05,711	81.68
Registered electors			1,29,414
	Asom Gana Parishad gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Bishwanath Chariali
• Biswanath
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly