Boko Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India

Boko
Constituency No. 48 for the Assam Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Kamrup
LS constituency	Gauhati
Established	1951
Reservation	SC

Elected year	2021

Boko Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly.^[1]^[2]^[3] Boko forms part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the SC reserved constituencies of Assam. Nandita Das of INC is the present MLA of the constituency.

Town Details

Following are details on Boko Assembly constituency^[4]-

Country: India.
State: Assam.
District: Kamrup district .
Lok Sabha Constituency: Gauhati Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
Literacy Level: 72.81%.
Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 2,36,661 Eligible Electors. Male Electors: 85,984 . Female Electors: 84,350 .
Geographic Co-Ordinates: 25°57’41.8"N 91°08’25.1"E.
Total Area Covered: 742 square kilometres.
Area Includes:Boko thana (excluding Bongaon mouza) in Gauhati sub-division.
Inter State Border :Kamrup.
Number of Polling Stations: 238 (2011), 245 (2016), 48 (2021).

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

1951: Radha Charan Choudhury, Socialist Party.
1957: Radha Charan Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
1962: Prabin Kumar Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
1967: Prabin Kumar Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
1972: Prabin Kumar Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
1978: Umesh Chandra Das, Janata Party.
1983: Upendra Das, Indian National Congress.
1985: Gopinath Das, Independent.
1991: Gopinath Das, Indian National Congress.
1996: Jyoti Prasad Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
2001: Gopinath Das, Indian National Congress.
2006: Jyoti Prasad Das, Asom Gana Parishad.
2011: Gopinath Das, All India United Democratic Front.
2016: Nandita Das, Indian National Congress.
2021: Nandita Das, Indian National Congress.

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Nandita Das	120,613	58.82
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	68,147	33.23
	AITC	Gopinath Das	12,571	6.13
	NOTA	None of the above	3,735	1.82
Majority			52,466
Turnout			2,05,066	{{{percentage}}}
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nandita Das	69,986	39.69	+8.74
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	52,392	29.71	+12.65
	AIUDF	Gopinath Das	42,338	24.01	-14.51
	Independent	Dr. Ghanashyam Das	5,794	3.28	N/A
	Independent	Anirban Das	2,796	1.58	N/A
	Independent	Nitish Ranjan Das	1,148	0.65	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,851	1.04	N/A
Majority			17,594	9.98	+2.41
Turnout			1,76,305	89.05	+5.78
Registered electors			1,97,963
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIUDF	Gopinath Das	54,388	38.52
	INC	Jayanta Das	43,697	30.95
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	24,086	17.06
	BPF	Prabin Mandal	13,318	9.43
	BJP	Jiten Sarkar	3,656	2.59
	AITC	Niranjan Das	2,050	1.45
Majority			10,691	7.57
Turnout			1,41,195	83.27
Registered electors			1,69,554
	AIUDF gain from AGP		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.
^ "Boko Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Nandita Das of INC Leading Wins". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "Boko Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Elections in India. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.