Hailakandi Assembly constituency

Hailakandi Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Assam state in northeastern India.^[1][2]

Hailakandi
Constituency No. 6 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Hailakandi
Lok Sabha constituency	Karimganj
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Zakir Hussain Laskar
Party	All India United Democratic Front
Elected year	2021

Hailakandi (constituency number 6) is one of the 3 constituencies located in Hailakandi district. Hailakandi is part of Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency along with 7 other assembly segments, namely, Katlichera and Algapur in Hailakandi district, and Patharkandi, Karimganj North, Karimganj South, Ratabari and Badarpur in Karimganj district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1952: Abdul Matlib Mazumder, Indian National Congress
• 1957: Abdul Matlib Mazumder, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Rampirit Rudrapaul, Independent
• 1967: Abdul Matlib Mazumder, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Abdur Rahman Chowdhury, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Dipak Bhattacharjee, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1983: Abdul Muhib Mazumder, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Abdul Muhib Mazumder, Indian National Congress.
• 1991: Chittendra Nath Mazumder, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1996: Abdul Muhib Mazumder, Independent
• 2001: Sahab Uddin Choudhury, Independent
• 2006: Hazi Salim Uddin Barbhuiya, All India United Democratic Front
• 2011: Abdul Muhib Mazumder, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Anwar Hussain Laskar, All India United Democratic Front
• 2021: Zakir Hussain Laskar,^[4] All India United Democratic Front

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Hailakandi^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Anwar Hussain Laskar	41,647	36.85
	BJP	Saikat Dutta Choudhury	39,039	34.54
	Independent	Zakir Hussain Laskar	15,633	13.83
	INC	Anamuddin Laskar	9,287	8.21
	Independent	Haji Salimuddin Barbhuiya	1,119	0.99
	Independent	Premraj Goala	1,104	0.97
	SP	Samiruddin Laskar	602	0.53
	Independent	Fakhrul Alam Mazarbhuiya	579	0.51
	Independent	Ali Hussain Mira	430	0.38
	Independent	Niren Das	376	0.33
	NCP	Ajit Kumar Paul	372	0.32
	Independent	Lutfur Rahman Laskar	366	0.32
	Independent	Amit Kumar Deb	363	0.32
	Independent	Mituzzaman Laskar	244	0.21
	Independent	Parbej Khasru Laskar	228	0.20
	Independent	Amar Chand Bhowmik	211	0.18
	Independent	Burhanuddin Barbhuiya	199	0.17
	Independent	Saharuzzaman Laskar	180	0.15
	Independent	Abul Hussain Barbhuiya	176	0.15
	SUCI(C)	Sushil Paul	163	0.14
	Independent	Adhir Chanda	158	0.13
	Independent	Ajay Kumar Roy	122	0.10
	Independent	Sankar Chakraborty	114	0.10
	NOTA	None of the above	281	0.24
Majority			2,608	2.31
Turnout			1,12,993	78.13
Registered electors			1,44,605
	AIUDF gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Hailakandi
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly