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

Assembly Constituency name and number

Dharmapur Assembly Constituency is one of the 126 Assembly Constituencies and it bears number 61. It is a part of Barpeta Lok Sabha Constituency.

Parliamentary Constituency

Dharmapur falls under Barpeta Parliamentary Constituency. Abdul Khaleque of the Indian National Congress party won the Lok Sabha Election of 2019 with 645173 votes and defeated Kumar Deepak Das of the Asom Gana Parishad party who secured 504866 votes.

District

Nalbari district is an administrative district in Lower Assam, India. The district has an area of 2257 square km. The district headquarter is situated in Nalbari. As per 2011 census report, the district has 771639 population.

Dharmapur Assembly Status

In the Assembly Election 2016, the Dharmapur Constituency had a total of 129940 voters and from this, the number of valid voters was 110547. In the election, Chandra Mohan Patowary of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the election and Nilamani Sen Deka of the Indian National Congress party became the runner up by securing 36560 votes.

Male/Female Electoral distribution

The total number of voters recorded in 2016 Dharmapur election was 129940 from which the voter turnout was 110547 and out of this the number of male voters was 58027 and the female voters was 52520.

Total valid voters	Male	Female
110547	58027	52520

Polling Percentage for last 3 years

Dharmapur Assembly Constitution witnessed a polling percentage of 57.86% during Lok Sabha Election of 2019. In Legislative Assembly Election, 2016 the polling percentage was 63.55% and in Lok Sabha Election of 2014, the polling percent was 52.38%.

Result of last five election

• In 1996 Election, Chandra Mohan Patowary of AGP won the MLA seat with 47894 votes and defeated Nilamani Sen Deka of INC who got 17339 votes
• In 2001, Nilamani Sen Deka of INC won the election with 37674 votes and defeated Chandra Patowary of AGP who secured 36223 votes.
• In 2006, Chandra Mohan Patowary of AGP won the seat by securing 51926 votes and defeated Nilamani Sen Deka of INC who secured 42372 votes.
• In 2011, Nilmani Sen Deka of INC became the winner by securing 50786 votes and Chandra Mohan Patowary of AGP became the runner up with 45455 votes.
• In 2016, Chandra Mohan Patowary of BJP won the election by securing 70503 votes and defeated Nilamani sen who secured 36560 votes.

Year	Name of the candidate	Name of the party	Number of votes
1996	Chandra Mohan Patowary	AGP	47894
	Nilamani Sen Deka	INC	17339
2001	Nilamani Sen Deka	INC	37674
	Chandra Mohan Patowary	AGP	36223
2006	Chandra Mohan Patowary	AGP	51926
	Nilamani Sen Deka	INC	42372
2011	Nilamani Sen Deka	INC	50786
	Chandra Mohan Patowary	AGP	45455
2016	Chandra Mohan Patowary	BJP	70503
	Nilamani Sen Deka	INC	36560

Percentage vote share of political party in last election

In Assam Assembly Election, Chandra Mohan Patowary of BJP became the winner with 63.55%. Nilamani Sen Deka of the INC became the runner up with 32.95%. Dipak Barman, the Independent candidate secured 1.98% and Sankar Talukdar of Rajpa secured 0.63%.

Name of the candidate	Name of the party	Percentage
Chandra Mohan Patowary	BJP	63.55%
Nilamani Sen Deka	INC	32.95%
Dipak Barman	IND	1.98%
Sankar Talukdar	Rajpa	0.63%
None of the above		0.89%

Candidates in Last election and result (winner and looser)

Candidates that participated in 2016 Assembly Election are:

• Chandra Mohan Patowary of BJP
• Nilamani Sen Deka of INC
• Dipak Barman, the Independent Candidate
• Sankar Talukdar of Rajpa

At the end, Chandra Mohan Patowary of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the election by securing 70503 votes and Nilamani Sen of the Indian National Congress Party became the runner up by securing 36560 votes.