Salmara South Assembly constituency

Salmara South
Constituency No. 22 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	South Salmara Mankachar
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhubri
Established	1978
Total electors	1,89,264
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Wazed Ali Choudhury
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	Mahajut
Elected year	2021

Salmara South Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam, a north-east state of India. Salmara is also part of the Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[1] [2]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1978	Dewan Joynal Abedin,		Independent
1983	Mohammad Bazlul Basit		Indian National Congress
1985	Dewan Joynal Abedin		Independent
1991
1996	Wazed Ali Choudhury		Indian National Congress
2001
2006	Badruddin Ajmal		Assam United Democratic Front
2009 [a]	Wazed Ali Choudhury		Indian National Congress
2011	Abdur Rehman Ajmal		All India United Democratic Front
2016	Wazed Ali Choudhury		Indian National Congress
2021

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Salmara South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Wazed Ali Choudhary	80,066	54.43	+6.93
	AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal	63,343	43.06	−7.49
	BJP	Shiraj Hussain	1,954	1.32	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Dewan Joynal Abedin	1,153	0.78	−0.52
	NOTA	None of the above	581	0.39	N/A
Majority			16,723	11.37	+8.32
Turnout			1,47,097	93.67	+6.11
Registered electors			1,57,525
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing	+7.21

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Salmara South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Abdur Rahman Ajmal	62,254	50.55
	INC	Wazed Ali Choudhury	58,498	47.50
	SUCI(C)	Dewan Joynal Abedin	1,600	1.30
	AITC	Masidul Haque	794	0.64
Majority			3,756	3.05
Turnout			1,23,146	87.56
Registered electors			1,40,642
	AIUDF hold		Swing

See also

• South Salmara
• Dhubri district
• South Salmara-Mankachar District
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

Notes

1. by-election

References

1. [salmara-south.html ]
2. "Wazed Ali Choudhury | Assam Assembly Election Results Live, Candidates News, Videos, Photos". News18. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

External links

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

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