Barkhola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Barkhola
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Barkhola
Barkhola

Location in Assam

Coordinates: 24°55′01″N 92°43′44″E / 24.916829°N 92.728927°E / 24.916829; 92.728927Coordinates: 24°55′01″N 92°43′44″E / 24.916829°N 92.728927°E / 24.916829; 92.728927
Country  India
State Assam
District Cachar
Constituency No 14
Vidhan Sabha constituency Barkhola

Barkhola Vidhan Sabha Constituency (Bengali: বড়খলা বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 126 assembly constituency in the North-East Indian state of Assam.

Overview[1]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No.14 Barkhola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Barkhola thana and circle Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 38 in Silchar thana in Silchar sub-division.
Barkhola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 2 Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Member of Legislative Assembly[2]

Year Winner Party Votes Runner Up Party Votes
2011 Rumi Nath INC 44824 Misbahul Islam Laskar IND 34189
2006 Rumi Nath BJP 28414 Misbaul Islam Laskar INC 25092
2001 Misbahul Islam Laskar INC 34530 Trailakshya Bhusan Nath BJP 31025
1996 Misbahul Islam Laskar INC 32934 Nripendra Kr. Deb BJP 20552
1991 Abdul Matin Mazumdar JD 26964 Nabendu Kumar Das BJP 21806
1985 Altaf Hussain Mazumdar INC 20670 Sashanka Sekhar Nath BJP 14497
1983 Altaf Hossain Mazumdar INC 28489 Prabhas Sen Majumdar ICS 13398
1978 A.F.Golam Osmani JNP 14753 Bedoke Behari Das Laskar IND 12918
1951 Raichand Nath INC 7495 Kamrul Islam Laskar IND 6022

Election results

2016 result

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2016: Barkhola
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Kishor Nath 36,482 34.89
Independent Misbahul Islam Laskar 36,440 34.85
INC Dr. Rumi Nath 21,946 20.99
AIUDF Jahurul Islam Barbhuiya 4,051 3.87
CPI(M) Chunilal Bhattacharjee 2,438 2.33
Independent Badrul Islam Mazumder 619 0.59
Independent Anamuddin Mazumder 473 0.45
Independent Nazmul Hoque Laskar 464 0.44
NOTA None of the above 1,621 1.55
Majority 42 0.04
Turnout 1,04,534 80.70
Registered electors 1,29,524
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

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