Barchalla Assembly constituency

Barchalla
Constituency No. 72 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
LS constituency	Tezpur
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

Barchalla Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. ^[1] Ganesh Kumar Limbu is the current MLA of Barchalla. Barchalla forms part of the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[2] [3]}

Most Successful parties from Barchalla Vidhan Sabha

   Indian National Congress (4 Times) (55%)

   Bharatiya Janata Party( 2 Times) (22%)

   Asom Gana Parishad( 1 Time) (12%)

   Plain Tribals Council of Assam) ( 1 Time) (12%)

   Prafulla Goswami(Ind)( 1 Time) (12%)

Town Details

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Sonitpur district. ^[4]
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Tezpur Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
• Assembly Categorisation: Rural
• Literacy Level: 81.66%.
• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,73,433. Eligible Electors. Male Electors:88,869. Female Electors:84,560.
• Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°37'53.0"N 92°27'24.5"E.
• Total Area Covered: 713 square kilometres.
• Area Includes:Barchalla and Borgaon mouzas in Dhekiajuli thana and Bihaguri and Bahbari (Part) mouzas in Tezpur thana, in Tezpur sub-division of Sonitpur district of Assam.
• Inter State Border :Sonitpur.
• Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011–192,Year 2016–196,Year 2021–72.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of elected members to State Assembly:

Dhekiajuli South(1952-1957)

Year	Winner	Party	Outcome & Position	Margin of Victory	Runner-up Candidate	Runner-up Party
1952	Mohi Kanta Das	Indian National Congress	Government		Prajapati Rijal Bamun	Socialist Party

Barchalla Assembly Constituency(1957-1967)

Year	Winner	Party	Outcome & Position	Margin of Victory	Runner-up Candidate	Runner-up Party
1957	Mohi Kanta Das	Indian National Congress	Government		Bharat Chandra Hazarika	Independent
1962			Government		Bharat Chandra Hazarika	Independent

Missamari Assembly Constituency(1962-1978)

Year	Winner	Party	Outcome & Position	Margin of Victory	Runner-up	Runner-up Party
1967	Mohi Kanta Das	Indian National Congress	Government		J. Bora	Praja Socialist Party
1972	Bijoy Chandra Sharma		Government		Kamal Chandra Basumatari	Independent

Barchalla Assembly Constituency(1978 till date)

Year	Winner	Party	Outcome & Position	Margin of Victory	Runner-up Candidate	Runner-up Party
1978	Kamal Chandra Basumatary	Plain Tribals Council of Assam	Government	1,486	Prafulla Goswami	Independent
1985	Prafulla Goswami	Independent	Government	12,184	Kshemraj Adhikari	Indian National Congress
1991	Rudra Parajuli	Indian National Congress	Government	16,172	Prafulla Goswami	Asom Gana Parishad
1996	Prafulla Goswami	Asom Gana Parishad	Government	6,394	Rudra Parajuli	Indian National Congress
2001	Tanka Bahadur Rai	Indian National Congress	Government Deputy Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly	9,112	Prafulla Goswami	Asom Gana Parishad
2006	Tanka Bahadur Rai		Government Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly	922	Brindaban Goswami	Asom Gana Parishad
2011	Tanka Bahadur Rai		Government Cabinet Minister in Third Tarun Gogoi ministry	17,574	Ratul Kumar Nath	Asom Gana Parishad
2016	Ganesh Kumar Limbu	Bharatiya Janata Party	Government	23,682	Tanka Bahadur Rai	Indian National Congress
2021	Ganesh Kumar Limbu		Government	17,782	Ram Prasad Sharma	Indian National Congress

• 1978: Kamal Chandra Basumatari, PTC.
• 1985: Prafulla Goswami, Independent.
• 1991: Rudra Parajuli, Indian National Congress.
• 1996: Prafulla Goswami, AGP.
• 2001: Tanka Bahadur Rai, Indian National Congress.
• 2006: Tanka Bahadur Rai, Indian National Congress. ^[5]
• 2016: Ganesh Kumar Limbu, BJP. ^[6]
• 2021: Ganesh Kumar Limbu, BJP. ^[7]

Election results

Most Successful 1st Runner-up parties from Barchalla Vidhan Sabha

   Asom Gana Parishad (4 Times) (44%)

   Indian National Congress (4 Times) (44%)

   Independents (1 Time) (12%)

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Batadroba ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ganesh Kumar Limbu
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Abhayapuri
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
3. "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
4. "Barchalla Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Barchalla Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
5. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
6. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
7. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". 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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