Dhakuakhana Assembly constituency

Dhakuakhana
Constituency No. 77 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Lakhimpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Lakhimpur
Established	1962
Reservation	ST

Dhakuakhana Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Dhakuakhana forms part of the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Details

Following are details on Dhakuakhana Assembly constituency:

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Lakhimpur district .
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency
• Area Includes: Dhakuakhana MB, Dhakuakhana Dev. Block, Boginadi Dev. Block(Part), Ghilamara Dev. Block(Part).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election		Member	Party affiliation
	1962	Lalit Kumar Doley	Indian National Congress
	1967	Nameswar Pegu	Communist Party of India
	1972	Lakhya Nath Doley	Indian National Congress
	1978
	1983	Ragunath Pamegam
	1985	Bharat Narah	Independent
	1991		Independent
	1996		Indian National Congress
	2001
	2006
	2011	Naba Kumar Doley	Asom Gana Parishad
	2016		Bharatiya Janata Party
	2021

Election results

2026

2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDA
	INDIA
	AITC
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Naba Kumar Doley	86,382	50.83	−4.62
	INC	Padmalochan Doley	76,786	45.18	+6.42
	AJP	Satyajit Regan	2,988	1.76	N/A
	VPI	Lalit Pegu	1,629	0.96
	SUCI(C)	Jutika Doley	905	0.53	+0.25
	NOTA	None of the above	1,254	0.74	−0.01
Majority			9,596	5.65
Turnout			1,69,944	80.54	−3.87
Registered electors			1,96,751
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Naba Kumar Doley	81,556	55.45	+53.98
	INC	Bharat Narah	57,014	38.76	−5.64
	CPI(M)	Lakhi Nath Sonowal	2,270	1.54	−0.06
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Chowdhury	2,132	1.38
	Independent	Bhumi Ranjan Doley	1,855	1.26
	LDP	Dr. Rajendra Pegu	812	0.55
	SUCI(C)	Jutika Doley	422	0.28
	NOTA	None of the above	1,111	0.75
Majority			24,542	16.69
Turnout			1,47,072	84.41	+2.18
Registered electors			1,74,228
	BJP gain from AGP		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Naba Kumar Doley	63,963	50.31
	INC	Bharat Narah	56,456	44.40
	CPI(M)	Gyana Nath Mili	2,033	1.60
	BJP	Lakhimai Pegu	1,873	1.47
	Independent	Ranjit Doley	1,130	0.9
	Independent	Memud Pagag	525	0.4
	Independent	Indrajit Narah	437	0.3
	SUCI(C)	Jutika Doley	398	0.3
	AITC	Bhaben Kumar Panyang	330	0.3
Majority			7,507	5.91
Turnout			1,27,145	82.23	−0.77
Registered electors			1,54,622
	AGP gain from INC		Swing

2006

2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bharat Narah	55,645	43.2
	AGP	Mahesh Kumar Doley	43,005	33.4
	Independent	Paramananda Doley	12,273	9.5
	BJP	Deben Pegu	9,862	7.7
	Independent	Padmeswar Sonowal	2,768	2.2
	CPI(M)	Jadu Hazarika	2,694	2.1
	Independent	Bhaben Kumar Panyang	1,607	1.3
	Independent	Prasanda Deori	1,067	0.8
Majority			12,672	9.8
Turnout			1,29,101	83.00	+5.5
Registered electors			1,55,559
	INC hold		Swing

2001

2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bharat Narah	41,190	42.77
	BJP	Deben Pegu	35,514	36.77
	Independent	Ranoj Pegu	18,531	19.24
	NCP	Karabi Sonowal	1,168	1.21
Majority			5,776	6.0
Turnout			98,321	77.5	−3.8
Registered electors			1,26,922
	INC hold		Swing

1996

1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bharat Narah	29,752	35.46
	AGP	Mahesh Doley	27,119	32.32
	Independent	Paramananda Chayengia	17,522	20.88
	BJP	Lakheswar Sonowal	4,782	5.7
	JD	Sunadhar Patir	3,293	3.92
	AIIC(T)	Sashidhar Doley	534	0.6
	Independent	Moying Pegu	264	0.3
	Independent	Kumar Krishna Mohan Deuri Bharali	258	0.3
	Independent	Sarbeswar Mili	144	0.2
	Independent	Munindra Sonowal	130	0.2
	Independent	Thanuram Majinder	114	0.1
Majority			2,633	3.14
Turnout			87,782	81.3	+4.1
Registered electors			1,07,978
	INC hold		Swing

1991

1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bharat Narah	23,891	30.81
	INC	Paramananda Doley	18,505	23.86
	JD	Sonadhar Patir	12,616	16.27
	AGP	Bhagiram Kutum	11,348	14.63
	CPI	Lalit Pegu	3,330	4.29
	Independent	Raghu Nath Pamehgam	2,756	3.6
	PTC	Bibhichan Pegu	2,295	3.0
	Natun Asom Gana Parishad	Debeswar Pegu	1249	1.6
	Independent	Mal Chandra Takoe	558	0.7
	Independent	Moying Chandra Pegu	480	0.6
	Independent	Chandra Kanta Doley	237	0.3
	Independent	Nobin Kutum	192	0.3
	Independent	Bhaba Doley	89	0.1
Majority			5,386	6.95
Turnout			82,078	77.2	+4.9
Registered electors			1,06,322
	Independent hold		Swing

1985

1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bharat Narah	30,113	49.56
	INC	Raghunath Pemagam	12,515	20.60
	CPI	Lalit Pegu	4,603	7.58
	PTC	Surya Kumar Chinte	3,145	5.18
	CPI(M)	Jadu Hazarika	3,134	5.18
	JP	Sunadhar Patir	2,518	4.14
	Independent	Gunabhi Lagachu	1,466	2.4
	IC(S)	Ramya Nath Pegu	1,456	2.4
	LKD	Moyin Pegu	1,420	2.3
	BJP	Dina Nath Saikia	298	0.5
	Independent	Rupeswar Patir	96	0.2
Majority			17,598	28.96
Turnout			64,463	72.3
Registered electors			89,119
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ragunath Pamegam	587	91.7
	CPI	Lalit Doley	35	5.5
	Independent	Surjya Kumar Chinte	5	0.8
	Independent	Ganaram Lagachu	4	0.6
	Independent	Moying Pegu	3	0.5
	Independent	Parama Doley	3	0.5
	Independent	Daulat Pegu	2	0.3
	Independent	Anandra Pegu	1	0.2
Majority			552	84.9
Turnout			650	0.9
Registered electors			76,877
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dhakuakhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakhya Nath Doley	9,548	20.4
	Independent	Jadu Hazarika	9,005	19.2
	CPI	Kameswar Pegu	8,927	19.1
	Independent	Pradip Kumar Saikia	6,333	13.5
	INC(I)	Raghunath Pamehgam	3,864	8.3
	PTC	Birachan Boley	3,473	7.4
	Independent	Monohar Sonowal	3,206	6.9
	Independent	Sonadhar Patir	2,478	5.3
Majority			543	1.1
Turnout			48,136	65.6
Registered electors			73,439
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies of State of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2025-11-28.
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. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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