Sootea Assembly constituency

Sootea
Former 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
Abolished	2023
Reservation	None

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 abolished in 2023. ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1962: Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Narayan Chandra Bhuyan, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Swarna Probha Mahanta, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Golok Kakati, Janata Party
• 1985: Robin Saikia, Independent
• 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: Padma Hazarika, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2016: Padma Hazarika, ^[2] Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2021: Padma Hazarika, Bharatiya Janata Party

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
2. "Padma Hazarika, Sootea Assembly Elections 2016 LIVE Results - Election Dates, Exit Polls, Leading Candidates & Parties - Latest News, Articles & Statistics - LatestLY.com". Latestly.

External links

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

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