Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency

Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly, in Assam, northeastern India.[1][2]

Abhayapuri South (constituency number 35) is one of the 3 constituencies located in Bongaigaon district.[3] It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Abhayapuri South is part of Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency[4] along with 9 other assembly segments, namely, Bongaigaon and Abhayapuri North in this district, Patacharkuchi, Barpeta, Jania, Baghbar, Sarukhetri and Chenga in Barpeta district and Dharmapur in Nalbari district.

Town Details

Following are the details of Abhayapuri South:[4]

  • Country: India.
  • State: Assam.
  • District: Bongaigaon
  • Lok Sabha Constituency: Barpeta.
  • Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
  • Literacy Level: 69.74%.
  • Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 206,843 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:91,211. Female Electors:83,652.
  • Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°17’36.2"N 90°34’36.1"E.
  • Total Area Covered: 435 square kilometres.
  • Area Includes: Abhayapuri thana [excluding the villages specified in item (15) of the Appendix] in Goalpara sub-division of Bongaigaon district of Assam.
  • Inter State Border : Bongaigaon.
  • Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-206,Year 2016-240,Year 2021-35.

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Party
2021 Pradip Sarkar[6] Indian National Congress

Election results

2016
2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIUDF Ananta Kumar Malo 51,525 32.50 +3.29
INC Chandan Kumar Sarkar 51,334 32.38 -9.86
AGP Rabin Banikya 50,957 32.14 +10.42
Independent Nirmalendu Banikya 1,602 1.01 N/A
RPI(A) Ashok Dutta 1,304 0.82 N/A
Jan Congress Party Dhiren Majumdar 694 0.43 N/A
NOTA None of the above 1,113 0.70 N/A
Majority 191 0.12 -12.91
Turnout 1,58,529 90.95 +5.81
Registered electors 1,74,303
AIUDF gain from INC Swing

2011 result
2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chandan Kumar Sarkar 51,510 42.24
AIUDF Bijay Das 35,621 29.21
AGP Dhrubajyoti Banikya 26,485 21.72
BJP Dinesh Sarkar 2,998 2.46
TMC Kaustav Kumar Das 2,628 2.15
Independent Ashok Dutta 1,211 0.99
BPF Bimal Chandra Das 996 0.82
Lok Bharati Mohadev Das 510 0.42
Majority 15,889 13.03
Turnout 1,21,959 85.14
INC gain from AGP Swing

References
  1. "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. "Abhayapuri South Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Abdul Batin Khandakar of INC Wins". news18.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. "Assam Assembly election 2021, Abhayapuri South profile: AIUDF's Anita Kumar Malo narrowly defeated Congress' Chandan Kumar Sarkar in 2016". firstpost.com. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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