Bokajan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bokajan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly in India. Bokajan forms a part of the Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency. This seat is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST).

Town Details

Following are details on Bokajan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)-

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Karbi Anglong district .
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Tezpur Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
• Assembly Categorisation: Rural
• Literacy Level: 86.02%.
• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,50,315 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:76,350 . Female Electors: 73,965 .
• Geographic Co-Ordinates:26°18'16.9"N 93°38'02.0"E.
• Total Area Covered: 2356 square kilometres.
• Area Includes: Bokajan thana in Diphu sub-division.. It shares an inter-state border with Karbi Anglong, of Karbi Anglong district of Assam.
• Inter State Border : Karbi Anglong.
• Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-149,Year 2016-175,Year 2021-17.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

• 1967: S. S. Terang, Indian National Congress.
• 1972: S. S. Terang, Indian National Congress.
• 1978: Bilton Momin, Janata Party.
• 1983: Rajen Timung, Indian National Congress.
• 1985: Rajen Timung, Indian National Congress.
• 1991: Mansing Rongpi, Autonomous State Demand Committee.
• 1996: Jagat Sing Engti, Autonomous State Demand Committee.
• 2001: Jagat Sing Engti, Autonomous State Demand Committee (United).
• 2006: Jagat Sing Engti, Autonomous State Demand Committee.
• 2011: Klengdoon Engti, Indian National Congress.
• 2016: Numal Momin, Bharatiya Janata Party.
• 2021: Numal Momin, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Election results

2021 results

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bokajan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Numal Momin	60,726	51.05	+13.57
	INC	Raton Engti	42,841	36.02	+2.96
	Independent	Semson Teron	6,630	5.57
style="background-color: Template:Autonomous State Demand Committee (United)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Autonomous State Demand Committee (United)|Template:Autonomous State Demand Committee (United)/meta/shortname]]	Rajendra Rongpi	3,410	2.87	N/A
	[[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)|Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)/meta/shortname]]	Amlong Ingti	1,572	1.32	N/A
	NPP	Daniel Momin	1,472	1.24	-0.27
	[[Bharatiya Tribal Party|Template:Bharatiya Tribal Party/meta/shortname]]	Sanjay Kemprai	710	0.6	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,584	1.33	-0.67
Majority			17,885	15.03	+10.61
Turnout			1,18,945
Registered electors
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016 results

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bokajan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Numal Momin	40,170	37.48	+32.15
	INC	Klengdoon Engti	35,426	33.06	-20.95
	Independent	Jagat Sing Engti	25,388	23.69	-13.30
	NPP	Daniel Momin	1,628	1.51	N/A
	Independent	Sanjay Kemprai	1,441	1.34	N/A
	JCP	Bikha Tokbi	959	0.89	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,144	2.00	N/A
Majority			4,744	4.42	-12.60
Turnout			1,07,156	82.63	+6.96
Registered electors			1,29,677
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2011 results

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bokajan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Klengdoon Engti	53,332	54.01
	Independent	Jagat Sing Engti	36,524	36.99
	BJP	Sandhya Rani Sangma	5,259	5.33
	[[Asom Gana Parishad|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Baburam Bey	2,226	2.25
	AITC	Chandra Sing Rongpi	1,411	1.43
Majority			16,808	17.02
Turnout			98,752	75.67
Registered electors			1,30,498
	INC gain from Autonomous State Demand Committee		Swing

See also

• Bokajan
• Diphu
• Autonomous District (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Karbi Anglong district