Digboi Assembly constituency

Digboi Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam, a northeast state of India. Digboi is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Digboi
Constituency No. 123 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Tinsukia
Lok Sabha constituency	Dibrugarh
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suren Phukan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Digboi Assembly constituency

Following are details on Digboi Assembly constituency^[1]-

• Country: India.
• State: Assam.
• District: Tinsukia district.
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Dibrugarh Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
• Assembly Categorisation: Semi Urban constituency.
• Literacy Level:70.92%.
• Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,40,132 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:69,298. Female Electors:70,825.
• Geographic Co-Ordinates: 27°21'06.1"N 95°36'16.2"E.
• Total Area Covered:440 square kilometres.
• Area Includes: Digboi thana [excluding Tirap (part) and Buridihing mouzas], Hapjan (part) and Tingrai (part) mouzas in Tinsukia thana and Tingrai (part) mouza, of Doom Dooma thana in Tinsukia sub- division.
• Inter State Border : Tinsukia.
• Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-140,Year 2016-140,Year 2021-123.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election		Member	Party Affiliation
	1951	Jadav Chandra Khakhlari	Indian National Congress
	1951	Dalbir Singh Lohar
	1957	Dwijesh Chandra Deb Sarma
	1962
	1967	J.N. Bhuyan
	1972	Chandra Bahadur Chetri
	1978	Rameswar Dhanowar	Indian National Congress (I)
	1983		Indian National Congress
	1985
	1991
	1996
	2001
	2006
	2011
	2016	Suren Phukan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2021

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Digboi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suren Phukan	49,167	51.47	+15.36
	INC	Gautam Dhanowar	34,874	36.50	−13.54
	Independent	Pranab Chetia	4,841	5.06	N/A
	Independent	Imran Siddique	1,166	1.22	N/A
	Independent	Biswanath Sarma Bordoloi	977	1.02	N/A
	NCP	Nogen Dhekial Phukan	923	0.96	N/A
	Independent	Bhabakanta Chutia	743	0.77	N/A
	Independent	Chandan Bagh	588	0.61	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,246	2.35	N/A
Majority			14,343	14.97	+1.04
Turnout			95,525	82.69	+13.59
Registered electors			1,15,517
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Digboi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rameswar Dhanowar	38,663	50.04	+6.57
	BJP	Suren Phukan	27,905	36.11	+19.18
	AGP	Bhulen Baruah	6,253	8.09	−19.91
	JMM	Chandan Bagh	2,514	3.25	N/A
	AITC	Alok Roy	1,936	2.50	N/A
Majority			10,758	13.93	−1.54
Turnout			77,271	69.10	−4.66
Registered electors			1,11,823
	INC hold		Swing

2006

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006: Digboi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rameswar Dhanowar	35,773	43.47
	AGP	Suren Phukan	23,038	28.00
	BJP	Bijoy Tanty	13,928	16.93
	AGP(P)	Diganta Saikia	4,068	4.94
	CPI(M)	Maneswar Burman	3,039	3.69
	Independent	Binoy Saikia	2,446	2.97
Majority			12,735	15.47
Turnout			82,292	73.76
Registered electors			1,11,564
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Digboi
• Tinsukia district
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly