Rangiya Assembly constituency

This article is about the constituency. For main city, see Rangiya.

Rangiya Assembly constituency is one of the assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly.^[1] Rangiya Assembly constituency established in 1951. Rangiya forms part of the Darrang–Udalguri Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3] Bhabesh Kalita represents this constituency.

Rangiya
Constituency No. 57 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Division	Lower Assam
District	Kamrup
Lok Sabha constituency	Darrang–Udalguri
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhabesh Kalita
Party	BJP
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1951	Siddhinath Sarma		Indian National Congress
1957	Constituency abolished
1962	Siddhinath Sarma		Indian National Congress
1967	K. M. Sarma		Communist Party of India
1972	Manabendranath Sarma		Indian National Congress
1978	Purna Boro		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1983	Purna Boro		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1985	Thaneswar Boro		Independent politician
1991	Thaneswar Boro		Asom Gana Parishad
1996	Thaneswar Boro		Asom Gana Parishad
2001	Bhubaneswar Kalita		Indian National Congress
2006	Ananta Deka		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	Ghanashyam Kalita		Indian National Congress
2016	Bhabesh Kalita		Bharatiya Janata Party
2021	Bhabesh Kalita		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Rangiya^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhabesh Kalita	84,844	52
	CPI(M)	Dr. Bhagwan Dev Mishra	64,624	40
	AJP	Dr. Babulal Sahariah	3,560	2
	Independent	Hareswar Barman	3,505	2
	NOTA	None of the above	1,905	1
Majority			20,220	12
Turnout
Registered electors
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Rangiya

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhabesh Kalita	58,353	40.72
	INC	Ghanashyam Kalita	26,286	18.34
	Independent	Mrinal Deka	17,772	12.40
	AIUDF	Abdul Samad Choudhury	14,411	10.05
	CPI(M)	Ananta Deka	12,261	8.55
	Independent	Thaneswar Boro	5,358	3.73
	Independent	Samsul Haque	4,472	3.12
	Independent	Pabitra Baro	1,230	0.85
	Independent	Rajib Kakoti	1,066	0.74
	Independent	Biswajit Brahma	616	0.42
	Independent	Babul Baro	570	0.39
	NOTA	None of the above	892	0.62
Majority			32,067	22.38
Turnout			1,43,287	84.53
Registered electors			1,69,500
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

External links

• "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.