Margherita Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India

Margherita
Constituency No. 124 for the Assam Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Tinsukia
LS constituency	Dibrugarh
Established	1978
Reservation	None

Elected year	2021

Margherita Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Margherita is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

1978: Kul Bahadur Chetri, Janata Party
1983: Kul Bahadur Chetri, Indian National Congress
1985: Kul Bahadur Chetri, Indian National Congress
1991: Kul Bahadur Chetri, Indian National Congress
1996: Tarun Gogoi, Indian National Congress
1998 (by-election): Pradyut Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
2001: Pradyut Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
2006: Pradyut Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
2011: Pradyut Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
2016: Bhaskar Sharma, Bharatiya Janata Party
2021: Bhaskar Sharma, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Margherita
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhaskar Sharma	86,640	56.52	+0.68
	INC	Manoranjan Borgohain	28,140	18.36	-20.85
	AJP	Sanjay Kumar Deb	22,935	14.96	N/A
	Independent	Ignatius Ekka	10,315	6.73	N/A
	Independent	Rantu Sonowal	1,444	0.94	N/A
	Independent	Bhogeswar Shyam	1,269	0.83	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,536	1.65	+0.09
Majority			58,500	38.16	+21.53
Turnout			1,53,279	78.12	-5.88
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Margherita
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhaskar Sharma	76,365	55.84	+18.73
	INC	Pradyut Bordoloi	53,621	39.21	-12.94
	Independent	Nidan Purty	1,332	0.97	N/A
	Independent	Bishwanath Singha	1,306	0.95	N/A
	Independent	Umesh Bora	1,289	0.74	N/A
	Independent	Purna Chhetri	690	0.50	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,137	1.56	N/A
Majority			22,744	16.63	+1.59
Turnout			1,36,740	84.00	+15.61
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Margherita
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Pradyut Bordoloi	57,615	52.15
	BJP	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa	41,006	37.11
	AGP	Suren Phukan	7,066	6.40
	Independent	Joikrishna Tanti	2,923	2.65
	AITC	Abani Mohan Medhi	1,874	1.70
Majority			16,609	15.04
Turnout			1,10,484	68.39
	INC hold		Swing