| Kokrajhar East Assembly constituency | |
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| Constituency No. 30 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Kokrajhar |
| LS constituency | Kokrajhar |
| Established | 1967 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kokrajhar East Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Kokrajhar is also part of Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPPL | Lawrence Islary | 83,515 | |||
| BPF | Pramila Rani Brahma | 63,420 | |||
| Independent | Manaj Kumar Brahma | 3,264 | |||
| Independent | Mijing Brahma | 1,276 | |||
| Independent | Sailendra Nath Brahma | 897 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,883 | |||
| Majority | 20095 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| UPPL hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPF | Pramila Rani Brahma | 76,496 | 55.34 | ||
| Independent | Pratibha Brahma | 36,405 | 26.33 | ||
| AIUDF | Manu Borgayary | 12,588 | 9.10 | ||
| Independent | Basanta Kumar Medhi | 6,994 | 5.05 | ||
| Independent | Ajay Kumar Narzary | 1,816 | 1.31 | ||
| Independent | Rajesh Narzary | 1,642 | 1.18 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,288 | 1.65 | ||
| Majority | 40,091 | 29.01 | −11.64 | ||
| Turnout | 1,38,229 | 83.76 | +7.04 | ||
| BPF hold | Swing | ||||
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