| Margherita | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 83 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Tinsukia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dibrugarh |
| Established | 1978 |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Margherita Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Margherita is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency. [1]
| Election | Member | Party affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Kul Bahadur Chetri | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1985 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Tarun Gogoi | ||
| 1998^ | Pradyut Bordoloi | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Bhaskar Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | |||||
| INDIA | |||||
| NOTA | NOTA | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhaskar Sharma | 86,640 | 56.52 | +0.68 | |
| INC | Manoranjan Borgohain | 28,140 | 18.36 | −20.85 | |
| AJP | Sanjay Kumar Deb | 22,935 | 14.96 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ignatius Ekka | 10,315 | 6.73 | N/A | |
| Independent | Rantu Sonowal | 1,444 | 0.94 | N/A | |
| Independent | Bhogeswar Shyam | 1,269 | 0.83 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,536 | 1.65 | +0.09 | |
| Majority | 58,500 | 38.16 | +21.53 | ||
| Turnout | 1,53,279 | 78.12 | −5.88 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhaskar Sharma | 76,365 | 55.84 | +18.73 | |
| INC | Pradyut Bordoloi | 53,621 | 39.21 | −12.94 | |
| Independent | Nidan Purty | 1,332 | 0.97 | N/A | |
| Independent | Bishwanath Singha | 1,306 | 0.95 | N/A | |
| Independent | Umesh Bora | 1,289 | 0.74 | N/A | |
| Independent | Purna Chhetri | 690 | 0.50 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,137 | 1.56 | N/A | |
| Majority | 22,744 | 16.63 | +1.59 | ||
| Turnout | 1,36,740 | 84.00 | +15.61 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pradyut Bordoloi | 57,615 | 52.15 | ||
| BJP | Kamakhya Prasad Tasa | 41,006 | 37.11 | ||
| AGP | Suren Phukan | 7,066 | 6.40 | ||
| Independent | Joikrishna Tanti | 2,923 | 2.65 | ||
| AITC | Abani Mohan Medhi | 1,874 | 1.70 | ||
| Majority | 16,609 | 15.04 | |||
| Turnout | 1,10,484 | 68.39 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||