Abhayapuri South (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Assam state in northeastern India.[1]
Abhayapuri South (constituency number 35) is one of the 3 constituencies located in Bongaigaon district. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Abhayapuri South is part of Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency[1] along with 9 other assembly segments, namely, Bongaigaon and Abhayapuri North in this district, Patacharkuchi, Barpeta, Jania, Baghbar, Sarukhetri and Chenga in Barpeta district and Dharmapur in Nalbari district.
Town DetailsEdit
Following are the details of Abhayapuri South:[1]
- Country: India.
- State: Assam.
- District: Bongaigaon
- Lok Sabha Constituency: Barpeta.
- Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
- Literacy Level: 69.74%.
- Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 206,843 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:91,211. Female Electors:83,652.
- Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°17’36.2"N 90°34’36.1"E.
- Total Area Covered: 435 square kilometres.
- Area Includes: Abhayapuri thana [excluding the villages specified in item (15) of the Appendix] in Goalpara sub-division of Bongaigaon district of Assam.
- Inter State Border : Bongaigaon.
- Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-206,Year 2016-240,Year 2021-35.
Members of Legislative AssemblyEdit
- 1978: Rabindra Nath Choudhury, Janata Party.
- 1985: Ratneswar Sarkar, Independent.
- 1991: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
- 1996: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad.
- 2001: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
- 2006: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad.
- 2011: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.[1]
- 2016: Ananta Kumar Malo, All India United Democratic Front.[1][2]
- 2021: Pradip Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
Election resultsEdit
2016 resultEdit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[All India United Democratic Front|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] | Ananta Kumar Malo | 51,525 | 32.50 | +3.29 | |
| INC | Chandan Kumar Sarkar | 51,334 | 32.38 | -9.86 | |
| [[Asom Gana Parishad|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]] | Rabin Banikya | 50,957 | 32.14 | +10.42 | |
| Independent | Nirmalendu Banikya | 1,602 | 1.01 | N/A | |
| RPI(A) | Ashok Dutta | 1,304 | 0.82 | N/A | |
| Jan Congress Party | Dhiren Majumdar | 694 | 0.43 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,113 | 0.70 | N/A | |
| Majority | 191 | 0.12 | -12.91 | ||
| Turnout | 1,58,529 | 90.95 | +5.81 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,74,303 | ||||
| All India United Democratic Front gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2011 resultEdit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Chandan Kumar Sarkar | 51,510 | 42.24 | ||
| [[All India United Democratic Front|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]] | Bijay Das | 35,621 | 29.21 | ||
| [[Asom Gana Parishad|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]] | Dhrubajyoti Banikya | 26,485 | 21.72 | ||
| BJP | Dinesh Sarkar | 2,998 | 2.46 | ||
| AITC | Kaustav Kumar Das | 2,628 | 2.15 | ||
| Independent | Ashok Dutta | 1,211 | 0.99 | ||
| [[Bodoland People's Front|Template:Bodoland People's Front/meta/shortname]] | Bimal Chandra Das | 996 | 0.82 | ||
| Lok Bharati | Mohadev Das | 510 | 0.42 | ||
| Majority | 15,889 | 13.03 | |||
| Turnout | 1,21,959 | 85.14 | |||
| INC gain from Asom Gana Parishad | Swing | ||||
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Abhayapuri South Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Abdul Batin Khandakar of INC Wins". news18.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Assam Assembly election 2021, Abhayapuri South profile: AIUDF's Anita Kumar Malo narrowly defeated Congress' Chandan Kumar Sarkar in 2016". firstpost.com. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.