Katigorah Assembly constituency

Katigorah Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies in Cachar district in the North-East Indian state of Assam. Kalain is main town of Katigorah.[1]
Katigorah Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Silchar Lok Sabha constituency and also the Subdivision of Cachar District.

Katigorah
Constituency No. 116 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictCachar
LS constituencySilchar
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Elected year2021

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 15 Katigorah Assembly constituency is composed of Katigorah Police Station in Katigorah Subdivision.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Key

  BJP   INC   AIUDF   IC(S)   Independent

Election Member Party
1951 Namwar Ali Barbhuiya Indian National Congress
1957 Hem Chandra Chakravarty Indian National Congress
1962 Tarapada Bhattacharjee Independent (politician)
1967 A.K.N. Hoque Indian National Congress
1972 Abdul Hamid Mazumder Indian National Congress
1978 Abdul Kiyum Choudhury Indian National Congress
1983 Nepal Chandra Das Indian National Congress
1985 Abdul Hamid Mazumder Indian Congress (Socialist)
1991 Kali Ranjan Deb Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Kali Ranjan Deb Bharatiya Janata Party
2001 Kali Ranjan Deb Bharatiya Janata Party
2006 Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya All India United Democratic Front
2011 Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya All India United Democratic Front
2016 Amar Chand Jain Bharatiya Janata Party
2021 Khalil Uddin Mazumder Indian National Congress

Election results

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2016

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2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Katigorah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Amar Chand Jain 59,764 44.03 +25.37
AIUDF Khalil Uddin Mazumder 50,956 37.54 +5.11
INC Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya 16,418 12.09 −14.33
Independent Trayabashi Das 1,949 1.43 N/A
CPI Moinul Hoque 1,372 1.01 N/A
Independent Samujjal Das 906 0.66 N/A
Independent Hanif Alom Mazarbhuiya 826 0.60 N/A
SP Alauddin Choudhury 552 0.40 −0.44
Independent Saleh Ahmad Talukdar 541 0.39 N/A
Independent Arun Karmakar 425 0.31 N/A
Independent Rafique Uzzaman Laskar 356 0.26 N/A
Independent Mahendra Sinha 284 0.20 N/A
JCP Sujata Sinha 273 0.20 N/A
Independent Dipak Lal Das 184 0.13 N/A
NOTA None of the above 906 0.66 N/A
Majority 8,808 6.49 +0.50
Turnout 1,35,712 84.50 +9.46
Registered electors 1,60,603
BJP gain from AIUDF Swing

2011

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2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Katigorah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIUDF Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya 33,226 32.41
INC Anwarul Haque 27,084 26.42
BJP Anil Chandra Dey 19,133 18.66
Independent Amar Chand Jain 12,808 12.49
AGP Anup Kumar Dutta 3,892 3.80
AITC Kumarjit Deb 2,148 2.10
Independent Sahab Uddin 1,880 1.83
Independent Ashit Chandra Dey 1,501 1.46
SP Alak Sen 857 0.84
Majority 6,142 5.99
Turnout 1,02,529 75.04
AIUDF hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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