Nazira Assembly constituency

Nazira
Constituency No. 97 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Sivasagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Jorhat
Established	1951
Reservation	None

Nazira Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam, it is a north east state of India. Nazira is also part of Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name [2]	Party
1951	Ananda Chandra Bezbarua		Indian National Congress
1957	Tankeswar Chetia [3]
1962
1967	K.K. Gogoi [4]
1972	Hiteswar Saikia
1978
1983
1985
1988★	Tanu Konwar		Asom Gana Parishad
1991	Hiteswar Saikia		Indian National Congress
1996	Hemoprova Saikia
2001
2006	Drupad Borgohain		Communist Party of India
2011	Debabrata Saikia		Indian National Congress
2016
2021

★by-election

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Nazira

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Debabrata Saikia	52,387	47.56	−6.21
	BJP	Mayur Borgohain	51,704	46.94	+8.28
	AJP	Ribulaya Gogoi	2,896	2.63	N/A
	Independent	Mintu Boruah	1,061	0.96	N/A
	AIFB	Horen Borgohain	640	0.58	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,470	1.33	−0.12
Majority			683	0.62	−14.49
Turnout			1,10,158	82.22	−0.54
Registered electors			1,33,974
	INC hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Nazira

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Debabrata Saikia	52,869	53.77	−9.63
	BJP	Prohlad Gowala	38,014	38.66	+36.38
	CPI	Kanak Gogoi	4,507	4.58	−18.00
	AITC	Ribulaya Gogoi	1,501	1.52	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,430	1.45	N/A
Majority			14,855	15.11	−25.71
Turnout			98,321	82.76	+6.87
Registered electors			1,18,794
	INC hold		Swing	-23.01

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Nazira

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Debabrata Saikia	52,510	63.40	+19.38
	CPI	Drupad Borgohain	18,700	22.58	−22.04
	AGP	Juri Konwar	5,282	6.38	N/A
	NCP	Ajit Hazarika	1,921	2.32	N/A
	BJP	Syed Abdul Rahim	1,887	2.28	−3.06
	AIUDF	Sofiquddin Ahmed	1,304	1.57	−1.79
	AITC	Hari Krishna Gogoi	1,223	1.48	N/A
Majority			33,810	40.82	+40.22
Turnout			82,827	75.89	−1.83
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

2006

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006: Nazira

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Drupad Borgohain	37,623	44.62	+31.24
	INC	Hemprove Saikia	37,113	44.02	−24.17
	BJP	Alik Burgohain	4,506	5.34
	AIUDF	Tajmot Ali	2,830	3.36
	AGP(P)	Deepak Burgohain	2,244	2.66
Majority			510	0.60
Turnout			84,316	77.72
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Nazira
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies of State of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 28 November 2025.
2. "Nazira Election and Results 2021, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Assam Legislative Assembly - MLA 1962-67". 15 August 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
4. "🗳️ K.K. Gogoi winner in Nazira, Assam Assembly Elections 1967: LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates". LatestLY. Retrieved 11 March 2022.