Katigorah Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India
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Katigorah State assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Silchar Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Since 2026, it has been represented by Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
| Katigorah | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 116 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
116-Katigorah within Cachar district | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| Division | Barak Valley |
| District | Cachar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Silchar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 214,527 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
| Preceded by | Khalil Uddin Mazumder (INC) |
Established in 1951, the constituency was redrawn during the 2023 delimitation exercise. The reconstituted constituency now includes Badarpur town and several other rural areas of Cachar district.[2]
Local self-governed segments
Katigorah Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
- Badarpur Municipal Board
- Borkhola Dev. Block (Part)
- Chandranathpur G.P
- Borkhola G.P
- Jarailtola G.P
- Sonapur G.P
- Kalain Dev. Block (Part)
- Katigorah Dev. Block (Part)
- Salchapra Dev. Block (Part)
- Salchapra G.P
- Algapur Dev. Block (Part)
- Panchgram
- Panchgram Township
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2021 | Khalil Uddin Mazumder | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | Amar Chand Jain | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2011 | Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya | All India United Democratic Front | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2001 | Kali Ranjan Deb | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1985 | Abdul Hamid Mazumder | Indian Congress | |
| 1983 | Nepal Chandra Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Abdul Kiyum Choudhury | ||
| 1972 | Abdul Hamid Mazumder | ||
| 1967 | A.K.N. Hoque | ||
| 1962 | Tarapada Bhattacharjee | Independent politician | |
| 1957 | Hem Chandra Chakravarty | Indian National Congress | |
| 1952 | Namwar Ali Barbhuiya | ||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha | 110,758 | 58.21 |  11.26 | |
| INC | Amar Chand Jain | 73,078 | 38.41 |  12.81 | |
| AITC | Md. Fazlur Rahman Laskar | 1,989 | 1.05 |  | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,194 | 0.63 | 0.05 | |
| Margin of victory | 37,680 | 19.80 | |||
| Turnout | 1,90,257 | 88.69 | 2.68 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||