List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly explained

Assam Legislative Assembly
Coa Pic:	Seal of Assam.svg
Legislature:	13th Legislative Assembly of Assam
House Type:	Unicameral
Term Limits:	5 years
Election4:	3 June 2016
Members:	126
Voting System1:	First past the post
Last Election1:	April 2021
Next Election1:	April 2026
Meeting Place:	Assam Legislative Assembly House, Dispur, Guwahati, Assam, India - 781006.
Website:	http://www.assamassembly.nic.in

The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Dispur, the capital of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Members of Legislative Assembly, directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is five years, unless sooner dissolved.

History

The number of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly at the time of its inception on 7 April 1937 was 108. In 1957 it was reduced to 105. In 1962, the number of constituencies was enhanced to 114 and since 1972, it is 126. Since 1976, 8 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled castes candidates and 16 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled tribes candidates. Dispur constituency in Kamrup Metropolitan district with 3.53 lakh voters is the largest constituency in Assam.^{[1] [2]}

Constituencies

The following is the list of the constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly, since the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies in 1976.^[3]

	Constituency	District	Electors (2021)	Lok Sabha constituency
1	Ratabari (SC)	Karimaganj	1,73,974	Karimganj
2			1,91,022
3			1,99,784
4			1,91,328
5	Badarpur		1,62,536
6		Hailakandi	1,63,505
7			1,80,247
8			1,63,204
9		Cachar	2,34,821	Silchar
10			1,84,450
11	Dholai (SC)		1,91,374
12			1,64,213
13			1,66,933
14			1,52,761
15			1,89,031
16	Haflong (ST)	Dima Hasao	1,47,384	Autonomous District
17	Bokajan (ST)	Karbi Anglong	1,50,392
18	Howraghat (ST)		1,32,468
19	Diphu (ST)		2,00,287
20	Baithalangso (ST)	West Karbi Anglong	2,10,649
21		South Salmara Mankachar	2,26,709	Dhubri
22			1,89,264
23		Dhubri	1,96,081
24			2,05,588
25			2,03,940
26			1,73,884
27			2,18,549
28		Kokrajhar	1,89,510	Kokrajhar
29	Kokrajhar West (ST)		1,84,635
30	Kokrajhar East (ST)		1,87,298
31	Sidli (ST)	Chirang	2,05,936
32		Bongaigaon	1,77,417	Barpeta
33		Chirang	1,62,014	Kokrajhar
34		Bongaigaon	1,82,297	Barpeta
35	Abhayapuri South (SC)		2,07,844
36	Dudhnai (ST)	Goalpara	2,07,571	Gauhati
37			2,23,041	Dhubri
38			1,75,037
39			1,59,967
40		Barpeta	2,30,013	Kokrajhar
41	Bhabanipur	Bajali	1,48,961
42			1,46,084	Barpeta
43		Barpeta	2,08,957
44			2,12,157
45			1,65,903
46			2,06,383
47			1,45,283
48	Boko (SC)	Kamrup	2,37,220	Gauhati
49			1,92,780
50			1,58,743
51		Kamrup Metro	2,04,691
52			4,12,114
53			2,39,587
54			2,97,063
55		Kamrup	1,78,022
56	Kamalpur		1,80,737	Mangaldoi
57			1,96,103
58		Baksa	2,15,552	Kokrajhar
59		Nalbari	2,07,754	Mangaldoi
60			1,96,918	Gauhati
61			1,41,911	Barpeta
62	Barama (ST)	Baksa	1,69,810	Kokrajhar
63	Chapaguri (ST)		1,61,197
64		Udalguri	1,55,719	Mangaldoi
65		Darrang	1,84,450
66			1,78,319
67	Mangaldoi (SC)		2,37,615
68			2,40,796
69	Udalguri (ST)	Udalguri	1,58,724
70			1,60,324
71		Sonitpur	2,17,766	Tezpur
72			1,74,036
73			1,88,449
74			1,66,718
75			1,90,981
76		Biswanath	1,65,903
77			1,25,542
78			2,04,613
79	Jagiroad (SC)	Marigaon	2,38,898	Nowgong
80			1,93,079
81			1,86,704
82	Raha (SC)	Nagaon	2,21,878
83			2,31,325	Kaliabor
84			1,66,352
85			2,02,820
86			1,89,965	Nowgong
87			1,79,641
88			1,65,045	Kaliabor
89			1,47,083
90		Hojai	2,21,863	Nowgong
91			2,66,431
92			2,12,304
93		Golaghat	1,47,846	Kaliabor
94			2,67,596
95			2,05,586
96			1,41,259
97	Dergaon (SC)		1,74,870
98		Jorhat	1,86,273
99	Majuli (ST)	Majuli	1,32,403
100		Jorhat	1,56,559
101			1,23,568
102			1,36,829
103		Sibsagar	1,24,891
104			1,33,974
105		Charaideo	1,38,108
106			1,78,790
107		Sibsagar	1,16,000
108			1,52,087
109		Lakhimpur	1,53,050	Tezpur
110			2,27,134
111			1,90,056
112	Dhakuakhana (ST)		2,11,004
113	Dhemaji (ST)	Dhemaji	2,48,047
114	Jonai (ST)		3,12,180
115		Dibrugarh	1,43,170
116			1,50,348
117			1,54,651
118			1,66,137
119			1,49,731
120			1,42,035
121			1,65,934	Lakhimpur
122		Tinsukia	1,73,562	Dibrugarh
123			1,40,259
124			1,96,210
125			1,52,632	Lakhimpur
126			1,89,854

External links

• Web site: Results of all Assam Assembly elections . eci.gov.in . Election Commission of India . 15 March 2022.

Notes and References

1. News: Kamrup(Metro) plan to increase voters' turnout. The Times of India . 6 March 2016 .
2. Web site: Assam General Legislative Election 2011 . . 27 April 2023.
3. Web site: ECI Schedule V, Assam Delimitation. Election Commission of India, website.