Dibrugarh Assembly constituency

Dibrugarh
Constituency No. 116 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Dibrugarh
LS constituency	Dibrugarh
Established	1957 (68 years ago) (1957)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prasanta Phukan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Dibrugarh is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Dibrugarh is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Dibrugarh Assembly constituency

Following are details on Dibrugarh Assembly constituency[2]-

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Dibrugarh district.
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Dibrugarh Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
• Assembly Categorisation: Urban constituency.
• Literacy Level: 76.22%.
• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,50,174 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:74,243. Female Electors:75,931 .
• Geographic Co-Ordinates: 27°33'49.7"N 94°56'44.9"E.
• Total Area Covered:436 square kilometres.
• Area Includes: Jamirah and Dibrugarh mouzas in Dibrugarh thana in Dibrugarh sub-division, of Dibrugarh district of Assam.
• Inter State Border :Dibrugarh.
• Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011–161,Year 2016–161,Year 2021–116.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of past members representing Dibrugarh Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature.[3][4]

Election	Name	Party
2021	Prasanta Phukan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2016
2011
2006
2001	Kalyan Kumar Gogoi		Indian National Congress
2001 (By-election)
1996
1991	Keshav Chandra Gogoi
1985
1983
1978			Janata Party
1972	Ramesh Chandra Barooah		Indian National Congress
1967
1962
1961 (By-election)
1957	Nilmoni Barthakur		Communist Party of India

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Dibrugarh[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prasanta Phukan	68,762	60.43	−0.19
	INC	Rajkumar Nilanetra Neog	30757	27.03
	AJP	Ajit Borgohain	11062	9.72
	NOTA	NOTA	1845	1.62	+0.56
	Independent	Kamal Hazarika	755	0.66
	Asom Songrami Mancha	Syed Mahshinur Rahman	601	0.53
Majority			38005	32.97
	Bharatiya Janata Party hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

References

1. "List of Lok Sabha and Vidan Sabha Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
2. "Dibrugarh Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Dibrugarh Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
3. "Dibrugarh Election Result 2021 LIVE: Dibrugarh MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". oneindia.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
4. "List of MLA's of Dibrugarh". Result University. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
5. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

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

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