Salmara South Assembly constituency

Salmara South
Constituency No. 22 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictSouth Salmara Mankachar
LS constituencyDhubri
Established1978
Total electors1,89,264
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
AllianceMahajut
Elected year2021

Salmara South Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Salmara is also part of Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
1978 Dewan Joynal Abedin, Independent
1983 Mohammad Bazlul Basit Indian National Congress
1985 Dewan Joynal Abedin Independent
1991
1996 Wazed Ali Choudhury Indian National Congress
2001
2006 Badruddin Ajmal Assam United Democratic Front
2009[a] Wazed Ali Choudhury Indian National Congress
2011 Abdur Rehman Ajmal All India United Democratic Front
2016 Wazed Ali Choudhury Indian National Congress
2021

Election results

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2016

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2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Salmara South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Wazed Ali Choudhary 80,066 54.43 +6.93
AIUDF Badruddin Ajmal 63,343 43.06 −7.49
BJP Shiraj Hussain 1,954 1.32 N/A
SUCI(C) Dewan Joynal Abedin 1,153 0.78 −0.52
NOTA None of the above 581 0.39 N/A
Majority 16,723 11.37 +8.32
Turnout 1,47,097 93.67 +6.11
Registered electors 1,57,525
INC gain from AIUDF Swing +7.21

2011

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2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Salmara South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIUDF Abdur Rahman Ajmal 62,254 50.55
INC Wazed Ali Choudhury 58,498 47.50
SUCI(C) Dewan Joynal Abedin 1,600 1.30
AITC Masidul Haque 794 0.64
Majority 3,756 3.05
Turnout 1,23,146 87.56
Registered electors 1,40,642
AIUDF hold Swing

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ by-election

References

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  1. ^ [salmara-south.html ]
  2. ^ "Wazed Ali Choudhury | Assam Assembly Election Results Live, Candidates News, Videos, Photos". News18. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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