Prasanta Phukan Explained

Office:	Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency:	Dibrugah
Termstart:	2006
Predecessor:	Kalyan Kumar Gogoi
Birth Place:	Dibrugarh
Children:	2
Parents:	Late Nabin Ram Phukan (Father) Jyotika Phukan (Mother)
Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party

Prasanta Phukan (born 23 July 1954)^[1] is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He has been elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021 from Dibrugarh.^{[2] [3] [4]} He is the incumbent MLA of Dibrugarh. In 2021, Prasanta Phukan won the Assam Legislative Assembly Election with a margin of 38005 votes. He was the Chairperson of the Managing Committee of Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, before he resigned.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-06-28 . Who's Who . 2022-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628181306/http://assamassembly.gov.in/prasanta-phukan.html . 28 June 2021 . dead.
2. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bjp-ticket-aspirants-up-their-ante-against-prasanta-phukan/1/469638.html BJP ticket aspirants up their ante against Prasanta Phukan
3. http://myneta.info/assam2011/candidate.php?candidate_id=250 My Neta
4. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dibrugarh-mla-prasanta-phukan-arrested/articleshow/4455230.cms Dibrugarh MLA Prasanta Phukan arrested
5. Web site: Desk . Sentinel Digital . 2021-03-18 . Prasanta Phukan from Dibrugarh: Early Life, Controversy & Political Career - Sentinelassam . 2022-03-06 . www.sentinelassam.com . en.