Lahowal Assembly Constituency is located in Upper Assam in the district of Dibrugarh. It falls under Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Assembly. It is situated around 10km away from the city of Dibrugarh. Lahowal is a village in Dibrugarh East.
Lahowal Assembly Constituency : Name & Number:
Lahowal Assembly Constituency bears the assembly constituency number 117. Rituparna Baruah of BJP party won the Vidhan Sabha election in 2016, with the maximum number of votes and the runner up was Prithibi Majhi of INC party.
Parliamentary Constituency:
Dibrugarh Parliamentary constituency is the number 13 constituency in Assam. It is made up of 9 assembly constituency segments including Dibrugarh (6), Margherita (1), Tinsukia (2). Rameswar Teli of BJP party in the Lok Sabha election of 2019 won 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 district occupies an area of 3381 km and has a population of 1,326,335. It is a huge area with a sex ratio of 952 females per 1000 male. 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:
There is only one town in the Lahowal constituency -- the Lahowal Town.
NO of Inhabited Villages
There are five villages in the Lohawal Constituency. The names are Lahoal 19 150 or, Lahoal Patra, Lahoal T E 27 148 Orr, NizLahoal and NizMoidomia.
Assembly Status:
Lahowal is an assembly constituency and in the Vidhan Sabha election of 2016, Rituparna Baruah of BJP party won the election with the maximum number of votes and the runner up was Prithibi Majhi of INC party.
CANDIDATE NAME | PARTY | VOTE |
RITUPARNA BARUAH | BJP | 59,013 |
PRITHIBI MAJHI | 39,414 |
Total population:
The total population of the Lahowal Assembly Constituency is 1644 of which 802 are males and 842 are females.
TOTAL POPULATION | MALE | FEMALE |
1644 | 802 | 842 |
There are about 363 households in the Lahowal Assembly Constituency.
Lahowal Assembly Constituency has water facilities of Over Hand Tank (OHT) and tap water from a treated source.
The Lahowal Assembly Constituency is taken care of by the Lahowal Gram Panchayat.
Demography in the constituency:
According to the official census of 2011, Hindus are a majority in Lahowal. As per Census of 2011, it has a population of 1644 people. Hindus constitute 89.29% of the total population.
In the Lahowal Assembly Constituency the ratio of Scheduled Caste is 6.32%. The ratio of Scheduled Tribe 3.17%.
The only town under Lahowal Assembly Constituency is Lahowal town. There are no cities in this constituency.
Male/female Electoral Distribution:
The total number of electorates in Lahowal Assembly Constituency is 1,27,443 and out of them the total number which turned out are 1,06,538 (85.98 %) electorates.
TOTAL ELECTORATES | MALE | FEMALE | OTHERS |
1,27,443 | 55914 | 58,201 | 3 |
Sex ratio:
In Lahowal, the total sex ratio is 949 females per 1000 male.
Age group Distribution:
In Lahowal, 116 of the population is under the age of six which 10.94% of the population.
Performance in the last three years:
In the 2019 Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Seat election, Rameswar Teli of the BJP became the MP from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 70871 and Paban Singh Ghatowar stood second gaining 32185 votes.
In the Vidhan Sabha election of 2016, Rituparna Baruah of BJP became the MLA from the Lahowal Constituency with a vote of 59013 and Prithibi Majhi of INC stood second gaining 39414 votes.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Rameswar Teli candidate of BJP became the MP from the Dibrugarh Constituency with a vote of 58392 defeating Paban Singh Ghatowar of INC stood second gaining 33235 votes.
Last Five Election Results:
YEAR | CANDIDATE NAME | PARTY | VOTES |
1996 | PRITHIBI MAJHI | INC | 29555 |
2001 | PRITHIBI MAJHI | INC | 41806 |
2006 | PRITHIBI MAJHI | INC | 35633 |
2011 | PRITHIBI MAJHI | INC | 39857 |
2016 | RITUPARNA BARUAH | BJP | 59013 |
Candidates in the Previous Election & Result:
Rituparna Baruah of BJP became the MLA from the Dibrugarh Constituency in the Assam Assembly election 2016 with a vote of 59013 and Prithibi Majhi of INC stood second gaining 39414 votes.
CANDIDATE NAME | PARTY | VOTES |
RITUPARNA BARUAH | BJP | 59013 |
PRITHIBI MAJHI | INC | 39414 |
RAJESH RAJPUT | CPI | 3022 |
RANJIT KONWAR | IND | 1753 |
BOGA KUMAR NAG | JAN CONGRESS PARTY | 1568 |
PRIYA NATH GOGOI | IND | 911 |
NONE OF THE ABOVE | 3039 |
Work done in previous five years:
In the last five years, Rituparna Baruah tried to solve various issue like the erosion of Burhidihing river and has worked for the development of the constituency. He had implemented various schemes introduced by the Government like proper drinking water, sanitation, good roads and has also worked towards education for all.