Lakhipur Assembly constituency
Lakhipur | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Lakhipur Location in Assam  Lakhipur Lakhipur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°48′N 93°01′E / 24.8°N 93.02°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Cachar |
| Constituency No | 13 |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Lakhipur |
Lakhipur Vidhan Sabha Constituency (Bengali: লক্ষীপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 126 assembly constituency in Cachar district in the North-East Indian state of Assam.
Overview[1]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No.13 Lakhipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Lakhipur thana (excluding circle Nos. 44, 45 and 46) and Boaligrant in circle No. 54 (Part) in Sonai thana in Silchar Subdivision.
Lakhipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 2 Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency).
The total voters of the Lakhipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is 1,37,415. this constituency is mainly tea worker dominated constituency.
The two main factors of this constituency in every election are tea workers working in 46,000 strong tea estates and Hindi-speaking community. Language has been a poll plank here for a long time, which is used by different political parties from time to time to garner votes of specific communities.
Member of Legislative Assembly [2][3]
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Lakhipur assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 (By Polls) |
Rajdeep Goala | INC | 51975 | Sanjay Kumar Thakur | BJP | 29322 |
| 2011 | Dinesh Prasad Goala | INC | 51975 | Reena Singh | BJP | 21897 |
| 2006 | Dinesh Prasad Goala | INC | 53052 | Reena Singh | BJP | 22385 |
| 2001 | Dinesh Prasad Goala | INC | 36570 | Reena Singh | BJP | 26815 |
| 1996 | Dinesh Prosad Goala | INC | 45961 | Audesh Kumar Singh | BJP | 22533 |
| 1991 | Dinesh Prasad Goala | INC | 18538 | Debendra Singha | BJP | 13715 |
| 1985 | Dinesh Prasad Goala | INC | 21910 | Kshiro Gopal Misra | IND | 13985 |
| 1983 | Dinesh Prasad Goala | IND | 10564 | Rakesh Chandra Paul | IND | 9523 |
| 1978 | Kazi Kutub Uddin Ahmed | IND | 11258 | Rakesh Chandra Paul | IND | 9628 |
| 1967 | M.C. Singha | INC | 14379 | N. Huda | IND | 8317 |
| 1962 | Ram Prasad Choubey | INC | 14916 | Gour Singh | IND | 5267 |
| 1957 | Ram Prasad Choubey | INC | ||||
| 1951 | Raghunandan Dhubi | INC | 23634 | Mohammad Ali | IND | 5941 |
| 1951 | Ram Prasad Chaubey | INC | 22911 | Manindra Ch. Barman Rajkowar | CPI | 5793 |
Election results
2014 results[4]
[5]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | RAJDEEP GOALA | 39159 | 41.98 | ||
| BJP | SANJAY KUMAR THAKUR | 29322 | 31.43 | ||
| AIUDF | Mukesh Pandey | 22590 | 24.22 | ||
| SUCI(C) | JOY SINGH CHATRI | 1640 | 1.76 | ||
| Independent | Nazim Uddin Mazumder | 578 | 0.62 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1070 | 1.15 | ||
| Majority | 9837 | 10.54 | |||
| Turnout | 93289 | 67.89 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2016 results[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajdeep Goala | 60,135 | 55.12 | ||
| BJP | Thoiba Singha | 35,768 | 32.78 | ||
| JD(U) | Lalthomlien Hmar | 8,923 | 8.18 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Joy Singh Chatri | 1,346 | 1.23 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Kumar Thakur | 741 | 0.68 | ||
| Independent | Ajmal Hussain Laskar | 660 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Ujjal Dhubi | 456 | 0.42 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1309 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 24,367 | 22.33 | |||
| Turnout | 1,09.104 | 76.16 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Lakhipur Assembly Constituency". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "List of winning MLA's from Lakhipur Till Date". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Lakhipur Assembly (Vidha Sabha) Constituency – Bye Elections 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0312.htm?ac=12
- ^ "Lakhipur (Assam) Election Results 2016". elections.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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