Bongaigaon Assembly constituency

Bongaigaon is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly in India.^[1][2][3] Bongaigaon forms a part of the Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency.

Bongaigaon
Constituency No. 18 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Bongaigaon
Lok Sabha constituency	Barpeta
Established	1967
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Diptimayee Choudhury
Party	AGP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Extent of the constituency

The constituency includes Bongaigaon Municipality, New Bongaigaon Rly. Colony, Manikpur Dev. Block(Part), Dangtol Dev. Block(Part), Boitamari Dev. Block(Part).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1967	Mathura Mohan Sinha		Indian National Congress
1972	Dhurba Barua		Indian National Congress
1978	Mathura Mohan Sinha		Janata Party
1983	Phani Bhusan Choudhury[4]		Independent
1985			Independent
1991			Asom Gana Parishad
1996			Asom Gana Parishad
2001			Asom Gana Parishad
2006			Asom Gana Parishad
2011			Asom Gana Parishad
2016			Asom Gana Parishad
2021			Asom Gana Parishad
2024 By-election	Diptimayee Choudhury		Asom Gana Parishad

Election results

2024 by-election

Assam Legislative Assembly by-election 2024: Bongaigaon^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Diptimayee Choudhury	74734	52.4
	INC	Brajenjit Sinha	39570	27.75
	Independent	Sailendra Sarkar	13381	9.38
	NOTA	None of the Above	2714	1.9
Majority			35164
Turnout			142620
	AGP hold		Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bongaigaon^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Phani Bhusan Choudhury	82,800	54.00
	INC	Shankar Prasad Ray	44,633	29.00
	AJP	Dipu Choudhury	13,988	9.00
	Political Justice Party	Santanu Mukherjee	2,266	1.00
	Bharatiya Gana Parishad	Sujit Kumar Roy	2,184	1.00
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,179	1.00
Majority			38,167	25.20
Turnout			1,51,451	85.90
Registered electors			1,76,306
	AGP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bongaigaon^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Phani Bhusan Choudhury	77,292	56.03
	INC	Shankar Prasad Ray	45,972	33.32
	Independent	Itesh Bordoloi	7,087	5.13
	Independent	Dhirabati Choudhury	1,902	1.37
	Independent	Prabhat Baisnab	1,404	1.01
	Independent	Fulbar Ali Molya	1,099	0.79
	Independent	Deepak Kumar Das	815	0.59
	NOTA	None of the above	2,376	1.72
Majority			31,320	22.71
Turnout			1,37,947	86.68
Registered electors			1,59,137
	AGP hold		Swing