Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Dhubri
Established:1967
Reservation:None
Party:Indian National Congress
State:Assam
Mp:Rakibul Hussain
Incumbent Image:The Minister of Panchayat & Rural Development, Environment & Forest, Assam, Shri Rakibul Hussain addressing at the Public Information Campaign on Bharat Nirman, organized by Press Information Bureau, Guwahati (cropped).jpg
Latest Election Year:2024
Assembly Cons:Mankachar
Dhubri
Dhubri
Gauripur
Golakganj
Bilasipara
Srijangram
Goalpara East
Jaleswar
Mandia
Chenga
Electors:26,60,827[1]

Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Dhubri consists of 11 assembly segments of Lower Assam, covering all of South Salmara-Mankachar District and Dhubri districts parts of Goalpara district parts of Bongaigaon district and parts of Barpeta district. With an estimated population of 5 million residents Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency has 2.6 million registered voters. Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is the most populated constituency in the entire North-East region of India.[2]

Assembly segments

Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]

Current assembly segments

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictPartyMLA
6GolakganjNoneDhubri
7Gauripur
8Dhubri
9Birsing Jarua
10Bilasipara
11MankacharSouth Salmara Mankachar
12JaleshwarGoalpara
14Goalpara East
17SrijangramBongaigaon
22MandiaBarpeta
23LUnsnsnana

Previous assembly segments

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictPartyMLA
21MankacharNoneSouth Salmara MankacharAIUDFAdv. Aminul Islam
22Salmara SouthNoneSouth Salmara MankacharINCWazed Ali Choudhury
23DhubriNoneDhubriAIUDFNajrul Hoque
24GauripurNoneDhubriAIUDFNijanur Rahman
25GolakganjNoneDhubriINCAbdus Sobahan Ali Sarkar
26Bilasipara WestNoneDhubriAIUDFHafiz Bashir Ahmed
27Bilasipara EastNoneDhubriAIUDFSamsul Huda
37Goalpara EastNoneGoalparaINCAbul Kalam Rasheed Alam
38Goalpara WestNoneGoalparaINCAbdur Rashid Mandal
39JaleswarNoneGoalparaINCAftab Uddin Mollah

Members of Parliament

YearMemberPolitical Party
1952Amjad Ali
1957
1962Ghyasuddin Ahmad
1967Jahan Uddin Ahmed
1971Moinul Hoque Choudhury
1977Ahmed Hussain
1980Nurul Islam
1984Abdul Hamid
1991Nurul Islam
1996
1998Abdul Hamid
1999
2004Anwar Hussain
2009Badruddin Ajmal
2014
2019
Rakibul Hussain

Election results

General elections 2014

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See also

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Notes and References

  1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
  2. Web site: More than 90 per cent turnouts mark aggressive Muslim voting in Assam. 13 April 2016.
  3. Web site: List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies . 2008-10-05 . Assam . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf . 2006-05-04 .
  4. The Sentinel. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj