Chapaguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chapaguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Chapaguri forms part of the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency. It is a reserved seat for the Scheduled tribes (ST).

Member of Legislative Assembly

• 1978: Manik Chandra Das, Independent
• 1983: Bimal Gayari, Plain Tribals Council of Assam
• 1985: Suren Swargiary, Independent
• 1991: Suren Swargiary, Asom Gana Parishad
• 1996: Jagmohan Basmatary, Independent
• 2001: Tijen Basumatary, Independent
• 2006: Thaneswar Basumatary, Independent
• 2011: Hitesh Basumatary, Bodoland People's Front
• 2016: Thaneswar Basumatary, Bodoland People's Front
• 2021: Urkhao Gwra Brahma, United People's Party Liberal

Election results

2021 result

Assam Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Chapaguri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UPPL	Urkhao Gwra Brahma	61,804	48.58
	BPF	Hitesh Basumatary	35,065	27.56	−10.23
	Independent	Sujan Das	20,989	16.50
	NOTA	None of the above	1,884	1.48	−0.31
Majority			26,739	16.58
Turnout			1,27,223	78.92
Registered electors			1,61,197
	United People's Party Liberal gain from BPF		Swing

2016 result

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Chapaguri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPF	Thaneswar Basumatary	43,250	37.79
	Independent	Sujan Das	41,769	36.50
	Independent	Hitesh Basumatary	27,342	23.89
	NOTA	None of the above	2,058	1.79
Majority			1,481	1.29
Turnout			1,14,419	83.35
Registered electors			1,37,267
	BPF hold		Swing