Barkhetry Assembly constituency

Barkhetry
Constituency No. 60 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictNalbari
LS constituencyGauhati
Established1978
ReservationNone
Elected year2021

Barkhetry Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Barkhetry forms part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2][3]

Town Details

  • Country: India.
  • State: Assam.
  • District: Nalbari district
  • Lok Sabha Constituency: Gauhati Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.[4]
  • Assembly Categorisation: Rural
  • Literacy Level: 79.89%.
  • Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections:1,96,726 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:1,00,986. Female Electors:95,740.
  • Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°16’04.8"N 91°21’33.5"E.
  • Total Area Covered: 445 square kilometres.
  • Area Includes: Paschim Barkhetry, Madhyam Barkhetry, Pub-Barkhetry, Uttar Barkhetry and Upper Barbhag mouzas in Nalbari thana in Nalbari sub-division of Nalbari district of Assam.
  • Inter State Border :Nalbari.
  • Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-231,Year 2016-234,Year 2021-60.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of former members of Assam Legislative Assembly from Barkhetry:

Election Name Party
2021 Diganta Barman[5] Indian National Congress

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Barkhetry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Diganta Barman 85,826 49.46 +8.18
BJP Narayan Deka 81,772 47.13 −0.02
AJP Pulakesh Baruah 2,582 1.49 N/A
AIUDF Champak Kalita 1,106 0.64 −6.13
JD(U) Santanu Kalita 805 0.46 N/A
Independent Bhupen Talukdar 487 0.28 −0.1
NOTA None of the above 941 0.54 +0.01
Majority 4,054 2.33
Turnout 1,73,519 88.12 −0.75
Registered electors 1,96,918
INC gain from BJP Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Barkhetry[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Narayan Deka 69,223 47.15
INC Diganta Barman 60,610 41.28
AIUDF Akram Hussain Talukdar 9,950 6.77
Independent Kamalesh Deka 2,316 1.57
AITC Raju Barman 874
JMBP Deepak Kalita 670
Independent Bhupen Talukdar 551
Independent Manomati Das 475
Independent Bipul Goswami 382
Independent Mantu Baruah 368
Independent Raju Deka 347
LDP Bhumidhar Barman 255
NOTA None of the above 782
Majority 8,613
Turnout 1,46,803
Registered electors 1,65,065
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ^ "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Barkhetry Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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