Biswanath Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India

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

Biswanath
Constituency No. 76 for the Assam Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
LS constituency	Tezpur
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pramod Borthakur
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Town Details

Following are details on Biswanath Assembly constituency^[4]-

Country: India.
State: Assam.
District: Biswanath district .
Lok Sabha Constituency: Tezpur Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
Assembly Categorisation: Rural
Literacy Level: 80%.
Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,65,743 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:83,243 . Female Electors: 82,499.
Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°42'44.6"N 93°04'22.1"E..
Total Area Covered: 663 square kilometres.
Area Includes: Sootea thana [excluding Baghmara (Part), Murhadal, Chilabandha, Barbhagia and Nagsankar mouzas] in Tezpur sub-division, of Biswanath district of Assam.
Inter State Border : Biswanath.
Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-189,Year 2016-189,Year 2021-76.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of past members representing Biswanath Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature.^[5]

1957: Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi, Indian National Congress.
1962: Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi, Indian National Congress.
1967: Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi, Indian National Congress.
1972: Kosheswar Bora, Independent.
1978: Kosheswar Bora, Janata Party.
1985: Padmanath Koiri, Independent.
1991: Nurjamal Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
1996: Prabin Hazarika, Asom Gana Parishad.
2001: Nurjamal Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
2006: Nurjamal Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
2011: Prabin Hazarika, Asom Gana Parishad.

Year	Member	Party
2016	Promod Borthakur		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Biswanath^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Promod Borthakur	64,225	52.33
	INC	Nurjamal Sarkar	54,105	44.08
	JD(U)	Gopi Chand Shahabadi	2,056	1.67
	NOTA	None of the above	2,341	1.90
Majority			10,120	8.25
Turnout			1,22,727	86.95
Registered electors			1,41,134
	BJP gain from AGP		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Biswanath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AGP	Prabin Hazarika	48,104	45.51
	INC	Nurjamal Sarkar	46,605	44.09
	BJP	Diganta Ghatuwar	6,156	5.82
	Independent	Abdul Rajek	2,178	2.06
	AIUDF	Hifzur Rahman	1,566	1.48
	AITC	Kalyan Deori Bharali	1,102	1.04
Majority			1,499	1.42
Turnout			1,05,711	81.68
Registered electors			1,29,414
	AGP gain from INC		Swing

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Biswanath Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Biswanath Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "Biswanath Election Result 2021 LIVE: Biswanath MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". oneindia.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.