Sootea Assembly constituency

Sootea Assembly constituency was one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Sootea formed part of the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency was abolished in 2023.^[1]

Sootea
Former constituency No. 75 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tezpur
Established	1962
Abolished	2023
Reservation	None

Most Successful parties from Sootea Vidhan Sabha

1. INC (5 Times) (41.0%)
2. AGP (3 Times) (25.0%)
3. BJP (2 Times) (16.0%)
4. JP (1 Time) (8.00%)
5. Ind (1 Time) (8.00%)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election		Member	Party affiliation
	1962	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati	Indian National Congress
	1967	Narayan Chandra Bhuyan
	1972	Swarna Probha Mahanta
	1978	Golak Kakati	Janata Party
	1985	Robin Saikia	Independent
	1991	Kushal Sahu	Indian National Congress
	1996	Padma Hazarika	Asom Gana Parishad
	2001	Praneswar Basumatari	Indian National Congress
	2006	Padma Hazarika	Asom Gana Parishad
	2011
	2016		Bharatiya Janata Party
	2021

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Sootea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Padma Hazarika	84,807	56.50	+1.06
	INC	Praneswar Basumatary	60,432	40.26	−4.25
	NOTA	None of the above	2,411	1.61	+0.14
Majority			24,375
Turnout			1,50,091
Registered electors
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Sootea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Padma Hazarika	60,440	45.89
	INC	Praneswar Basumatary	58,622	44.51
	CPI(M)	Khemraj Chetry	4,914	3.73
	Independent	Jyoti Subba	2,484	1.88
	Independent	Mahendra Urang	2,112	1.60
	Independent	Arun Nath	1,189	0.90
	NOTA	None of the above	1,941	1.47
Majority			1,818	1.38
Turnout			1,31,702	82.95
Registered electors			1,58,765
	BJP gain from AGP		Swing

See also

• Sootea
• Tezpur
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly