Bijni Assembly constituency

Bijni Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 10 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Bijni
Constituency No. 33 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DivisionLower Assam
DistrictChirang
LS constituencyKokrajhar
Established1951
Total electors162,014
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Ajoy Kumar Roy
Party  BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2021

Town Details

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Following are details on Bijni Assembly constituency:[1]

  • Country: India.
  • State: Assam.
  • District: Chirang district .
  • Lok Sabha Constituency: Kokrajhar Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
  • Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
  • Literacy Level: 89.37%.
  • Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,34,595 Eligible Electors. Male Electors: 70,044. Female Electors: 64,551 .
  • Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°42'03.6"N 90°46'08.0"E..
  • Total Area Covered: 466 square kilometres.
  • Area Includes: Bijni thana [excluding the villages specified in item (14) of the Appendix] in Kokrajhar sub-division, Chirang district of Assam.
  • Inter State Border : Chirang.
  • Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-189,Year 2016-197,Year 2021-33.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Following is the list of past members representing Bijni Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature.

Election Member Political Party Tenure
2021 Ajoy Kumar Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 2021-Incumbent
2016 Kamal Singh Narzary Bodoland People's Front 2006-21
2011
2006 Independent
2001 Romio Brahma 2001-06
1996 Rohini Basumatary 1996-01
1991 Kamal Brahma 1991-96
1985 Ganesh Bora Plain Tribals Council of Assam 1985-91
1983 Padmalochan Boro Independent 1983-85
1978 Lakhyadhar Choudhury Janata Party 1978-83
1973 Golak Chandra Patgiri Indian National Congress 1967-78
1967
1962 Ram Prasad Das Praja Socialist Party 1962-67
1951 Swami Krishnananda Brahmachari Indian National Congress 1951-62

Election results

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2021

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2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bijni[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ajoy Kumar Ray 45,733 32.69% N/A
BPF Kamal Singh Narzary 44,730 31.97% +7.48
UPPL Phanin Boro 35,582 25.43% N/A
AJP Rupam Kumar Das 9,951 7.11% N/A
NOTA None of the above 1,388 0.99% −0.10
Margin of victory 1,003 0.72% −0.68
Turnout 138,527 85.90% −3.15
BJP gain from BPF Swing +32.69

2016

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2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bijni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BPF Kamal Singh Narzary 29,240 24.49
BGP Ajay Kumar Ray 27,562 23.09
Independent Santosh Khakhlary 19,350 16.21
AIUDF Kamaleswar Ray 18,197 15.24
Independent Khalilur Rahman 12,619 10.57
CPI(M) Gajendra Barman 5,991 5.01
INC Biswajit Ray 3,861 3.23
JDP Philip Marandi 1,236 1.03
NOTA None of the above 1,306 1.09
Majority 1,678 1.40
Turnout 1,19,362 89.05
Registered electors 1,34,032
BPF hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bijni Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Bijni Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "AC_Wise Final Result as per Form 21E". CEO Assam.
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