Bijni Assembly constituency

Assembly constituency of Assam

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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.

Town Details

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

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

Election	Member		Tenure
2021	Ajoy Kumar Roy	Bharatiya Janata Party	2021-Incumbent
2016	Kamal Singh Narzary	Bodoland People's Front	2006-21
2011		Bodoland People's Front
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	Golak Chandra Patgiri	Indian National Congress	1967-78
1962	Ram Prasad Das	Praja Socialist Party	1962-67
1951	Swami Krishnananda Brahmachari	Indian National Congress	1951-62

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Bijni^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajoy Kumar Roy	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

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

References

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