Jaleswar, Assam Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Jaleswar, Assam. For the constituency in Odisha, see Jaleswar, Odisha Assembly constituency.

Jaleswar Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly in the north east state of Assam, India. Jaleswar is also part of Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Jaleswar
Constituency No. 12 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Goalpara
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhubri
Established	1978
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1978: Afzalur Rahman, Janata Party
• 1983: Afzalur Rahman, Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Sinha
• 1985: Afzalur Rahman, Independent
• 1991: Afzalur Rahman, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Afzalur Rahman, Indian National Congress
• 2001: Aftabuddin Mollah, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Afzalur Rahman, Loko Sanmilon
• 2011: Moin Uddin Ahmed, All India United Democratic Front
• 2016: Sahab Uddin Ahmed, All India United Democratic Front
• 2021: Aftabuddin Mollah, Indian National Congress

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jaleswar^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aftabuddin Mollah	76,026	50.75
	AIUDF	Dr. Reza Ma Amin	54,046	36.08
	BJP	Osman Goni	14,053	9.38
	AITC	Khurshid Mirza Ashikur Rahman	1,847	1.23
	AJP	Roshidul Hoque	915	0.61
	Independent	Akhiruzzaman Mollah	754	0.5
	Independent	Mujaharul Islam	626	0.42
	SUCI(C)	Osman Goni Mollah	566	0.38
	NOTA	NOTA	970	0.65
Majority			21,980	5.19
Turnout
Registered electors			1,49,803
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jaleswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Sahab Uddin Ahmed	56,003	43.67
	Independent	Aftab Uddin Mollah	49,341	38.48
	BJP	Abdur Rahim Zibran	11,535	8.99
	INC	Abul Fazal Nasir Uddin Mollah	6,567	5.12
	BRP	Abdul Wahab Sheikh	1,433	1.11
	SUCI(C)	Abdus Salam	761	0.59
	Independent	Innas Ali	690	0.53
	NOTA	None of the above	627	0.48
Majority			6,662	5.19
Turnout			1,28,225	93.53
Registered electors			1,37,096
	AIUDF hold		Swing