Algapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Algapur আলগাপুর
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Algapur Show map of Assam Algapur Show map of India Location in Assam, India
Coordinates: 24°52′0.516″N 92°41′13.938″E / 24.86681000°N 92.68720500°E / 24.86681000; 92.68720500Coordinates: 24°52′0.516″N 92°41′13.938″E / 24.86681000°N 92.68720500°E / 24.86681000; 92.68720500
Country	India
State	Assam
District	Hailakandi
Constituency No	8
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Algapur

Algapur Vidhan Sabha Constituency (Bengali: আলগাপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 126 assembly constituency in Hailakandi district in the North-East Indian state of Assam.^[1]

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 8 Algapur (Vidhan Sabha Constituency) is composed of circle No. 1 in Hailakandi Police Station in Hailakandi Sub-Division; and circle Nos. 23 and 24 in Silchar Police Station in Silchar Sub-Division.^[2]

Member of Legislative Assembly

1978: Nepal Chandra Das, Indian National Congress
1980: Maulana Abdul Jalil Choudhury, Indian National Congress
1985: Sahidul Alam Choudhury, Independent
1991: Sahidul Alam Choudhury, Asom Gana Parishad
1996: Sahidul Alam Choudhury, Asom Gana Parishad
2001: Sahidul Alam Choudhury, Asom Gana Parishad
2006: Rahul Roy, Indian National Congress
2011: Sahidul Alam Choudhury, Asom Gana Parishad
2013 (by-poll): Mandira Roy, Indian National Congress
2016: Nizamuddin Choudhury, All India United Democratic Front

Election results

2016 results

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2016: Algapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AIUDF	Nizamuddin Choudhury	50,531	42.30	-4.47
	BJP	Kaushik Rai	32,777	27.44	+24.97
	INC	Rahul Roy	25,927	21.70	-25.89
	AGP	Mehnaz Sahid Choudhury	5,822	4.87	+4.03
	SP	Sahidul Islam Laskar	585	0.48	N/A
	Independent	Ahmed Hussain Laskar	509	0.43	N/A
	Independent	Raju Das	475	0.39	N/A
	Independent	Rupu Deb	475	0.39	N/A
	Independent	Samin Ahmed Choudhury	461	0.38	N/A
	Independent	Ahmed Karim Barbhuiya	260	0.21	N/A
	Independent	Imadul Islam Laskar	229	0.19	N/A
	Independent	Binayak Deb	222	0.18	N/A
	Independent	Kazi Muzakkir Hussain	179	0.15	N/A
	Independent	Saleh Ahmed Mazumder	173	0.14	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	768	0.64	N/A
Majority			17,754	14.86	+14.04
Turnout			1,19,432	83.21	+4.42
Registered electors			1,43,537
	AIUDF gain from INC		Swing

2013 by-election result

2013 by-election: Algapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mandira Roy	52,814	47.59
	AIUDF	Mehbubul Hasan Laskar	51,899	46.77
	BJP	Sashadhar Paul	2,742	2.47
	AGP	Kamrul Islam Choudhury	933	0.84
	Independent	Matiur Rahman Barbhuiya	634	0.57
	Independent	Hasan Raja Laskar	598	0.54
	Independent	Sahidullah Ahmed Mazumder	333	0.30
	Independent	Alokesh Bhattacharjee	290	0.26
	Independent	Baharul Islam Mazumder	215	0.19
	Independent	Kamaruddin Ahmed Choudhury	180	0.16
	Independent	Ikramul Haque Barbhuiya	175	0.16
	Independent	Islamuddin Laskar	156	0.14
Majority			915	0.82
Turnout			1,10,969	78.79
Registered electors			1,40,831
	INC gain from AGP		Swing

References

↑ "Algapur Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Retrieved 28 June 2016.
↑ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

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