Barkhetry Assembly constituency

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]

Barkhetry
Constituency No. 60 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Nalbari
Lok Sabha constituency	Gauhati
Established	1978
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

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:

• 1978: Sheikh Chand Mohammad, Janata Party.
• 1980: Sheikh Chand Mohammad, Indian National Congress.
• 1985: Pulakesh Barua, Independent.
• 1991: Bhumidhar Barman, Indian National Congress.
• 1996: Pulakesh Barua, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2001: Bhumidhar Barman, Indian National Congress.
• 2006: Bhumidhar Barman, Indian National Congress.
• 2011: Bhumidhar Barman, Indian National Congress.
• 2016: Narayan Deka, Bharatiya Janata Party.

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