Haflong Constituency - Population, Polling Percentage, Facilities, Parties Vote Share, Last Election Results

ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY NAME & NO

Haflong (ST) Assembly constituency - Haflong (ST) Vidhan Sabha (16) is located in Dima Hasao district of Assam and comes under the Autonomous District (ST) Lok Sabha constituency. Haflong (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Haflong is also part of Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency. It is a reserved seat for the Scheduled tribes (ST).

PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY

DISTRICT

Haflong comes under the district of Dima Hasao earlier called North Cachar Hills district, is an administrative district in the state of Assam in North-eastern India. As of 2011, it is the least populous district of Assam. Dima Hasao district is one of the two Autonomous hill districts of the state of Assam. The district headquarter Haflong is the only hill station in Assam, a tourist paradise, also named the Switzerland of the north-east.

NO OF TOWNS

There are about 153 villages in Haflong block. It is a hilly area and a tourist destination.

ASSEMBLY STATUS

Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI(ML)(L), BJP, INC, ASDC are the major political parties in this area. Haflong Tehsil comes under Haflong assembly constituency, current sitting MLA is Bir Bhadra Hagjer contested and won from BJP party. Haflong Tehsil comes under Autonomous District parliament constituency, current sitting MP is HOREN SING BEY.

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Haflong
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
BJP	Bir Bhadra Hagjer	52,037	50.77
INC	Nirmal Langthasa	43,731	42.66
Independent	Mayasing Daulagupu	2,893	2.82
AIUDF	Neikhol Haolai Changsan	2,723	2.65
NOTA	None of the above	1,111	1.08
Majority		8,306	8.11
Turnout		1,02,495	81.26
BJP gain from INC		Swing

TOTAL POPULATION

The population of Haflong sub district is 76721 people, among them about 39764 are male and 36957 are female.

NO OF HOUSEHOLDS

Total number of households in Haflong Teshil is 15139.

RELIGIOUS GROUP/DEMOGRAPHY IN THE CONSTITUENCY

The table below shows the data of people mostly in Haflong according to religion:

Religion-wise Population - Haflong Circle

CAST AND TRIBES IN THE CONSTITUENCY

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 64.2% of total population in Haflong Circle of. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) ratio is 2.03 and 70.92, respectively out of total population.

	Total	Male	Female
Schedule Caste	1,536	802	734
Schedule Tribe	49,245	24,726	24,519

These tables shows the margin of both the sexes:-

Scheduled Cast Persons	1536
Scheduled Cast Males	802
Scheduled Cast Females	734
Scheduled Tribe Persons	24519
Scheduled Tribe Males	24726
Scheduled Tribe Females	24519

TOP 3 CITIES IN THE CONSTITUENCY

Haflong City, Silchar City, Lumding City, Hailakandi City are the nearby Cities to Haflong.

MALE/FEMALE ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION

As per the voter list of 2019, there are 135153 electorates and 242 polling stations in this constituency. Voter turnout was 77.58% in 2019 Lok Sabha elections where as it was 81.09% in the 2016 assembly election.

SEX RATIO

In Haflong Town Committee, Female Sex Ratio is of 916 against state average of 958. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Haflong is around 959 compared to Assam state average of 962. Under the age of six years child population of Tijara tahsil is 10063, among them 5133 are boys and 4930 are girls. Also the Sex Ratio of Urban areas in Haflong Circle is 916 while that of Rural areas is 948.

AGE GROUP DISTRIBUTION

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Haflong Circle is 10063 which is 13% of the total population. There are 5133 male children and 4930 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Haflong Circle is 960 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 929 ) of Haflong Circle.

Total Male Population	39764
Total Female Population	36957
0-6 Age group Total Population	10063
0-6 Age group Male Population	5133
0-6 Age group Male Population	4930

POLLING PERCENTAGE FOR LAST 3 YEARS (WHICH CONSTITUENCY HAS BEEN THE STRONGHOLD FOR WHICH PARTY AND FOR HOW LONG? WHAT HAS BEEN THE VOTING PATTERN)?

The AGP, the AIUDF, the BJP and the INC got -%, 2.66%, 50.77% and 42.67% votes respectively in 2016 while -%, -%, 68.56% and 26.82% in 2019 respectively. Horen Sing Bey (BJP) is the present Lok Sabha MP of Autonomous District (ST) and Bir Bhadra Hagjer (BJP) is the present MLA of Haflong (ST) Legislative Assembly.

RESULT OF LAST FIVE ELECTION

List of all MLA from Haflong Assembly Constituency Seat (Assam)
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2016	Bir Bhadra Hagjer	BJP	52037
2011	Gobinda Ch Langthasa	INC	38076
2006	Gobinda Ch Langthasa	INC	40154
2001	Gobinda Ch Langthasa	INC	33781
1996	Samarjit Haflongbar	ASDC	35074

PERCENTAGE VOTE SHARE OF POLITICAL PARTY IN LAST ELECTION

CANDIDATES IN LAST ELECTION & RESULT (WINNER AND LOOSER)

The 2016 election was won by Bir Bhadra Hagjer with a vote of 52,037 holding a percentage of 50.77% and the runner up was Nirmal Langthasa of INC with a vote of 43,731.

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Haflong
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
BJP	Bir Bhadra Hagjer	52,037	50.77
INC	Nirmal Langthasa	43,731	42.66

WORK DONE IN LAST 5 YEARS BY THE CANDIDATE

Mentioning some of his works highlighting in the past few years:-

1. He is a Member of Dimasa Sahitya Sabha,
2. Also, a Member of Assam Angling Association,
3. He runs a Family Trust known as Joy Bhadra and Nirupama Hagjer Memorial Trust. (The fund for the Trust was initially started with the amount comprising of bank savings of late Nirupama Hagjer and contributions of the members. The aims and objective of the Trust is to award financial assistance to student who obtain highest aggregate in Matriculation and Higher).
4. Vertical extension of Town Raji Community Hall, Haflong Construction of she'd, Cremation platform at Lower Haflong under MLALAD 2018-19 Amount 7,50,000.00
5. Beautification of Veer Dimalik Statue at Maibang under Untied Fund 2018-19 Amount 1cr
6. Construction of Helipad Phase 2 under Untied Fund 2017-18, Amount 50,00,000.00

BIG TICKET SCHEMES/PROJECTS ANNOUNCED IN THE RUN UP TO THE ELECTIONS FOR THE CONSTITUENCIES

Some of the undergoing or upcoming projects for the constituency of Haflong are as follows:

1. Reconstruction of Lower Haflong Road under SOPD-FDR for the year 2019-20.
2. Re-construction of Haflong Tiniali Dihangee Jatinga Road under SOPD-G for the year 2019-20, Haflong LAC.
3. Re-construction Work at different stretches of Songpijang Village Approach Road at Ch. 0.00 km to ch. 1.00 km under SOPD-FDR for the year 2019- 20
4. Re-construction of Community Garden approach road at Thaijupang under SOPD-G for the year 2019-20, Haflong LAC.