Chapaguri Assembly - Population, Polling Percentage, Facilities, Parties Vote Share, Last Election Results

Chapaguri Assembly Constituency is a locality in Bongaigaon district located in Assam. It falls under KokrajharLok Sabha Assembly. It is situated in the lower part of Assam. It is reserved for the Scheduled tribes(ST).

Assembly constituency name and number:

Chapaguri belongs to the Constituency number of 63 of the 126 constituencies of the legislative assembly of Assam in India. It falls under KokrajharLok Sabha Constituency.ThaneswarBasumatary, of the BPF party, won the Vidhansabha election in 2016, with the maximum number of votes and the runner up was Sujan Das of IND party.

Parliamentary constituency:

Kokrajhar Parliamentary constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha Constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India.It consists of 10 assembly segments i.e. Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar West (ST), Kokrajhar East (ST), Sdli (ST), Bijni, Sorbhog, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Barama (ST) and Chapaguri (ST). Naba Kumar Saraniaof IND party in the Lok Sabha election of 2019 won with 4,84,560 votes and the runner up was Pramila Rani Brahma of BPF party. The number of votes with which IND won the elections of 2019 is37,786 votes.

District:

It lies in the Bongaigaondistrict itself and occupies an area of 14 km2 and with a population of 1,29,894numbers. It is a huge area with a sex ratio of 961 per 1000 male.

 Assembly Status:

Chapaguri is an assembly constituency from Assam and the latest election was held in 2016. In the Vidhansabha election of 2016, MLA of Chapaguri Assembly Constituency is Thaneswar Basumatary of BPOF party. 

 Total population:

The total population of the Chapaguri Assembly Constituency is 2506of which 1096are males and 992 are females.

Number of households:

There are about 444 households in the Chapaguri Assembly Constituency.

Caste and tribes in the constituency:

In the Chapaguri Assembly Constituency, the population of Scheduled Caste is 1.08% and Scheduled Tribe is 57.11%. 

 Polling percentage for the last three years:

In the 2019 KokrajharLok Sabha Seat election, Naba Kumar Saraniaof the IND became the MP from the Kokrajhar Constituency with a vote of 4,84,560and Pramila Rani Brahma from BPFstood second gaining 4,46,774votes.

In the Vidhansabha election of 2016, ThaneswarBasumatary of BPF became the MLA from the Chapaguri Constituency with a vote of 43,250 and Sujan Das of IND stood second gaining 41,769 votes with a margin of 1,481.

In the Vidhansabha election of 2011, HiteshBasumatary of BPFbecame the MLA from the Chapaguri Constituency with a vote of 70,981and Tijen Basumataryof AGP stood second gaining19,059 votes with a margin of 51,922.

Result of last five elections:

In the 2019 Kokrajhar Lok Sabha Seat election, Naba Kumar Sarania of the IND became the MP from the Kokrajhar Constituency with a vote of 4,84,560 and Pramila Rani Brahma from BPF stood second gaining 4,46,774 votes.

In the Vidhansabha election of 2016, ThaneswarBasumatary of BPF became the MLA from the Chapaguri Constituency with a vote of 43,250 and Sujan Das of IND stood second gaining 41,769 votes with a margin of 1,481.

In the Vidhansabha election of 2011, Hitesh Basumatary of BPF became the MLA from the Chapaguri Constituency with a vote of 70,981 and Tijen Basumataryof AGP stood second gaining 19,059 votes with a margin of 51,922.

In the Vidhansabha election of 2006, ThaneswarBasumatary of IND became the MLA from the Chapaguri Constituency with a vote of 53,395and Tijen Basumataryof IND stood second gaining 35,592 votes with a margin of 17,803.

In the Vidhansabha election of 2001, Tijen Basumatary of INDbecame the MLA from the Chapaguri Constituency with a vote of 64,427and Suren Swargiary of IND stood second gaining7,354 votes with a margin of 57,073.