Nowgong | |
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Constituency No. 86 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Northeast India |
State | Assam |
District | Nagaon |
LS constituency | Nowgong |
Established | 1957 |
Reservation | None |
Elected year | 2021 |
Nowgong Assembly constituency is one of the 126 Assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly.[1][2] Currently Rupak Sarmah of Bharatiya Janata Party represents this constituency. The constituency is represented mostly by Indian National Congress legislators (9 times) followed by Asom Gana Parishad legislators (4 times). Girindra Kumar Baruah and Mukut Sharma represented the constituency three times each.
Nowgong constituency is also a part of Nowgong Lok Sabha Constituency.[3]
Election | Name | Party | |
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1957 | Mahendra Nath Hazarika | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | Dev Kant Baruah | ||
1959 (By-election) | Phani Bora | Communist Party of India | |
1962 | Moti Ram Bora | Indian National Congress | |
1962 (By-election) | Rupram Sut | ||
1967 | Phani Bora | Communist Party of India | |
1972 | Lila Kanta Bora | Indian National Congress | |
1978 | Mukut Sarma | ||
1983 | Mukut Sarma | ||
1985 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta | Independent | |
1991 | Mukut Sarma | Indian National Congress | |
1996 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta | Asom Gana Parishad | |
1996 (By-election) | Girindra Kumar Baruah | ||
2001 | Girindra Kumar Baruah | ||
2006 | Girindra Kumar Baruah | ||
2011 | Dr. Durlav Chandra Chamua | Indian National Congress | |
2016 | Rupak Sarmah | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2021 | Rupak Sarmah[4] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Rupak Sharma | 66,706 | |||
INC | Dr. Durlav Chamua | 53442 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |