Boko–Chaygaon Assembly constituency

Boko
Boko
Constituency No. 48 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Kamrup
Lok Sabha constituency	Gauhati
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Assam Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Nandita Das
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2021

Boko Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly.^[1]^[2]^[3] This constituency was renamed to Boko–Chaygaon in 2023.^[4]

Boko formed part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. It was one of the Assam constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes. Nandita Das of the Indian National Congress is the present^[when?] MLA for the constituency.

Town Details[edit | edit source]

Following are details on Boko Assembly constituency^[5]-

Country: India.
State: Assam.
District: Kamrup district .
Lok Sabha Constituency: Gauhati Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
Literacy Level: 72.81%.
Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 2,36,661 Eligible Electors. Male Electors: 85,984 . Female Electors: 84,350 .
Geographic Co-Ordinates: 25°57’41.8"N 91°08’25.1"E.
Total Area Covered: 742 square kilometres.
Area Includes:Boko thana (excluding Bongaon mouza) in Gauhati sub-division.
Inter State Border :Kamrup.
Number of Polling Stations: 238 (2011), 245 (2016), 48 (2021).

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Following is the list of past members representing Boko Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature.^[6]

1951: Radha Charan Choudhury, Socialist Party.
1957: Radha Charan Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
1962: Prabin Kumar Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
1967: Prabin Kumar Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
1972: Prabin Kumar Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
1978: Umesh Chandra Das, Janata Party.
1983: Upendra Das, Indian National Congress.
1985: Gopinath Das, Independent.
1991: Gopinath Das, Indian National Congress.
1996: Jyoti Prasad Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
2001: Gopinath Das, Indian National Congress.
2006: Jyoti Prasad Das, Asom Gana Parishad.

Year	Member
2011	Gopinath Das	All India United Democratic Front
2016	Nandita Das	Indian National Congress
2021^[7]	Nandita Das

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko-Chaygoan
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJP	Raju Mech
	INC	Ramen Singh Rabha
	AITC	BHOGLAL RABHA
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Nandita Das	120,613	58.82
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	68,147	33.23
	AITC	Gopinath Das	12,571	6.13
	NOTA	None of the above	3,735	1.82
Majority			52,466
Turnout			2,05,066	{{{percentage}}}
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nandita Das	69,986	39.69	+8.74
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	52,392	29.71	+12.65
	AIUDF	Gopinath Das	42,338	24.01	−14.51
	Independent	Dr. Ghanashyam Das	5,794	3.28	N/A
	Independent	Anirban Das	2,796	1.58	N/A
	Independent	Nitish Ranjan Das	1,148	0.65	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,851	1.04	N/A
Majority			17,594	9.98	+2.41
Turnout			1,76,305	89.05	+5.78
Registered electors			1,97,963
	INC gain from All India United Democratic Front		Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIUDF	Gopinath Das	54,388	38.52
	INC	Jayanta Das	43,697	30.95
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	24,086	17.06
	BPF	Prabin Mandal	13,318	9.43
	BJP	Jiten Sarkar	3,656	2.59
	AITC	Niranjan Das	2,050	1.45
Majority			10,691	7.57
Turnout			1,41,195	83.27
Registered electors			1,69,554
	All India United Democratic Front gain from Asom Gana Parishad		Swing

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
↑ "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ https://www.eci.gov.in/Documents/Delimitation/DELIMITATIONASSAM_UPDATED.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Boko Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Nandita Das of INC Leading Wins". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
↑ "Boko Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Elections in India. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
↑ "Assam Election Results 2021: Check Full List Of Winners". ndtv.com. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
↑ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links[edit | edit source]

"Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[delimitation2008-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[ceo-2] "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[ceomap-3] "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[4] ttps://www.eci.gov.in/Documents/Delimitation/DELIMITATIONASSAM_UPDATED.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

[bo_ref3-5] "Boko Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Nandita Das of INC Leading Wins". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[bok_ref2-6] "Boko Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Elections in India. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[abhaya_ref1-7] "Assam Election Results 2021: Check Full List Of Winners". ndtv.com. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[election2021-8] "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[election2016-9] "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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