Bokakhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Bokakhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Bokakhat forms part of the Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Town Details[edit]

Following are details on Bokakhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)^[2]-

Country: India.

State: Assam.

District: Golaghat district .

Lok Sabha Constituency: Kaliabor Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency..

Assembly Categorisation: Rural

Literacy Level: 91.27%.

Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,47,487 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:73,798 . Female Electors: 73,686 .

Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°44'54.2"N 93°50'06.7"E.

Total Area Covered: 1307 square kilometres.

Area Includes: Bokakhat thana; Mahura mouza in Golaghat thana; and Rangamati mouza in Dergaon thana in Golaghat sub-division, of Golaghat district of Assam.

Inter State Border : Golaghat.

Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-166,Year 2016-166,Year 2021-93.

Member of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Following is the list of past members representing Bokakhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Assam Legislature.^[3]

1962: Narendranath Sarma, Indian National Congress.
1967: L. Das, Indian National Congress.
1972: Tulsi Das, Indian National Congress.
1978: Chatra Gopal Karmakar, Indian National Congress.
1983: Dharmeshwar Hazarika, Indian National Congress.
1985: Balobhadra Tamuly, Independent.
1991: Bhupendra Nath Bhuyan, Indian National Congress.
1996: Bhupendra Nath Bhuyan, Indian National Congress.
2001: Jiten Gogoi, Independent.
2006: Jiten Gogoi, Independent.
2011: Arun Phukan, Indian National Congress.
2016: Atul Bora, Asom Gana Parishad.
2021: Atul Bora, Asom Gana Parishad.

Election results[edit]

2021 result[edit]

Assam Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Bokakhat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Asom Gana Parishad\|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Atul Bora	72,930	60.56	+1.02
	Independent	Pranab Doley	27,749	23.04
	Independent	Jiten Gogoi	5,550	4.61
	NOTA	None of the above	2,482	2.06
Majority			45,181	30.55
Turnout			1,20,427	81.45	-4.49
Registered electors			1,47,846
	[[Asom Gana Parishad\|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]] hold		Swing	+1.02

2016 results[edit]

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bokakhat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Asom Gana Parishad\|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Atul Bora	62,962	59.54
	INC	Arun Phukan	22,769	21.53
	Independent	Anima Gogoi	11,872	11.22	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,181	2.06	N/A
Majority			40,193	38.01
Turnout			1,05 737	85.94
Registered electors			1,23,027
	Asom Gana Parishad gain from INC		Swing

References[edit]

↑ Sitting and previous MLAs from Bokakhat Assembly Constituency
↑ "Bokakhat Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Bokakhat Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
↑ "Bokakhat Election Result 2021 LIVE: Bokakhat MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". oneindia.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

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[1] Sitting and previous MLAs from Bokakhat Assembly Constituency

[bo_ref2-2] "Bokakhat Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Bokakhat Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[bok_ref1-3] "Bokakhat Election Result 2021 LIVE: Bokakhat MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". oneindia.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

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