Naharkatia Constituency- Population, Polling Percentage, Facilities, Parties Manifesto, Last Election Results

Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is located in Upper Assam in the district of Dibrugarh. It falls under Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Constituency. It is situated around 30 km away from the city of Duliajan. Naharkatia is a town. It is known for its petroleum and gas reserves. The place is connected through railways and roadways.

Naharkatia Assembly Constituency: Name & Number

Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly and falls under Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Constituency. It bears the assembly constituency number 120. Naren Sonowal (Botali) of AGP party won the Vidhan Sabha election in 2016, with the maximum number of votes and the runner up was Pranatee Phukan of INC party.

Parliamentary Constituency:

Dibrugarh Parliamentary constituency is the number 13 constituency in Assam. Rameswar Teli of BJP won the Lok Sabha election of 2019 with 657983 votes and the runner up was Paban Singh Ghatowar of INC party. The number of votes with which BJP won the elections of 2019 are 363320 votes.

District:

Dibrugarh occupies an area of 3381 km and with a population of 1,326,335. It is a huge area with a sex ratio of 952 per 1000 male. Dibrugarh is surrounded by Dhemaji on the north and Tinsukia district on the east, Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on the south-east and Sibsagar on north and south-west.

Number of towns & Villages:

There are only two towns in the Naharkatia constituency -- Naharkatia & Namrup. There are 183 villages in the Naharkatia Constituency.

Assembly Status:

In the Vidhan Sabha election of 2016, Naren Sonowal (Botali) of AGP party won with the maximum number of votes and the runner up was Pranatee Phukan of INC party.

Total Naharkatia Population & Households:

The total population of the Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is 18937 of which 9790 are males and 9147 are females. There are about 4091 households in the Naharkatia Assembly Constituency.

Water Connection:

Naharkatia Assembly Constituency has water facilities of Over Hand Tank (OHT) and tap water from a treated source.

Municipality Reach:

The Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is taken care of by the Naharkatia Gram Panchayat.

Naharkatia Demography:

According to the Census of 2011, Hindus are a majority in Naharkatia. As per the Census India of 2011, it has a population of 18937 people. Hindus constitute 89.64% of the total population.

Naharkatiya Religion Data 2011 

Caste & Tribes in Naharkatia:

In the Naharkatia Assembly Constituency, the ratio of Scheduled Caste is 4.25%. The ratio of Scheduled Tribe 7.34%.

Top Cities in the Naharkatia Constituency

There are no cities under this constituency.

Male/female Electoral Distribution:

The total number of electorates in Naharkatia Assembly Constituency is 1,17,682 and out of them the total number which turned out are 96,785 (83.7 %) electorates.

Age-wise Electoral

Sex ratio:

In Naharkatia, the total average sex ratio is 958 per 1000 males only in the rural area. The Female Sex Ratio is 938 and the Child Sex Ratio is 933. 

Age-group Distribution:

In Naharkatia, 1848 of the population is under the age of six which accounts to approximately around 9.76%. 

Last Three Years Polling Percentage in Assam Elections

In the 2019 Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Seat election, Rameswar Teli of the BJP became the MP from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 58093 and Paban Singh Ghatowar stood second gaining 33727 votes.

In the Vidhan Sabha election of 2016, Naren Sonowal (Botali) of AGP became the MLA from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 46051 and Pranatee Phukan of INC stood second gaining 42520 votes.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Rameswar Teli candidate of BJP became the MP from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 48112 defeating Paban Singh Ghatowarof INC stood second gaining 32399 votes.

Result of Last Five Elections:

Following are the previous years assam assembly elections results.

• In the 2019 Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Seat election, Rameswar Teli of the BJP became the MP from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 58093 and Paban Singh Ghatowar stood second gaining 33727 votes.
  
• In the Vidhan Sabha election of 2016, Naren Sonowal (Botali) of AGP became the MLA from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 46051 and Pranatee Phukan of INC stood second gaining 42520 votes.
  
• In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Rameswar Teli candidate of BJP became the MP from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 48112 defeating Paban Singh Ghatowarof INC stood second gaining 32399 votes.
  
• In the Vidhan Sabha election of 2011, Pranati Phukan candidate of INC became the MLA from the Naharkatia Constituency with a vote of 35373 defeating Naren Sonowal of AGP stood second gaining 20976 votes. 

In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Sarbananda Sonowal of AGP became the MLA from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 36346 defeating Paban Singh Ghatowarof INC stood second gaining 34529 votes.

Political Parties Percentage Vote Share in Previous Election:

Here is the list of the political parties along with total votes and percentage share:

Votes of top 5 candidates in election Assembly 2016

Candidates in the Previous Election & Result:

In the Vidhansabha election of 2016, Naren Sonowal (Botali) of AGP became the MLA from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 46051 and Pranatee Phukan of INC stood second gaining 42520 votes.