Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency

{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Assam}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = LS

|name = Dhubri
{{Small|AS-2}}

|map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Assam/Dhubri.map}}

|map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency

|established = 1967

|reservation = None

|party = Indian National Congress

|state = Assam

|mp = Rakibul Hussain

|incumbent_image = The Minister of Panchayat & Rural Development, Environment & Forest, Assam, Shri Rakibul Hussain addressing at the Public Information Campaign on Bharat Nirman, organized by Press Information Bureau , Guwahati (cropped).jpg

|latest_election_year = 2024

|assembly_cons = Mankachar
Dhubri
Dhubri
Gauripur
Golakganj
Bilasipara
Srijangram
Goalpara East
Jaleswar
Mandia

Chenga

|electors =26,60,827https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}

}}

Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Dhubri consists of 11 assembly segments of Lower Assam, covering all of South Salmara-Mankachar District and Dhubri districts parts of Goalpara district parts of Bongaigaon district and parts of Barpeta district. With an estimated population of 5 million residents Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency has 2.6 million registered voters. Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is the most populated constituency in the entire North-East region of India.{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/more-than-90-per-cent-turnouts-mark-aggressive-muslim-voting-in-assam/|title=More than 90 per cent turnouts mark aggressive Muslim voting in Assam|date=13 April 2016}}

Assembly segments

Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:{{cite web

|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf

|title=List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies

|access-date=2008-10-05

|work=Assam

|publisher=Election Commission of India

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf

|archive-date=2006-05-04

}}

=Current assembly segments=

class="wikitable sortable"

!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number

!width="150px"|Name

! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for (SC/ST/None)

! width="150px" |District

!width="150px"|Party

!width="150px"|MLA

! colspan="2" |2024 Lead

6

|Golakganj

| rowspan="11" |None

| rowspan="5" | Dhubri

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}" |

|AGP

7

|Gauripur

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

8

|Dhubri

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

9

|Birsing Jarua

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

10

|Bilasipara

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

11

|Mankachar

|South Salmara Mankachar

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

12

|Jaleshwar

| rowspan="2" | Goalpara

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

14

|Goalpara East

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

17

|Srijangram

|Bongaigaon

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

22

|Mandia

| rowspan="2" | Barpeta

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

23

|Chenga

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

=Previous assembly segments=

class="wikitable sortable"

!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number

!width="150px"|Name

! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for (SC/ST/None)

! width="150px" |District

!width="150px"|Party

!width="150px"|MLA

21

|Mankachar

|None

|South Salmara Mankachar

|bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|AIUDF

|Adv. Aminul Islam

22

|Salmara South

|None

|South Salmara Mankachar

|bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC

|Wazed Ali Choudhury

23

|Dhubri

|None

|Dhubri

|bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|AIUDF

|Najrul Hoque

24

|Gauripur

|None

|Dhubri

|bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|AIUDF

|Nijanur Rahman

25

|Golakganj

|None

|Dhubri

|bgcolor=#00BFFF|

INC

|Abdus Sobahan Ali Sarkar

26

|Bilasipara West

|None

|Dhubri

|bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|AIUDF

|Hafiz Bashir Ahmed

27

|Bilasipara East

|None

|Dhubri

|bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|AIUDF

|Samsul Huda

37

|Goalpara East

|None

|Goalpara

|bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC

|Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam

38

|Goalpara West

|None

|Goalpara

|bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC

|Abdur Rashid Mandal

39

|Jaleswar

|None

|Goalpara

|bgcolor=#00BFFF|INC

|Aftab Uddin Mollah

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Member

! colspan=2| Political Party

1952

|rowspan=2| Amjad Ali

|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party|rowspan=2}}

1957
1962

|Ghyasuddin Ahmad

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1967

|Jahan Uddin Ahmed

|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}

1971

|Moinul Hoque Choudhury

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=9}}

1977

|Ahmed Hussain

1980

|Nurul Islam

1984

|Abdul Hamid

1991

|rowspan="2"|Nurul Islam

1996
1998

|rowspan="2"|Abdul Hamid

1999
2004

|Anwar Hussain

2009

|rowspan="3"|Badruddin Ajmal

|{{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|All India United Democratic Front}}

2014
2019
2024

|Rakibul Hussain

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

Election results

=General elections 2024=

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general election: Dhubri}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Rakibul Hussain |party=Indian National Congress |votes=1,471,885 |percentage=59.99|change={{increase}}30.76}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Badruddin Ajmal|party=All India United Democratic Front|votes=4,59,409|percentage=18.72|change={{decrease}}23.94}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Zabed Islam|party=Asom Gana Parishad|votes=4,38,594|percentage=17.88|change={{decrease}}5.84}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=15,015|percentage=0.61|change={{increase}}0.08}}

{{Election box majority||votes=10,12,476|percentage=41.26|change={{increase}}27.83}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=24,58,780|percentage=92.30|change={{increase}}1.64}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = All India United Democratic Front

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General elections 2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Dhubri}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India United Democratic Front|candidate=Badruddin Ajmal|votes=718,764|percentage=42.66|change=-0.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Abu Taher Bepari|votes=492,506|percentage=29.23|change=+2.74}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Asom Gana Parishad|candidate=Zabed Islam|votes=399,733|percentage=23.72|change=+23.72}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Nurul Islam Choudhury|votes=12,895|percentage=0.77|change=+0.2}}

{{Election box majority||votes=226,258|percentage=13.43|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,685,058|percentage=90.66|change=+2.36}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = All India United Democratic Front

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General elections 2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Dhubri}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India United Democratic Front|candidate=Badruddin Ajmal|votes=592,569|percentage=43.26|change=-8.40}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Wazed Ali Choudhury|votes=362,839|percentage=26.49|change=-7.55}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Dr. Debamoy Sanyal|votes=298,985|percentage=21.83|change=+21.83}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=5,811|percentage=0.42|change=---}}

{{Election box majority||votes=229,730|percentage=16.77|change=17.27}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,369,722|percentage=88.36|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = All India United Democratic Front

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing = -8.39

}}

{{Election box end}}

The Sentinel. [http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=187083&dtP=2014-03-28&ppr=1 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100520/http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=187083&dtP=2014-03-28&ppr=1 |date=2015-09-24 }}

See also

References