Barpeta Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India

Barpeta
Constituency No. 43 for the Assam Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Barpeta
LS constituency	Barpeta
Established	1957
Reservation	None

Elected year	2021

Barpeta Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a Northeastern state of India. Barpeta is also part of Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Town Details

Country: India.
State: Assam.
District: Barpeta district.
Lok Sabha Constituency: Barpeta Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.^[2]
Assembly Categorisation: Semi Urban constituency.
Literacy Level: 65.03%.
Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections:2,07,536 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:1,05,256 . Female Electors: 1,02,275.
Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°26’47.4"N 91°00’25.2"E.
Total Area Covered: 229 square kilometres.
Area Includes: Barpeta, Ghilajari and Howli mouzas in Barpeta thana in Barpeta sub-division, of Barpeta district of Assam.
Inter State Border : Barpeta.
Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-206,Year 2016-213,Year 2021-43.

Member of Legislative Assembly

1957: Mahadev Das, Indian National Congress.
1957: Srihari Das, Praja Socialist Party.
1962: Madhusudhan Das, Praja Socialist Party.
1965: D.Talukdar, Indian National Congress.
1967: S.N. Das, Praja Socialist Party.
1972: Surendra Nath Da, Indian National Congress.
1978: A. Latif, Independent.
1983: Ismail Hussain, Independent.
1985: Kumar Deepak Das, Independent.
1991: Ismail Hussain, Indian National Congress.
1996: Ismail Hussain, All India Indira Congress (Tiwari).
2001: Ismail Hussain, Indian National Congress.
2006: Gunindra Nath Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
2011: Abdur Rahim Khan, All India United Democratic Front.
2016: Gunindra Nath Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
2021: Abdur Rahim Ahmed, Indian National Congress.

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Barpeta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Gunindra Nath Das	63,563	38.95	+4.94
	INC	A. Rahim Ahmed	57,753	35.39	+20.57
	AIUDF	Abdur Rahim Khan	37,697	23.10	-20.29
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar Das	936	0.57	N/A
	RPI	Atikur Rahman	820	0.50	N/A
	Independent	Faruk Khan	774	0.47	N/A
	Independent	Sohrab Hussain	672	0.41	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	937	0.57	N/A
Majority			5,810	3.56	-5.82
Turnout			1,63,152	90.11	+3.79
Registered electors			1,81,058
	AGP gain from AIUDF		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Barpeta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Abdur Rahim Khan	56,915	43.39	+31.06
	AGP	Gunindra Nath Das	44,606	34.01	-7.98
	INC	Abdul Kayem	19,443	14.82	-24.58
	BPF	Abdul Kaddus	4,941	3.77	N/A
	BJP	Amiya Kumar Talukdar	3,962	3.02	-1.49
	AITC	Jeherul Haque	1,297	0.99	N/A
Majority			12,309	9.38	+6.79
Turnout			1,31,164	86.32	+4.99
Registered electors			1,51,943
	AIUDF gain from AGP		Swing	+11.54

2006

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006: Barpeta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Gunindra Nath Das	48,052	41.99	-3.77
	INC	Ismail Hussain	45,087	39.40	-6.55
	AIUDF	Abdus Samad Ahmed	14,115	12.33
	BJP	Anjali Das Choudhury	5,167	4.51
	AGP(P)	Dharanidhar Das	1,238	1.08
	NCP	Abdul Latif	764	0.66
Majority			2,965	2.59
Turnout			1,14,423	81.33
	AGP gain from INC		Swing

References

^ Election Commission of India
^ "Barpeta Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Abdur Rahim Ahmed of INC Leading Wins". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.