Barhampur Assembly constituency

Barhampur
Constituency No. 59 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Nagaon
Lok Sabha constituency	Kaziranga
Established	1972
Total electors	179,107
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jitu Goswami
Party	BJP
Elected year	2021

Barhampur is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Barhampur is also part of Kaziranga Lok Sabha constituency. It covers Nizsahar, Singia Potani and Kondoli mouzas in Nowgong thana, Kampur Mouza in Kampur thana- Kathiatali Mouza in Jamunamukh thana, and Chalchali Mouza in Samaguri thana, in Nowgong sub- division of Nagaon district of Assam.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1972: Kehoram Hazarika, Communist Party of India.
• 1978: Lakheshwar Gohain ^[1] ,Janata Party.
• 1983: Ramesh Phukan, Indian National Congress.
• 1985: Girindra Kumar Baruah, Independent.
• 1991: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 1996: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2001: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2006: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive).
• 2011: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2016: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Asom Gana Parishad.

Election	Name	Party
2021	Jitu Goswami [2]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Barhampur ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jitu Goswami	70,111	48.70	N/A
	INC	Suresh Bora	69,360	48.18	+3.46
	AJP	Dipika Saikia Keot	1,922	1.34	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Sonaram Bora	523	0.36	+0.16
	Independent	Samsheddin Ahmed	417	0.29	N/A
	AJM	Parbin Choudhury	333	0.23	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,291	0.9	+0.03
Majority			751	0.52	−3.29
Turnout			1,43,957	80.14	−3.71
Registered electors			1,79,641
	BJP gain from AGP		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Barhampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta	65,768	48.53
	INC	Suresh Bora	60,599	44.72
	AIUDF	Shariful Islam Siddique	2,787	2.05
	CPI	Lakhan Ch. Mirdha	1,687	1.24
	Independent	Prahlad Chandra Bhuyan	1,184	0.87
	RJP	Abida Begum	754	0.55
	FDLP	Pawan Panika	607	0.44
	Independent	Abdul Ali	480	0.35
	Independent	Debabrata Saikia	461	0.34
	SUCI(C)	Sona Ram Bora	284	0.20
	NOTA	None of the above	1,179	0.87
Majority			5,169	3.81
Turnout			1,35,506	83.85
	AGP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Assam BJP pays tribute to late Lakheswar Gohain on 100th birthday". Sentinel Assam. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
2. "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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