Barpeta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Barpeta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a Northeastern state of India. Barpeta is also part of Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency.

Town Details

• Country: India.

• State: Assam.

• District: Barpeta district.

• Lok Sabha Constituency: Barpeta Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.

• Assembly Categorisation: Semi Urban constituency.

• Literacy Level: 65.03%.

• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections:2,07,536 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:1,05,256 . Female Electors: 1,02,275.

• Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°26’47.4"N 91°00’25.2"E.

• Total Area Covered: 229 square kilometres.

• Area Includes: Barpeta, Ghilajari and Howli mouzas in Barpeta thana in Barpeta sub-division, of Barpeta district of Assam.

• Inter State Border : Barpeta.

• Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-206,Year 2016-213,Year 2021-43.

Member of Legislative Assembly

• 1957: Mahadev Das, Indian National Congress.
• 1957: Srihari Das, Praja Socialist Party.
• 1962: Madhusudhan Das, Praja Socialist Party.
• 1965: D.Talukdar, Indian National Congress.
• 1967: S.N. Das, Praja Socialist Party.
• 1972: Surendra Nath Da, Indian National Congress.
• 1978: A. Latif, Independent.
• 1983: Ismail Hussain, Independent.
• 1985: Kumar Deepak Das, Independent.
• 1991: Ismail Hussain, Indian National Congress.
• 1996: Ismail Hussain, All India Indira Congress (Tiwari).
• 2001: Ismail Hussain, Indian National Congress.
• 2006: Gunindra Nath Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2011: Abdur Rahim Khan, All India United Democratic Front.
• 2016: Gunindra Nath Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2021: Abdur Rahim Ahmed, Indian National Congress.

Election results

2016 results

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Barpeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Asom Gana Parishad|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Gunindra Nath Das	63,563	38.95	+4.94
	INC	A. Rahim Ahmed	57,753	35.39	+20.57
	[[All India United Democratic Front|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]]	Abdur Rahim Khan	37,697	23.10	-20.29
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar Das	936	0.57	N/A
	[[Republican Party of India|Template:Republican Party of India/meta/shortname]]	Atikur Rahman	820	0.50	N/A
	Independent	Faruk Khan	774	0.47	N/A
	Independent	Sohrab Hussain	672	0.41	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	937	0.57	N/A
Majority			5,810	3.56	-5.82
Turnout			1,63,152	90.11	+3.79
Registered electors			1,81,058
	Asom Gana Parishad gain from All India United Democratic Front		Swing

2011 results

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Barpeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[All India United Democratic Front|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]]	Abdur Rahim Khan	56,915	43.39	+31.06
	[[Asom Gana Parishad|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Gunindra Nath Das	44,606	34.01	-7.98
	INC	Abdul Kayem	19,443	14.82	-24.58
	[[Bodoland People's Front|Template:Bodoland People's Front/meta/shortname]]	Abdul Kaddus	4,941	3.77	N/A
	BJP	Amiya Kumar Talukdar	3,962	3.02	-1.49
	AITC	Jeherul Haque	1,297	0.99	N/A
Majority			12,309	9.38	+6.79
Turnout			1,31,164	86.32	+4.99
Registered electors			1,51,943
	All India United Democratic Front gain from Asom Gana Parishad		Swing	+11.54

2006 results

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006: Barpeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Asom Gana Parishad|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Gunindra Nath Das	48,052	41.99	-3.77
	INC	Ismail Hussain	45,087	39.40	-6.55
	[[All India United Democratic Front|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]]	Abdus Samad Ahmed	14,115	12.33
	BJP	Anjali Das Choudhury	5,167	4.51
	AGP(P)	Dharanidhar Das	1,238	1.08
	NCP	Abdul Latif	764	0.66
Majority			2,965	2.59
Turnout			1,14,423	81.33
	Asom Gana Parishad gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Barpeta
• Barpeta district
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly