Assam

Know Your Lok Sabha Constituency: Barpeta

Pratidin Bureau

116 parliamentary constituencies spread over 13 States and 2 Union Territories will go to polls in the phase-II of polling of Lok Sabha elections on April 23. The campaigning for this phase ends today.

In Assam, four parliamentary constituencies will go to polls in this phase. Out of these constituencies, here are some details about the Barpeta Lok Sabha Constituency:

There are 13 candidates in the fray for the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat. The candidates are:

  1. Abdul Khaleque (INC)
  2. Ashahak Ali Dewan (All India Trinamool Congress)
  3. Kumar Deepak Das (AGP)
  4. Rafiqul Islam (AIUDF)
  5. Aroon Barooa (Purvanchal Janata Party-Secular)
  6. Chitralekha Das (Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist)
  7. Saniara Parbin (Voters Party International)
  8. Pranabjyoti Das Rajbongshi (NPP)
  9. Bhadreswar Barman (National Republican Congress)
  10. Matiar Rahman (The National Road Map Party of India)
  11. Rejaulm Karim (Republican Party of India-A)
  12. Santanu Mukherjee (Bharatia Gana Parishad)
  13. Arfan Ali (Independent)

Out of these 15 candidates, the major fight will be in between Congress' Abdul Khaleque and AGP's Kumar Deepak Das.

  • Total voters: 16,76,854
  • Male voters: 8,65,300
  • Female voters: 8,11,538
  • Transgender voters: 16
  • Total polling stations: 2,188

Assembly Constituencies:

  1. Bongaigaon
  2. Abhayapuri North
  3. Abhayapuri South (SC)
  4. Patacharkuchi
  5. Barpeta
  6. Jania
  7. Baghbar
  8. Sarukhetri
  9. Chenga
  10. Dharmapur

Results in last five Lok Sabha elections:

1998: A.F. Golam Osmani, INC

1999: A.F. Golam Osmani, INC

2004: A.F. Golam Osmani, INC

2009: Ismail Hussain, INC

2014: Sirajuddin Ajmal, AIUDF

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