Bhabanipur (Assam Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhabanipur
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

Bhabanipur Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly in India. Bhabanipur forms part of Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency. There is an assembly segment by the same name in West Bengal Vidhan Sabha as well.

Town Details

• Country: India.

• State: Assam.

• District: Bajali district.

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

• Assembly Categorisation: Rural

• Literacy Level: 79%.

• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,17,396 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:75,355 . Female Electors: 72,693.

• Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°31'21.7"N 91°04'48.4"E..

• Total Area Covered: 378 square kilometres.

• Area Includes: Bhabanipur mouza in Barpeta thana; Bijni mouza in Sorbhog thana; and Hastinapur mouza in Patacharkuchithana, in Barpeta sub-division, of Bajali district of Assam.

• Inter State Border : Bajali.

• Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-167,Year 2016-169,Year 2021-41.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Following is the list of past members representing Bihpuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Assam Legislature.

• 1962: Mahadeb Das, Indian National Congress.
• 1967: D. Choudhary, Indian National Congress.
• 1972: Ghana Kanta Baro, Revolutionary Communist Party of India.
• 1978: Tarini Charan Das, Janata Party.
• 1983: Mir Abdul Halim, Indian National Congress.
• 1985: Surendra Medhi, Independent.
• 1991: Milan Boro, Independent.
• 1996: Surendra Medhi, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 1998: Binod Gayari.
• 2000: Dr. Manoranjan Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2001: Sarbananda Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
• 2006: Dr. Manoranjan Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2011: Abul Kalam Azad, All India United Democratic Front.
• 2016: Abul Kalam Azad, All India United Democratic Front.
• 2021: Phanidhar Talukdar, All India United Democratic Front.
• 2021 (by-polls): Phanidhar Talukdar, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Election results

2021 by-election

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly By-Election: Bhabanipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Phanidhar Talukdar	64,200	56.41
	INC	Sailendra Nath Das	38,559	33.58
	AIUDF	Jubbar Ali	6,430	5.65
	NOTA	None of the above	1,120	0.98
	VPI	Siben Das	842	0.74
	Independent	Khampha Khungur Goyary	823	0.72
	Independent	Shawkat Ali Ahmed	707	0.62
	Independent	Ariful Islam	565	0.5
	National Road Map Party of India	Merajul Haque	560	0.49
Majority			25,651	22.83
Turnout			1,13,806
	BJP gain from All India United Democratic Front		Swing

2021 Vidhan Sabha Elections

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Phanidhar Talukdar	55,546	44.57
	AGP	Ranjit Deka	52,748	42
	Independent	Abul Kalam Azad	5,400
	Independent	Kamal Kumar Medhi	3,217
	Independent	Binoy Kherkatary	1,594
	Independent	Ruhul Amin	1,434
	Independent	Makhan Swargiary	1,358
	Independent	Md. Rahman Ali	1,049
	Voters Party International	Hasen Ali	534
	RPI(A)	Anowar UddingAhmed	472
	Independent	Suban Ali	416
	Bharatiya Gana Parishad	Satya Chandra Arjya	369
	NOTA	None of the above	1037	0.83
Majority			2,439	2.21
Turnout			125603	84.32
Registered electors			148961
	AIUDF hold		Swing

2016 Vidhan Sabha Elections

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Abul Kalam Azad	28,383	25.73
	Independent	Phanidhar Talukdar	25,944	23.52
	BJP	Manoj Baruah	22,380	20.29
	Independent	Milan Baro	14,500	13.14
	Independent	Kanak Baro	8,748	7.93
	INC	Rajib Das	6,620	6.00
	Rashtriya Secular Congres	Kazi Shamsul Arfin	921	0.83
	Independent	Bhupendra Kalita	511	0.46
	RPI(A)	Satyacharan Arjya	447	0.40
	Rashtriya Janasachetan Party	Anowar Islam Akand	401	0.36
	Independent	Haidar Ali	378	0.34
	Independent	Meser Mollah	341	0.30
	NOTA	None of the above	706	0.64
Majority			2,439	2.21
Turnout			1,10,280	86.60
Registered electors			1,27,341
	AIUDF hold		Swing

2011 result

• Abul Kalam Azad (AIUDF) : 24,756 votes
• Phanidhar Talukdar (IND) : 19,714