Bongaigaon Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India
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Bongaigaon is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly in India.[1][2][3] Bongaigaon forms a part of the Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency.
| Bongaigaon | |
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| Constituency No. 18 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Bongaigaon |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barpeta |
| Established | 1967 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Diptimayee Choudhury | |
| Party | AGP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Extent of the constituency
The constituency includes Bongaigaon Municipality, New Bongaigaon Rly. Colony, Manikpur Dev. Block(Part), Dangtol Dev. Block(Part), Boitamari Dev. Block(Part).
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Mathura Mohan Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Dhurba Barua | ||
| 1978 | Mathura Mohan Sinha | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Phani Bhusan Choudhury[4] | Independent | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1991 | Asom Gana Parishad | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2024 By-election | Diptimayee Choudhury | ||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGP | Diptimayee Choudhury | 72247 | 46.08 | ||
| INC | Girish Baruah | 47249 | 30.14 | ||
| Independent | Chakradhar Das | 32093 | 20.47 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2398 | 1.53 | ||
| Margin of victory | 24998 | ||||
| Turnout | 156780 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| AGP hold | Swing | ||||
2024 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGP | Diptimayee Choudhury | 74734 | 52.4 | ||
| INC | Brajenjit Sinha | 39570 | 27.75 | ||
| Independent | Sailendra Sarkar | 13381 | 9.38 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2714 | 1.9 | ||
| Majority | 35164 | ||||
| Turnout | 142620 | ||||
| AGP hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGP | Phani Bhusan Choudhury | 82,800 | 54.00 | ||
| INC | Shankar Prasad Ray | 44,633 | 29.00 | ||
| AJP | Dipu Choudhury | 13,988 | 9.00 | ||
| Political Justice Party | Santanu Mukherjee | 2,266 | 1.00 | ||
| Bharatiya Gana Parishad | Sujit Kumar Roy | 2,184 | 1.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,179 | 1.00 | ||
| Majority | 38,167 | 25.20 | |||
| Turnout | 1,51,451 | 85.90 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,76,306 | ||||
| AGP hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGP | Phani Bhusan Choudhury | 77,292 | 56.03 | ||
| INC | Shankar Prasad Ray | 45,972 | 33.32 | ||
| Independent | Itesh Bordoloi | 7,087 | 5.13 | ||
| Independent | Dhirabati Choudhury | 1,902 | 1.37 | ||
| Independent | Prabhat Baisnab | 1,404 | 1.01 | ||
| Independent | Fulbar Ali Molya | 1,099 | 0.79 | ||
| Independent | Deepak Kumar Das | 815 | 0.59 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,376 | 1.72 | ||
| Majority | 31,320 | 22.71 | |||
| Turnout | 1,37,947 | 86.68 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,59,137 | ||||
| AGP hold | Swing | ||||