Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency

Abhayapuri South
Former constituency No. 35 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Bongaigaon
Lok Sabha constituency	Barpeta
Established	1978
Abolished	2023
Reservation	SC

Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency was one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly, in Assam, northeastern India. ^{[1] [2]}

Abhayapuri South (constituency number 35) was one of the 3 constituencies located in Bongaigaon district. ^[3] It was reserved for scheduled castes.

This constituency was abolished in 2023. ^[4]

Abhayapuri South was part of Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency ^[5] along with 9 other assembly segments, namely, Bongaigaon and Abhayapuri North in this district, Patacharkuchi, Barpeta, Jania, Baghbar, Sarukhetri and Chenga in Barpeta district and Dharmapur in Nalbari district.

Town Details

Following are the details of Abhayapuri South: ^[5]

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Bongaigaon
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Barpeta.
• Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
• Literacy Level: 69.74%.
• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 206,843 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:91,211. Female Electors:83,652.
• Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°17’36.2"N 90°34’36.1"E.
• Total Area Covered: 435 square kilometres.
• Area Includes: Abhayapuri thana [excluding the villages specified in item (15) of the Appendix] in Goalpara sub-division of Bongaigaon district of Assam.
• Inter State Border : Bongaigaon.
• Number of Polling Stations: Year 2011–206, Year 2016–240, Year 2021–35.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1978: Rabindra Nath Choudhury, Janata Party.
• 1985: Ratneswar Sarkar, Independent.
• 1991: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
• 1996: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2001: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
• 2006: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2011: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress. ^[5]
• 2016: Ananta Kumar Malo, All India United Democratic Front. ^{[5] [6]}

Year	Member	Party
2021	Pradip Sarkar [7]		Indian National Congress

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Ananta Kumar Malo	51,525	32.50	+3.29
	INC	Chandan Kumar Sarkar	51,334	32.38	−9.86
	AGP	Rabin Banikya	50,957	32.14	+10.42
	Independent	Nirmalendu Banikya	1,602	1.01	N/A
	RPI(A)	Ashok Dutta	1,304	0.82	N/A
	Jan Congress Party	Dhiren Majumdar	694	0.43	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,113	0.70	N/A
Majority			191	0.12	−12.91
Turnout			1,58,529	90.95	+5.81
Registered electors			1,74,303
	AIUDF gain from INC		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chandan Kumar Sarkar	51,510	42.24
	AIUDF	Bijay Das	35,621	29.21
	AGP	Dhrubajyoti Banikya	26,485	21.72
	BJP	Dinesh Sarkar	2,998	2.46
	AITC	Kaustav Kumar Das	2,628	2.15
	Independent	Ashok Dutta	1,211	0.99
	BPF	Bimal Chandra Das	996	0.82
	Lok Bharati	Mohadev Das	510	0.42
Majority			15,889	13.03
Turnout			1,21,959	85.14
	INC gain from AGP		Swing

References

1. "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
4. DELIMITATION of PARLIAMENTARY & ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES of STATE OF ASSAM (PDF) (Report). 11 August 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
5. "Abhayapuri South Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Abdul Batin Khandakar of INC Wins". news18.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
6. "Assam Assembly election 2021, Abhayapuri South profile: AIUDF's Anita Kumar Malo narrowly defeated Congress' Chandan Kumar Sarkar in 2016". firstpost.com. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
7. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
8. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

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

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