Naharkatia Assembly constituency

Naharkatia
Naharkatia
Constituency No. 92 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Dibrugarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Dibrugarh
Established	1978
Reservation	None

Naharkatia Assembly constituency is one of the 126 legislative assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Naharkatia is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

	Member	Party affiliation
1978	Sasha Kamal Handique	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1985	Kusumbar Tarai	Independent
1991	Sasha Kamal Handique	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996	Pranati Phukan	Indian National Congress
2000^
2001
2006
2011
2016	Naren Sonowal	Asom Gana Parishad
2021	Taranga Gogoi	Bharatiya Janata Party

^ Indicates Bye-Elections

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Naharkatia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Naren Sonowal	46,051	46.75	+22.09
	INC	Pranati Phukan	44,520	43.16	+1.58
	CPI(M)	Suresh Chandra Deka	4,026	4.08	+0.91
	Independent	Mohan Nag	2,708	2.74	N/A
	Independent	Mahendra Dhadumiya	783	0.79	N/A
	JCP	Sadananda Das	697	0.70	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,719	1.74	N/A
Majority			3,531	3.59	−13.33
Turnout			98,504	83.70	+10.57
	AGP gain from INC		Swing

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Naharkatia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Pranati Phukan	35,373	41.58
	AGP	Naren Sonowal	20,976	24.66
	BJP	Pradip Buragohain	18,917	22.24
	CPI(M)	Sasha Kamal Handique	2,699	3.17
	NCP	Kartik Tanti	2,498	2.94
	AITC	Tirtha Gogoi	1,714	2.01
	SUCI(C)	Mahendra Dhadumia	1,554	1.83
	AIUDF	Imranuddin Ahmed	1,339	1.57
Majority			14,397	16.92
Turnout			85,070	73.13
	INC hold		Swing