Naharkatia Assembly constituency

Naharkatia Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Naharkatia is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1978: Sasha Kamal Handique, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1985: Kusumbar Tairai, Independent
• 1991: Sasha Kamal Handique, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1996: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
• 2000: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
• 2001: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
• 2011: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Naren Sonowal, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2021: Taranga Gogoi, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016 results

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Naharkatia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Naren Sonowal	46,051	46.75	+22.09
	INC	Pranati Phukan	44,520	43.16	+1.58
	CPI(M)	Suresh Chandra Deka	4,026	4.08	+0.91
	Independent	Mohan Nag	2,708	2.74	N/A
	Independent	Mahendra Dhadumiya	783	0.79	N/A
	JCP	Sadananda Das	697	0.70	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,719	1.74	N/A
Majority			3,531	3.59	−13.33
Turnout			98,504	83.70	+10.57
	Asom Gana Parishad gain from INC		Swing

2011 results

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Naharkatia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pranati Phukan	35,373	41.58
	AGP	Naren Sonowal	20,976	24.66
	BJP	Pradip Buragohain	18,917	22.24
	CPI(M)	Sasha Kamal Handique	2,699	3.17
	NCP	Kartik Tanti	2,498	2.94
	AITC	Tirtha Gogoi	1,714	2.01
	SUCI(C)	Mahendra Dhadumia	1,554	1.83
	AIUDF	Imranuddin Ahmed	1,339	1.57
Majority			14,397	16.92
Turnout			85,070	73.13
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Naharkatia
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

External links

• "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.