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 Details[edit]

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 Assembly[edit]

Election results[edit]

2016 result[edit]

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South (SC)
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 result[edit]

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South (SC)
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

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "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.


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