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.^[1]

Gauripur
Constituency No. 7 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 Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1957	Prakritish Chandra Barua		Independent politician
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 politician
1991	Mohibul Haque		Indian National Congress
1996	Banendra Mushahary		Independent politician
2001	Banendra Mushahary		Asom Gana Parishad
2006	Mohibul Haque		Independent politician
2011	Banendra Mushahary		Bodoland People's Front
2016	Nijanur Rahman		All India United Democratic Front
2021[2]	Nijanur Rahman		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