Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency

Dhubri
AS-2
Dhubri ; AS-2
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Assembly constituencies	Mankachar ; Dhubri ; Dhubri ; Gauripur ; Golakganj ; Bilasipara ; Srijangram ; Goalpara East ; Jaleswar ; Mandia ; Chenga ;
Established	1967
Total electors	26,60,827
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Rakibul Hussain
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Last updated September 02, 2024

Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Dhubri consists of 11 assembly segments of Lower Assam, covering all of South Salmara-Mankachar District and Dhubri districts parts of Goalpara district parts of Bongaigaon district and parts of Barpeta district. With an estimated population of 5 million residents Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency has 2.6 million registered voters. Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is the most populated constituency in the entire North-East region of India.^[2]

Assembly segments

Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]

Current assembly segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
6	Golakganj	None	Dhubri
7	Gauripur
8	Dhubri
9	Birsing Jarua
10	Bilasipara
11	Mankachar		South Salmara Mankachar
12	Jaleshwar		Goalpara
14	Goalpara East		Goalpara
17	Srijangram		Bongaigaon
22	Mandia		Barpeta
23	LUnsnsnana		Barpeta

Previous assembly segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA
21	Mankachar	None	South Salmara Mankachar	AIUDF	Adv. Aminul Islam
22	Salmara South	None	South Salmara Mankachar	INC	Wazed Ali Choudhury
23	Dhubri	None	Dhubri	AIUDF	Najrul Hoque
24	Gauripur	None	Dhubri	AIUDF	Nijanur Rahman
25	Golakganj	None	Dhubri	INC	Abdus Sobahan Ali Sarkar
26	Bilasipara West	None	Dhubri	AIUDF	Hafiz Bashir Ahmed
27	Bilasipara East	None	Dhubri	AIUDF	Samsul Huda
37	Goalpara East	None	Goalpara	INC	Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam
38	Goalpara West	None	Goalpara	INC	Abdur Rashid Mandal
39	Jaleswar	None	Goalpara	INC	Aftab Uddin Mollah

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	Amjad Ali	Praja Socialist Party
1957	Amjad Ali	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Ghyasuddin Ahmad	Indian National Congress
1967	Jahan Uddin Ahmed	Praja Socialist Party
1971	Moinul Hoque Choudhury	Indian National Congress
1977	Ahmed Hussain
1980	Nurul Islam
1984	Abdul Hamid
1991	Nurul Islam
1996	Nurul Islam
1998	Abdul Hamid
1999	Abdul Hamid
2004	Anwar Hussain
2009	Badruddin Ajmal	All India United Democratic Front
2014
2019
2024	Rakibul Hussain	Indian National Congress

Election results

General elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Dhubri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rakibul Hussain	1,471,885	59.99	30.76
	AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal	459,409	18.72	23.94
	AGP	Zabed Islam	438,594	17.88	5.84
	NOTA	None of the above	15,015	0.61	0.08
Majority			1,012,476	41.26	27.83
Turnout			2,453,608	92.21	1.55
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Dhubri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal	718,764	42.66	−0.6
	INC	Abu Taher Bepari	492,506	29.23	+2.74
	AGP	Zabed Islam	399,733	23.72	+23.72
	AITC	Nurul Islam Choudhury	12,895	0.77	+0.2
Majority			226,258	13.43
Turnout			1,685,058	90.66	+2.36
	AIUDF hold		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Dhubri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal	592,569	43.26	−8.40
	INC	Wazed Ali Choudhury	362,839	26.49	−7.55
	BJP	Dr. Debamoy Sanyal	298,985	21.83	+21.83
	NOTA	None of the above	5,811	0.42	−−−
Majority			229,730	16.77	17.27
Turnout			1,369,722	88.36
	AIUDF hold		Swing	-8.39

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References

↑ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
↑ "More than 90 per cent turnouts mark aggressive Muslim voting in Assam". 13 April 2016.
↑ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
↑ The Sentinel. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] ttps://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

[2] "More than 90 per cent turnouts mark aggressive Muslim voting in Assam". 13 April 2016.

[3] "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

[4] The Sentinel. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

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