Behali Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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| Constituency No. 77 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Sonitpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sonitpur |
| Established | 1978 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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 Ghatowal | ||
^ By-election
Election results
2024 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Diganta Ghatowal | 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | ||||
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