Gauripur Assembly constituency

Gauripur Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly. Gauripur forms a part of the Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency.

Gauripur
Constituency No. 24 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Division	Lower Assam
District	Dhubri
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhubri
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nizanur Rahman
Party	AIUDF
Alliance	Mahajot
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

• 1957: Prakritish Chandra Barua, Independent
• 1962: Syed Ahmed Ali, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Mohammad Azad Ali, Praja Socialist Party
• 1972: Syed Ahmed Ali, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Mohammad Azad Ali, Janata Party
• 1983: Joynal Abedin, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Aniruddha Singha Chowdhury, Independent
• 1991: Mohibul Haque, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Banendra Mushahary, Independent
• 2001: Banendra Mushahary, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2006: Mohibul Haque, Independent
• 2011: Banendra Mushahary, Bodoland People's Front
• 2016: Nijanur Rahman, All India United Democratic Front

Year	Member	Party
2021	Nijanur Rahman[1]		All India United Democratic Front

Election result

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gauripur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Nijanur Rahman	73,423	45.66	+17.74
	BPF	Banendra Mushahary	53,512	33.27	−7.16
	INC	Sushil Roy	23,102	14.36	−7.00
	Independent	Sukumar Roy	5,420	3.37	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,447	0.89	N/A
Majority			19,911	12.39	−0.12
Turnout			1,60,797	89.80	+3.88
Registered electors			1,79,042
	AIUDF gain from BPF		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gauripur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPF	Banendra Mushahary	53,849	40.43
	AIUDF	Nijanur Rahman	37,190	27.92
	INC	Mahibul Haque	28,444	21.36
	AGP	Ashok Roy Pradhani	4,136	3.11
	Independent	Nurul Islam Sheikh	2,531	1.90
	AITC	Zahirul Hoque	2,315	1.74
	BJP	Biswajit Roy	2,258	1.70
Majority			16,659	12.51
Turnout			1,33,189	85.92
Registered electors			1,55,015
	BPF gain from Independent		Swing