Algapur Assembly constituency

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Algapur
Constituency No. 8 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Assam
District Hailakandi
Lok Sabha constituency Karimganj
Established1978
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India United Democratic Front
Elected year 2021

Algapur Assembly constituency is one of the 126 Assembly constituencies in Hailakandi district in the North-East Indian state of Assam.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 8 Algapur Assembly constituency is composed of circle No. 1 in Hailakandi Police Station in Hailakandi Sub-Division; and circle Nos. 23 and 24 in Silchar Police Station in Silchar Sub-Division. [1]

Town Details

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberPolitical Party
1978 Nepal Chandra Das Indian National Congress
1980 Moulana Abdul Jalil Choudhury
1985 Sahidul Alam Chodhary Independent politician
1991 Asom Gana Parishad
1996
2001
2006 Rahul Roy Indian National Congress
2011 Sahidul Alam Chodhary Asom Gana Parishad
2013 (by-election) Mandira Roy Indian National Congress
2016 Nizam Uddin Choudhury All India United Democratic Front
2021 [3]

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Algapur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIUDF Nizamuddin Choudhury50,53142.30−4.47
BJP Kaushik Rai32,77727.44+24.97
INC Rahul Roy25,92721.70−25.89
AGP Mehnaz Sahid Choudhury5,8224.87+4.03
NOTA None of the above7680.64N/A
Majority 17,75414.86+14.04
Turnout 1,19,43283.21+4.42
Registered electors 1,43,537
AIUDF gain from INC Swing

2013 by-election

2013 by-election: Algapur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mandira Roy 52,814 47.59
AIUDF Mehbubul Hasan Laskar51,89946.77
BJP Sashadhar Paul2,7422.47
AGP Kamrul Islam Choudhury9330.84
Majority 9150.82
Turnout 1,10,96978.79
Registered electors 1,40,831
INC gain from AGP Swing

See also

References

  1. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. "Algapur Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Nijam Uddin Choudhury of BJP Wins". news18.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. "Assam Election Results 2021: Check Full List Of Winners". ndtv.com. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.