Naharkatia Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India

Naharkatia
Constituency No. 120 for the Assam Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Dibrugarh
LS constituency	Dibrugarh
Established	1978
Reservation	None

Elected year	2021

Naharkatia Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Naharkatia is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

1978: Sasha Kamal Handique, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1985: Kusumbar Tairai, Independent
1991: Sasha Kamal Handique, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
2000: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
2001: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
2006: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
2011: Pranati Phukan, Indian National Congress
2016: Naren Sonowal, Asom Gana Parishad
2021: Taranga Gogoi, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Naharkatia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Naren Sonowal	46,051	46.75	+22.09
	INC	Pranati Phukan	44,520	43.16	+1.58
	CPI(M)	Suresh Chandra Deka	4,026	4.08	+0.91
	Independent	Mohan Nag	2,708	2.74	N/A
	Independent	Mahendra Dhadumiya	783	0.79	N/A
	JCP	Sadananda Das	697	0.70	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,719	1.74	N/A
Majority			3,531	3.59	-13.33
Turnout			98,504	83.70	+10.57
	AGP gain from INC		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Naharkatia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Pranati Phukan	35,373	41.58
	AGP	Naren Sonowal	20,976	24.66
	BJP	Pradip Buragohain	18,917	22.24
	CPI(M)	Sasha Kamal Handique	2,699	3.17
	NCP	Kartik Tanti	2,498	2.94
	AITC	Tirtha Gogoi	1,714	2.01
	SUCI(C)	Mahendra Dhadumia	1,554	1.83
	AIUDF	Imranuddin Ahmed	1,339	1.57
Majority			14,397	16.92
Turnout			85,070	73.13
	INC hold		Swing