# Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency

Abhayapuri South Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly, in Assam, northeastern India.
Abhayapuri South (constituency number 35) is one of the 3 constituencies located in Bongaigaon district. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Abhayapuri South is part of Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency along with 9 other assembly segments, namely, Bongaigaon and Abhayapuri North in this district, Patacharkuchi, Barpeta, Jania, Baghbar, Sarukhetri and Chenga in Barpeta district and Dharmapur in Nalbari district.

## Town Details

Following are the details of Abhayapuri South:
* Country: India.
* State: Assam.
* District: Bongaigaon
* Lok Sabha Constituency: Barpeta.
* Assembly Categorisation: Rural.
* Literacy Level: 69.74%.
* Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 206,843 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:91,211. Female Electors:83,652.
* Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°17’36.2"N 90°34’36.1"E.
* Total Area Covered: 435 square kilometres.
* Area Includes: Abhayapuri thana [excluding the villages specified in item (15) of the Appendix] in Goalpara sub-division of Bongaigaon district of Assam.
* Inter State Border : Bongaigaon.
* Number of Polling Stations: Year 2011–206, Year 2016–240, Year 2021–35.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

* 1978: Rabindra Nath Choudhury, Janata Party.
* 1985: Ratneswar Sarkar, Independent.
* 1991: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
* 1996: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad.
* 2001: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
* 2006: Rabin Banikya, Asom Gana Parishad.
* 2011: Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Indian National Congress.
* 2016: Ananta Kumar Malo, All India United Democratic Front.
| Year | Member | Party | Party |
| 2021 | Pradip Sarkar | | Indian National Congress |

## Election results
### 2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIUDF | Ananta Kumar Malo | 51,525 | 32.50 | +3.29 |
| | INC | Chandan Kumar Sarkar | 51,334 | 32.38 | −9.86 |
| | AGP | Rabin Banikya | 50,957 | 32.14 | +10.42 |
| | Independent | Nirmalendu Banikya | 1,602 | 1.01 | N/A |
| | RPI(A) | Ashok Dutta | 1,304 | 0.82 | N/A |
| | Jan Congress Party | Dhiren Majumdar | 694 | 0.43 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,113 | 0.70 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 191 | 0.12 | −12.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,58,529 | 90.95 | +5.81 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,74,303 | | |
| | AIUDF gain from INC | AIUDF gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Abhayapuri South (SC) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Chandan Kumar Sarkar | 51,510 | 42.24 |
| | AIUDF | Bijay Das | 35,621 | 29.21 |
| | AGP | Dhrubajyoti Banikya | 26,485 | 21.72 |
| | BJP | Dinesh Sarkar | 2,998 | 2.46 |
| | AITC | Kaustav Kumar Das | 2,628 | 2.15 |
| | Independent | Ashok Dutta | 1,211 | 0.99 |
| | BPF | Bimal Chandra Das | 996 | 0.82 |
| | Lok Bharati | Mohadev Das | 510 | 0.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,889 | 13.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,21,959 | 85.14 |
| | INC gain from AGP | INC gain from AGP | Swing | |