Dhemaji Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of

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a north east state of

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Dhemaji Dhemaji (Pron: deɪˈmɑ:ʤi or di:ˈmɑ:ʤi) is a City in Assam and it is the headquarters of Dhemaji district, Assam, India. Etymology The district's name ''Dhemaji'' is derived from the Deori word ''Dema-ji'' which means ''great water'' indi ...

is also part of

Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Assembly segments Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament ^ by po ...

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Dhemaji Assembly constituency

Following are details on Dhemaji Assembly constituency- *Country: India. * State: Assam. * District: Dhemaji district . * Lok Sabha Constituency: Lakhimpur Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency. * Assembly Categorisation: Rural constituency. * Literacy Level:69.07%. * Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 2,11,237 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:1,08,573. Female Electors:1,02,664. * Geographic Co-Ordinates: 27°27’31.0"N 94°23’25.1"E. * Total Area Covered: 1147 square kilometres. * Area Includes: : Dhakuakhana thana (excluding Gohain and Dhakuakhana mouzas) and Dhemaji mouza in Dhemaji thana in Dhemaji sub-division, of Dhemaji district of Assam. * Inter State Border :Dhemaji. * Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-273,Year 2016-273,Year 2021-113.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of past members representing Dhemaji Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature- * 1967: Romesh Mohon Kuli,

Swatantra Party The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party, that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly soci ...

. * 1972: Romesh Mohon Kuli,

. * 1978: Purna Chandra Bora, Independent. * 1983: Durgeswar Patir,

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

. * 1985:

Dilip Kumar Saikia Dilip Kumar Saikia (1953-9 December 2016) was an Asom Gana Parishad politician from Assam. He was elected in Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed i ...

, Independent. * 1991:

Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 Octobe ...

. * 1996:

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Sumitra Patir Sumitra Patir is an Indian politician who is the member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Dhemaji Assembly constituency (no. 113) in Dhemaji district, as of 2013. She was Minister of State with Independent Charge in Tarun Gogoi Tarun Gogoi ...

. * 2011:

. * 2016:

Pradan Baruah Pradan Baruah is an Indian politician who is member of Parliament and elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur seat since November 2016. He won the by-election in November 2016, after the seating member Sarbananda Sonowal resigned from the sea ...

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

. * 2017: Dr.

Ranoj Pegu Ranoj Pegu is an Indian Politician and the current Member of Legislative Assembly of Assam from Dhemaji and current Minister of Education, Welfare of Plain Tribe & Backward Classes (non-BTC). On May 10, 2021, Ranoj took oath as the Minister of E ...

Dhemaji Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2017 by-election

2016 results

2011 result

See also

References

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