Behali Assembly constituency

Behali
Constituency No. 77 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictSonitpur
LS constituencySonitpur
Established1978
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Diganta Ghatowar
PartyBJP

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

Town details

  • Country: India
  • State: Assam
  • District: Biswanath district
  • Lok Sabha Constituency: Tezpur Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency[4]
  • Assembly Categorisation: Rural
  • Literacy Level: 80.0%
  • Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,25,406 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:63,703. Female Electors: 61,703
  • Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°50'15.7"N 93°18'21.6"E
  • Total Area Covered: 639 square kilometres
  • Area Includes: Behali thana [excluding Halem and Brohmajan (Part) mouzas] and Baghmara (Part) mouza in Sootea thana in Tezpur sub-division., of Biswanath district of Assam
  • Inter State Border : Biswanath
  • Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011–145, Year 2016–145, Year 2021–77

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
1978 Bishnulal Upadhyaya Indian National Congress
1985 Swarup Upadhyay
1991 Barnabash Tanti
1996
2001 Ranjit Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party
2006
2011 Pallab Lochan Das Indian National Congress
2016 Ranjit Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party
2021
2024^ Diganta Ghatowar

^ By-election

Election results

2024 by-election

Assam Legislative Assembly by-election 2024: Behali[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Diganta Ghatowar 50,947 50.61 −0.23
INC Jayanta Borah 41,896 41.62
CPI(ML)L Lakhi Kanta Kurmi 5,093 5.06 −15.40
AAP Ananta Gogoi 1,217 1.21
NOTA None of the above 1,514 1.50 −1.36
Majority 9,051 9.01
Turnout 1,00,667
BJP hold Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Behali[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ranjit Dutta 53,583 50.93
Independent Jayanta Borah 23,744 22.57
CPI(ML)L Bibek Das 21,531 20.46
AJP Anjan Upadhyaya 3,343 3.18
NOTA None of the above 3,012 2.86 N/A
Majority 23,601
Turnout 105213
Registered electors
BJP hold Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Behali[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ranjit Dutta 52,152 56.20 +28.18
INC Rupak Sarma 28,551 30.76 −19.68
CPI(ML)L Bibek Das 8,025 8.64 −7.17
Independent Zulfikar Hussain 1,573 1.69 N/A
NOTA None of the above 2,495 2.68 N/A
Majority 23,601 25.44 +3.02
Turnout 92,796 86.20 +4.48
Registered electors 1,07,643
BJP gain from INC Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Behali
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pallab Lochan Das 40,798 50.44
BJP Ranjit Dutta 22,662 28.02
CPI(ML)L Bibek Das 12,784 15.81
Independent Biswajeet Goswami 3,307 4.09
AIUDF Malay Das 1,330 1.64
Majority 18,136 22.42
Turnout 80,881 81.72
Registered electors 98,977
INC gain from BJP 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. ^ "Behali Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Behali Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. ^ The Hindu (23 November 2024). "NDA makes a clean sweep of bypolls in the Northeast". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  6. ^ Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Behali Assembly Constituency By Poll Result 2024". Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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