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

Boko Assembly - No. of Household, Population, Winner/Runner-up in Last elections & Vote Percentage & more in Assam Assembly Elections.

Published on:

02 Apr 2021, 7:23 am

Boko is a town and Assembly Constituency located in Kamrup district. The official language of the town is Assamese. There are multiple schools and colleges in the town.

ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY NAME AND NUMBER

Boko Assembly Constituency is one out of 126 Assembly Constituencies and it bears number 48. It is a part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency.

PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY

Boko falls under Gauhati Parliamentary Constituency. Queen Oja of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Lok Sabha Election 2019 by securing 1008936 total votes and Bobbeeta Sarma of the Indian National Congress party became the runner up by securing 663330 votes.

DISTRICT

The district Kamrup is an administrative district. It covers an area of 4345 square km. Amingaon is the district headquarter of Kamrup. As per the report of the 2011 census, the district has a total of 1517542 population.

NUMBER OF TOWNS

There is only one town under Boko Assembly Constituency that is:

● Boko town.

NUMBER OF VILLAGES

There are about 140 villages in Boko. The name of few villages are given below

● Dhopguri

● Bargaon

● Bonda Para

● Dakuapara

● Barpara

● Mouman

● Alagjari

● Pairanga

● No.2 Sakhati

● Gohal Kona

● Gameri Mura

● Raipara

● Narenga

ASSEMBLY STATUS

In Assembly Election 2016, the Boko Constituency had a total of 197963 voters and among them the valid voter was 176341. In the election, Nandita Das of the INC party won the election by securing 69986 votes and defeated Jyoti Prasad Das of Asom Gana Parishad, who got 52392 votes.

TOTAL POPULATION

According to the census of 2011, the total population in Boko is 111880 from which the number of males is 56415 and the number of females is 55465. The literate people living in Boko is 74305 from which, 39970 are males and 34335 are females. And the illiterate people is residing in Boko is 37575 from which, 16445 are males and 21130 are females.

Total population	Male	Female
111880	56415	55465

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

There are about 23509 households in Boko.

RELIGIOUS GROUP/DEMOGRAPHY IN THE CONSTITUENCY

People of different religion lives together in Boko. The religions are such as: Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain. Most of the people in Boko are of Hindu religion.

Religion	Total	Male	Female
Hindu	86808	43600	43208
Muslim	7906	4045	3861
Christian	16970	8672	8298
Sikh	4	2	2
Buddhist	99	54	45
Jain	12	4	8
Religion not specified	66	31	35

CASTE AND TRIBES IN THE CONSTITUENCY

Schedule Caste residing in Boko is 2702 which makes up 2.4% of the overall people and from this, the males are 1365 and females are 1337. The Schedule Tribes living in Boko is 70688, which is 63.2% and from this, males are 35683 and females are 35005.

Total population	Schedule Caste	Schedule Tribe
111880	2702	70688

MALE/FEMALE ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION

The total number of voters recorded in the 2016 Boko election was 197963 from which the voter turn out was 176341 and out of this the number of male voters was 90167 and the number of female voters was 86174.

SEX RATIO

Boko has a sex ratio of 983 females per thousand males.

AGE GROUP DISTRIBUTION

According to the census report of 2011, Boko has a total of 111880 population and from this, the children between age 0-6 is 14325 from which the girls are 6962 and the boys are 7363.

POLLING PERCENTAGE FOR LAST THREE YEARS

Boko Assembly Constitution witnessed a polling percentage of 57.7 % during the Lok Sabha Election of 2019. In the Legislative Assembly Election, 2016 the polling percentage was 39.66% and in Lok Sabha Election of 2014, the polling percent was 36.41%.

RESULT OF LAST FIVE ELECTION

The result of the last five elections in Boko Constituency are:

In the 1996 election, Jyoti Prasad Das of the Asom Gana Parishad party won the MLA seat by securing 49263 votes and defeated the Independent candidate named Jitendra Thakuria who got 220 votes.
In 2001, Gopi Nath Das of the Indian National Congress party emerged as the winner with 56177 votes. Jyoti Prasad Das of the Asom Gana Parishad was the runner up with 32798 votes.
In the 2006 election, Jyoti Prasad Das of the Asom Gana Parishad became the winner by securing 61578 votes and defeated Gopi Nath Das of the Indian National Congress party who got 52437 votes.
In 2011, Gopi Nath Das of All India, United Democratic Front won the election by securing 54388 votes and defeated Jayanta Das of Indian National Congress party who got 43697 votes.
In 2016, Nandita Das of the Indian, National Congress party won the election with 69986 votes and defeated Jyoti Prasad Das of the Asom Gana Parishad who got 52392 votes.

Year	Name of the candidate	Name of the party	Number of votes
1996	Jyoti Prasad Das	AGP	49263
1996	Jitendra Thakuria	IND	220
2001	Gopi Nath Das	INC	56177
2001	Jyoti Prasad Das	AGP	32798
2006	Jyoti Prasad Das	AGP	61578
2006	Gopi Nath Das	INC	52437
2011	Gopi Nath Das	AIUDF	54388
2011	Jayanta Das	INC	43697
2016	Nandita das	INC	69986
2016	Jyoti Prasad Das	AGP	52392

PERCENTAGE VOTE SHARE OF POLITICAL PARTY IN LAST ELECTION

In 2016 Assam Assembly Election, Nandita Das of the INC party became the winner by securing 39.66% of the total votes. Jyoti Prasad Das of the AGP became the runner up by securing 29.69%. Gopi Nath Das of AIUDF secured 23.99% and the independent candidates, Dr. Ghanashyam Das and Anirban Das secured 3.28% and 1.69% respectively.

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE	NAME OF THE PARTY	PERCENTAGE
Nandita Das	Indian National Congress	39.66%
Jyoti Prasad Das	Asom Gana Parishad	29.69%
Gopi Nath Das	All India United Democratic Front	23.99%
Dr. Ghanashyam Das	Independent	3.28%
Anirban Das	Independent	1.69%

CANDIDATES IN LAST ELECTION AND RESULT (WINNER AND LOOSER)

The candidates that participated in 2016 Assembly Election are:

● Nandita Das of the Indian National Congress party

● Jyoti Prasad Das of the Asom Gana Parishad

● Gopi Nath Das of All India United Democratic Front party

● The Independent candidate, Dr. Ghanashyam Das

● The independent candidate Anirban Das

At the end, Nandita Das of the Indian National Congress Party won the election by securing 69986 votes and defeated Jyoti Prasad Das of the Asom Gana Parishad who secured 52392 votes.

The MLA of Boko, Nandita Das has distributed ambulance at Sonali Primary Health Center and also constructed many roads in her constituency.

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