Bijni Assembly constituency

Bijni Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 10 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Bijni
Constituency No. 33 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Division	Lower Assam
District	Chirang
Lok Sabha constituency	Kokrajhar
Established	1951
Total electors	162,014
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ajoy Kumar Roy
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Town Details

Following are details on Bijni Assembly constituency:^[1]

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Chirang.
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Kokrajhar Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
• Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
• Literacy Level: 89.37%.
• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,34,595 Eligible Electors. Male Electors: 70,044. Female Electors: 64,551 .
• Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°42'03.6"N 90°46'08.0"E..
• Total Area Covered: 466 square kilometres.
• Area Includes: Bijni thana [excluding the villages specified in item (14) of the Appendix] in Kokrajhar sub-division, Chirang district of Assam.
• Inter State Border : Chirang.
• Number of Polling Stations: Year 2011-189,Year 2016-197,Year 2021-33.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of past members representing Bijni Assembly constituency in Assam legislature.

Election	Member	Political Party		Tenure
2021	Ajoy Kumar Ray		Bharatiya Janata Party	2021-Incumbent
2016	Kamal Singh Narzary		Bodoland People's Front	2006-21
2011
2006			Independent
2001	Romio Brahma			2001-06
1996	Rohini Basumatary			1996-01
1991	Kamal Brahma			1991-96
1985	Ganesh Bora		Plain Tribals Council of Assam	1985-91
1983	Padmalochan Boro		Independent	1983-85
1978	Lakhyadhar Choudhury		Janata Party	1978-83
1973	Golak Chandra Patgiri		Indian National Congress	1967-78
1967
1962	Ram Prasad Das		Praja Socialist Party	1962-67
1951	Swami Krishnananda Brahmachari		Indian National Congress	1951-62

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bijni^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajoy Kumar Ray	45,733	32.69%	N/A
	BPF	Kamal Singh Narzary	44,730	31.97%	+7.48
	UPPL	Phanin Boro	35,582	25.43%	N/A
	AJP	Rupam Kumar Das	9,951	7.11%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,388	0.99%	−0.10
Margin of victory			1,003	0.72%	−0.68
Turnout			138,527	85.90%	−3.15
	BJP gain from BPF		Swing	+32.69

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bijni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPF	Kamal Singh Narzary	29,240	24.49
	BGP	Ajay Kumar Ray	27,562	23.09
	Independent	Santosh Khakhlary	19,350	16.21
	AIUDF	Kamaleswar Ray	18,197	15.24
	Independent	Khalilur Rahman	12,619	10.57
	CPI(M)	Gajendra Barman	5,991	5.01
	INC	Biswajit Ray	3,861	3.23
	JDP	Philip Marandi	1,236	1.03
	NOTA	None of the above	1,306	1.09
Majority			1,678	1.40
Turnout			1,19,362	89.05
Registered electors			1,34,032
	BPF hold		Swing

See also

• Chirang district
• Bijni
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly