Nadaur Assembly constituency

Sootea
Constituency No. 75 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tezpur
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Padma Hazarika
Party	BJP
Elected year	2021

Most Successful parties from Sootea Vidhan Sabha

1. INC (5 Times) (41.0%)
2. AGP (3 Times) (25.0%)
3. BJP (2 Times) (16.0%)
4. JP (1 Time) (8.00%)
5. Ind (1 Time) (8.00%)

Sootea Assembly constituency was one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Sootea formed part of the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency was renamed to Nadaur in 2023. ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati		Indian National Congress
1967	Narayan Chandra Bhuyan
1972	Swarna Probha Mahanta
1978	Golak Kakati		Janata Party
1985	Robin Saikia		Independent politician
1991	Kushal Sahu		Indian National Congress
1996	Padma Hazarika		Asom Gana Parishad
2001	Praneswar Basumatari		Indian National Congress
2006	Padma Hazarika		Asom Gana Parishad
2011
2016			Bharatiya Janata Party
2021

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Sootea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Padma Hazarika	84,807	56.50	+1.06
	INC	Praneswar Basumatary	60,432	40.26	−4.25
	NOTA	None of the above	2,411	1.61	+0.14
Majority			24,375
Turnout			1,50,091
Registered electors
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Sootea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Padma Hazarika	60,440	45.89
	INC	Praneswar Basumatary	58,622	44.51
	CPI(M)	Khemraj Chetry	4,914	3.73
	Independent	Jyoti Subba	2,484	1.88
	Independent	Mahendra Urang	2,112	1.60
	Independent	Arun Nath	1,189	0.90
	NOTA	None of the above	1,941	1.47
Majority			1,818	1.38
Turnout			1,31,702	82.95
Registered electors			1,58,765
	BJP gain from AGP		Swing

See also

• Sootea
• Tezpur
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

References

1. https://www.eci.gov.in/Documents/Delimitation/DELIMITATIONASSAM_UPDATED.pdf%5B%5D

External links

• "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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