Boko Assembly constituency

Boko Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly.^[1][2][3] Boko forms part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the SC reserved constituencies of Assam. Nandita Das of INC is the present MLA of the constituency.

Boko
Constituency No. 48 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Kamrup
Lok Sabha constituency	Gauhati
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nandita Das
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2021

Town Details

Following are details on Boko Assembly constituency^[4]-

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Kamrup district .
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Gauhati Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
• Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
• Literacy Level: 72.81%.
• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 2,36,661 Eligible Electors. Male Electors: 85,984 . Female Electors: 84,350 .
• Geographic Co-Ordinates: 25°57’41.8"N 91°08’25.1"E.
• Total Area Covered: 742 square kilometres.
• Area Includes:Boko thana (excluding Bongaon mouza) in Gauhati sub-division.
• Inter State Border :Kamrup.
• Number of Polling Stations: 238 (2011), 245 (2016), 48 (2021).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of past members representing Boko Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature.^[5]

• 1951: Radha Charan Choudhury, Socialist Party.
• 1957: Radha Charan Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
• 1962: Prabin Kumar Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
• 1967: Prabin Kumar Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
• 1972: Prabin Kumar Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
• 1978: Umesh Chandra Das, Janata Party.
• 1983: Upendra Das, Indian National Congress.
• 1985: Gopinath Das, Independent.
• 1991: Gopinath Das, Indian National Congress.
• 1996: Jyoti Prasad Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2001: Gopinath Das, Indian National Congress.
• 2006: Jyoti Prasad Das, Asom Gana Parishad.

Year	Member	Party
2011	Gopinath Das		All India United Democratic Front
2016	Nandita Das		Indian National Congress
2021[6]

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nandita Das	120,613	58.82
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	68,147	33.23
	AITC	Gopinath Das	12,571	6.13
	NOTA	None of the above	3,735	1.82
Majority			52,466
Turnout			2,05,066	{{{percentage}}}
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nandita Das	69,986	39.69	+8.74
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	52,392	29.71	+12.65
	AIUDF	Gopinath Das	42,338	24.01	−14.51
	Independent	Dr. Ghanashyam Das	5,794	3.28	N/A
	Independent	Anirban Das	2,796	1.58	N/A
	Independent	Nitish Ranjan Das	1,148	0.65	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,851	1.04	N/A
Majority			17,594	9.98	+2.41
Turnout			1,76,305	89.05	+5.78
Registered electors			1,97,963
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Gopinath Das	54,388	38.52
	INC	Jayanta Das	43,697	30.95
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	24,086	17.06
	BPF	Prabin Mandal	13,318	9.43
	BJP	Jiten Sarkar	3,656	2.59
	AITC	Niranjan Das	2,050	1.45
Majority			10,691	7.57
Turnout			1,41,195	83.27
Registered electors			1,69,554
	AIUDF gain from AGP		Swing