Biswanath Assembly constituency

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

Biswanath
Constituency No. 70 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Biswanath
Lok Sabha constituency	Sonitpur
Established	1957
Reservation	None

Town details

Following are details on Biswanath Assembly constituency:

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Biswanath district
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Sonitpur Lok Sabha constituency
• Area Includes: Biswanath MB, Sakomotha Dev. Block, Biswanath Dev. Block(Part), Baghmora Dev. Block(Part), Sootea Dev. Block(Part).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election		Member	Party affiliation
	1957	Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi	Indian National Congress
	1962
	1967
	1972	Kosheswar Bora	Independent
	1978		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
	2011	Prabin Hazarika	Asom Gana Parishad
	2016	Promod Borthakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2021

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Biswanath^[4]

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

See also

• Bishwanath Chariali
• Biswanath
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly