Bihpuria Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India

Bihpuria
Constituency No. 109 for the Assam Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Lakhimpur
LS constituency	Tezpur
Established	1951
Reservation	None

Elected year	2021

Bihpuria Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Bihpuria forms part of the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Town Details

Following are details on Bihpuria Assembly constituency-

Country: India.
State: Assam.
District: Lakhimpur district .
Lok Sabha Constituency: Tezpur Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.^[4]
Assembly Categorisation: Rural
Literacy Level: 78.39%.
Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,52,309 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:77,166 . Female Electors: 75,143.
Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°57'51.1"N 93°50'26.5"E.
Total Area Covered: 549 square kilometres.
Area Includes: Bihpuria thana (excluding Laluk mouza) in North Lakhimpur sub- division, in Barpeta sub-division, of Lakhimpur district of Assam.
Inter State Border : Lakhimpur.
Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-179,Year 2016-180,Year 2021-109.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of past members representing Bihpuria Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature.^[5]

1951: Sarveswar Borua, Indian National Congress.
1962: Mohananda Bora, Indian National Congress.
1967: Premadhar Bora, Independent.
1972: Premadhar Bora, Independent.
1978: Premadhar Bora, Independent.
1983: Borgoram Deori, Indian National Congress.
1985: Kesharam Bora, Independent.
1991: Borgoram Deori, Indian National Congress.
1996: Kesharam Bora, Asom Gana Parishad.
2001: Premadhar Bora, Independent.
2006: Bhupen Kumar Borah, Indian National Congress.
2011: Bhupen Kumar Borah, Indian National Congress.
2016: Debananda Hazarika, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Election	Name	Party
2021	Amiya Kumar Bhuyan		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bihpuria^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amiya Kumar Bhuyan	58,979	48.53	-12.15
	INC	Bhupen Kumar Borah	48,801	40.16	+3.36
	AJP	Achyut Saikia (Madhab)	6,510	5.36	N/A
	Independent	Anup Saikia	2,545	2.09	N/A
	Independent	Tuleswar Pegu	1,932	1.59	N/A
	Independent	Premadhar Bora	744	0.61	-0.07
	Independent	Shobheshwar Gogoi	729	0.60	N/A
	Independent	Mohim Bania	472	0.39	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	814	0.67	-0.09
Majority			10,178	8.37	-15.51
Turnout			1,21,526	79.4	-3.91
Registered electors			1,53,050
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bihpuria^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Debananda Hazarika	66,563	60.68
	INC	Bhupen Kumar Borah	40,376	36.80
	Independent	Premadhar Bora	754	0.68
	RSC	Sunder Deori	693	0.63
	Independent	Gargi Deori	474	0.43
	NOTA	None of the above	834	0.76
Majority			26,187	23.88
Turnout			1,09,694	83.31
Registered electors			1,31,665
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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