Chabua Assembly constituency

Chabua Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly.^[1] Chabua forms part of the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Chabua
Constituency No. 121 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Dibrugarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Lakhimpur
Established	1978
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

Town Details

Following are details on Chabua Assembly constituency^[2]-

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Dibrugarh district .
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Lakhimpur Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency..
• Assembly Categorisation: Rural constituency.
• Literacy Level: 76.22%.
• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,65,742 Eligible Electors. Male Electors: 82,136 . Female Electors: 83,604.
• Geographic Co-Ordinates: 27°37'06.2"N 95°21'31.0"E.
• Total Area Covered: 212 square kilometres.
• Area Includes: Chabua thana and Ghorbondi (part) mouza in Tinsukia thana (part) in Dibrugarh sub-division; and Rangagora, Ghorbondi (part) and Bogdung (part) mouzas in Tinsukia thana (part) in Tinsukia sub- division of Assam.
• Inter State Border :Dibrugarh.
• Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-188,Year 2016-189,Year 2021-121.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of past members representing Chabua Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature.

• 1978: Jnan Gogoi, Janata Party.
• 1983: Upendra Sanatan, Indian National Congress.
• 1985: Bhuban Barua, Independent.
• 1991: Upendra Sanatan, Indian National Congress.
• 1996: Bhaben Baruah, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 2001: Raju Sahu, Indian National Congress.
• 2006: Raju Sahu, Indian National Congress.^[3]
• 2011: Raju Sahu, Indian National Congress.^[4]
• 2016: Binod Hazarika, Bharatiya Janata Party.^[5]

Election	Name	Party
2021	Ponakan Baruah[6]		Asom Gana Parishad

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Chabua^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Ponakan Baruah	53,554	41.4	N/A
	INC	Ajoy Phukan	34,824	26.92	−6.28
	Independent	Priyanka Neog	16,700	12.91	N/A
	Independent	Bhaben Baruah	11,793	9.12	N/A
	Independent	Lawrance Nag	3,926	3.04	N/A
	RLSP	Prakash Tanti	2,761	2.13	N/A
	LJP	Ananta Hazarika	2,463	1.9	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	3,332	2.58
Majority			18,730	14.48	−12.14
Turnout			1,29,353	77.95	−7.69
Registered electors			1,65,934
	AGP gain from BJP		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Chabua^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Binod Hazarika	69,531	59.82
	INC	Raju Sahu	38,597	33.20
	CPI(ML)L	Debnath Majhi	2,516	2.16
	Independent	Rabin Chandra Kachari	1,315	1.13
	Independent	Utpal Kakoti	1,252	1.07
	NOTA	None of the above	3,012	2.59
Majority			30,934	26.62
Turnout			1,16,223	85.64
Registered electors			1,35,705
	BJP gain from INC		Swing