Boko (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Boko (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. 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[edit]

Following are details on Boko (Vidhan Sabha constituency)^[1]-

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: Year 2011-238,Year 2016-245,Year 2021-48.

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Following is the list of past members representing Boko (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Assam Legislature.^[2]

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[edit]

2016 result[edit]

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nandita Das	69,986	39.69	+8.74
	[[Asom Gana Parishad\|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Jyoti Prasad Das	52,392	29.71	+12.65
	[[All India United Democratic Front\|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]]	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 All India United Democratic Front		Swing

2011 result[edit]

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[All India United Democratic Front\|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]]	Gopinath Das	54,388	38.52
	INC	Jayanta Das	43,697	30.95
	[[Asom Gana Parishad\|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Jyoti Prasad Das	24,086	17.06
	[[Bodoland People's Front\|Template:Bodoland People's Front/meta/shortname]]	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
	All India United Democratic Front gain from Asom Gana Parishad		Swing

Template:Assembly constituencies of Assam

References[edit]

↑ "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.

[bo_ref3-1] "Boko Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Nandita Das of INC Leading Wins". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[bok_ref2-2] "Boko Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Elections in India. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

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