Golakganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Golakganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly in India. Golakganj forms a part of the Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

1951: Santosh Barua, Indian National Congress
1957: Bhuban Chandra Prodhani, Indian National Congress
1962: Sarat Chandra Sinha, Indian National Congress
1967: K. C. Roy Pradhani, Independent
1972: K. C. Roy Pradhani, Independent
1978: Alauddin Sarkar, Communist Party of India
1983: K. C. Roy Pradhani, Indian National Congress
1985: Dalim Ray, Independent
1991: Alauddin Sarkar, Communist Party of India
1996: Alauddin Sarkar, Communist Party of India
2001: Dinesh Chandra Sarkar, Bharatiya Janata Party
2006: Abu Taher Bepari, Indian National Congress
2011: Abu Taher Bepari, Indian National Congress
2016: Ashwini Roy Sarkar, Bharatiya Janata Party
2021:Abdus Sobahan Ali Sarkar, Indian National Congress

Election results

2016 result

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Golakganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashwini Roy Sarkar	74,644	46.20	+5.22
	INC	Abdus Sobhan Ali Sarkar	68,253	42.24	−1.71
	AIUDF	Safer Ali Ahmed	16,843	10.42	−1.08
	Independent	Jalaluddin Khan	814	0.50	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,001	0.61	N/A
Majority			6,391	3.96	+0.99
Turnout			1,61,555	91.23	+3.84
Registered electors			1,77,078
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2011 result

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Golakganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Abu Taher Bepari	59,320	43.95
	BJP	Ashwini Roy Sarkar	55,312	40.98
	AIUDF	Safer Ali Ahmed	15,522	11.50
	AGP	Santosh Kumar Sarkar	1,879	1.39
	AITC	Jalaluddin Khan	1,575	1.16
	Independent	Ali Hussain	1,360	1.00
Majority			4,008	2.97
Turnout			1,34,968	87.39
Registered electors			1,54,433
	INC hold		Swing