Margherita (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Margherita (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Margherita is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Member of Legislative Assembly

• 1978: Kul Bahadur Chetri, Janata Party
• 1983: Kul Bahadur Chetri, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Kul Bahadur Chetri, Indian National Congress
• 1991: Kul Bahadur Chetri, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Tarun Gogoi, Indian National Congress
• 1998 (by election): Pradyut Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
• 2001: Pradyut Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Pradyut Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
• 2011: Pradyut Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Bhaskar Sharma, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016 results

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Margherita

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhaskar Sarma	76,365	55.84	+18.73
	INC	Pradyut Bordoloi	53,621	39.21	-12.94
	Independent	Nidan Purty	1,332	0.97	N/A
	Independent	Bishwanath Singha	1,306	0.95	N/A
	Independent	Umesh Bora	1,289	0.74	N/A
	Independent	Purna Chhetri	690	0.50	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,137	1.56	N/A
Majority			22,744	16.63	+1.59
Turnout			1,36,740	84.00	+15.61
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2011 results

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Margherita

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pradyut Bordoloi	57,615	52.15
	BJP	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa	41,006	37.11
	[[Asom Gana Parishad|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Suren Phukan	7,066	6.40
	Independent	Joikrishna Tanti	2,923	2.65
	AITC	Abani Mohan Medhi	1,874	1.70
Majority			16,609	15.04
Turnout			1,10,484	68.39
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Margherita
• Tinsukia district
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly