Jania Assembly constituency

Jania
Constituency No. 44 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Barpeta
LS constituency	Barpeta
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dr. Rafiqul Islam
Party	AIUDF
Alliance	Mahojot
Elected year	2021

Jania is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly in India. Jania forms part of the Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

• 1957: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Ataur Rahman, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Abdus Sobhan, Indian National Congress (Indira)
• 1983: Abdus Sobhan, Independent
• 1985: A. F. Golam Osmani, UMF
• 1991: Asahaque Ali, Independent
• 1996: Abdur Rouf, UMF
• 2001: Asahaque Ali, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Abdul Khaleque (Assamese politician),^[4] Indian National Congress
• 2011: Rafiqul Islam,^[5] All India United Democratic Front
• 2016: Abdul Khaleque (Assamese politician),^[6] Indian National Congress
• 2019 by-election: Rafiqul Islam, All India United Democratic Front^[7]

Election	Name	Party
2021	Rafiqul Islam[8]		All India United Democratic Front

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jania^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abdul Khaleque	86,930	56.40
	AIUDF	Rafiqul Islam	57,194	37.10
	BJP	Benazir Arfan	6,067	3.93
	CPI(M)	Mainul Hoque	1,976	1.28
	RSC	Amir Hussain	769	0.49
	RJP	Md. Sultan Mahmud	506	0.32
	NOTA	None of the above	689	0.44
Majority			29,736	19.30
Turnout			1,54,131	88.88
Registered electors			1,73,410
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
3. "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
4. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
5. "Assam General Legislative Election 2011". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
6. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
7. Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
8. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

• "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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