Abhayapuri South (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Assam state in northeastern India.[1]

Abhayapuri South (constituency number 35) is one of the 3 constituencies located in Bongaigaon district. It is reserved for scheduled castes

Abhayapuri South is part of Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency along with 9 other assembly segments, namely, Bongaigaon and Abhayapuri North in this district, Patacharkuchi, Barpeta, Jania, Baghbar, Sarukhetri and Chenga in Barpeta district and Dharmapur in Nalbari district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1978: Rabindra Nath Choudhury, Janata Party
• 1985: Ratneswar Sarkar, Independent
• 1991: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2001: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2011: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Ananta Kumar Balo, All India United Democratic Front

Election results

2016 result

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Ananta Kumar Malo	51,525	32.50	+3.29
	INC	Chandan Kumar Sarkar	51,334	32.38	-9.86
	AGP	Rabin Banikya	50,957	32.14	+10.42
	Independent	Nirmalendu Banikya	1,602	1.01	N/A
	RPI(A)	Ashok Dutta	1,304	0.82	N/A
	Jan Congress Party	Dhiren Majumdar	694	0.43	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,113	0.70	N/A
Majority			191	0.12	-12.91
Turnout			1,58,529	90.95	+5.81
Registered electors			1,74,303
	AIUDF gain from INC		Swing

2011 result

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chandan Kumar Sarkar	51,510	42.24
	AIUDF	Bijay Das	35,621	29.21
	AGP	Dhrubajyoti Banikya	26,485	21.72
	BJP	Dinesh Sarkar	2,998	2.46
	AITC	Kaustav Kumar Das	2,628	2.15
	Independent	Ashok Dutta	1,211	0.99
	BPF	Bimal Chandra Das	996	0.82
	Lok Bharati	Mohadev Das	510	0.42
Majority			15,889	13.03
Turnout			1,21,959	85.14
	INC gain from AGP		Swing