Palasbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

1951: Emonsing M Sangma, Independent
1957: Radhika Ram Das, Indian National Congress
1962: Radhika Ram Das, Indian National Congress
1967: A. K. Goswami, Indian National Congress
1972: Harendra Nath Talukdar, Indian National Congress
1978: Harendra Goswami, Janata Party
1983: Mohan Basumatari, Indian National Congress
1985: Jatin Mali, Independent
1991: Jatin Mali, Asom Gana Parishad
1996: Jatin Mali, Asom Gana Parishad
2001: Pranab Kalita, Independent
2006: Pranab Kalita, Independent
2011: Jatin Mali, Independent
2016: Pranab Kalita, Bharatiya Janata Party
2021: Hemanga Thakuria, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016 result

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Palasbari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pranab Kalita	75,210	61.93	+60.09
	INC	Nabajyoti Talukdar	26,468	21.79	+2.91
	Independent	Jatin Mali	15,755	12.97	−21.71
	Independent	Kushal Chandra Sarma	991	0.81	N/A
	LDP	Juri Mali	980	0.80	N/A
	RJP	Palash Jyoti Das	467	0.38	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,564	1.28	N/A
Majority			48,742	40.14	+39.54
Turnout			1,21,435	87.99	+6.07
Registered electors			1,38,002
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

2011 result

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Palasbari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jatin Mali	36,718	34.68
	Independent	Pranab Kalita	36,038	34.08
	INC	Niva Sharma Thakuria	19,993	18.88
	AGP	Anup Medhi	10,577	9.99
	BJP	Hemanga Thakuria	1,953	1.84
	AITC	Lalita Baishya	593	0.56
Majority			680	0.60
Turnout			1,05,872	81.92
Registered electors			1,29,231
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing