# Ramkrishna Nagar Assembly constituency

Ramkrishna Nagar Assembly constituency formerly known as Ratabari Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 8 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled caste candidates.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Political Party | Tenure |
| 2021 | Bijoy Malakar | BJP | 2019-Incumbent |
| 2019 | Bijoy Malakar | BJP | 2019-Incumbent |
| 2016 | Kripanath Mallah | BJP | 2011-19 |
| 2011 | Kripanath Mallah | INC | 2011-19 |
| 2006 | Sambhu Sing Mallah | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2006-11 |
| 2003 | Kripanath Mallah | Indian National Congress | 2003-06 |
| 2001 | Rathish Ranjan Choudhury | IND | 2001-03 |
| 1996 | Sambhu Sing Mallah | BJP | 1996-01 |
| 1991 | Ramapayare Rabidas | BJP | 1991-96 |
| 1985 | Kumari Rabidas | INC | 1985-91 |
| 1983 | Subal Chandra Das | INC | 1983-85 |
| 1978 | Lilamoy Das | JP | 1978-83 |
| 1972 | Suranjan Nandy | INC | 1972-78 |
| 1967 | B. Upadhyay | INC | 1967-72 |
| 1962 | Baidyanath Mookerjee | INC | 1962-67 |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Ratabari :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Bijoy Malakar | 84,711 | 61.92% | +2.77 |
| | INC | Sambhu Sing Mallah | 48,490 | 35.44% | −2.97 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,200 | 0.88% | −0.17 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 36,221 | 26.71% | +5.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 135,611 | 78.61% | +4.24 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +2.77 | |

### 2019

2019 Assam Legislative Assembly By-election: Ratabari :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Bijoy Malakar | 68,455 | 59.15 | +11.07 |
| | INC | Keshab Prasad Rajak | 44,454 | 38.41 | +12.18 |
| | SUCI(C) | Birendra Rabidas | 944 | 0.82 | +0.51 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,217 | 1.05 | +0.26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,001 | 20.74 | −1.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,15,730 | 74.37 | −1.55 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +11.07 | |

### 2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Ratabari :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Kripanath Mallah | 53,975 | 48.08 | +23.24 |
| | INC | Akhil Ranjan Talukdar | 29,449 | 26.23 | −13.59 |
| | AIUDF | Rajib Biswas | 23,926 | 21.31 | +0.22 |
| | Independent | Setul Chandra Namasudra | 908 | 0.80 | N/A |
| | SP | Nirmal Mallick | 542 | 0.48 | −0.07 |
| | Independent | Prabir Bardhan | 487 | 0.43 | N/A |
| | Independent | Sanjoy Kumar Mallah | 419 | 0.37 | N/A |
| | Independent | Kalipada Biswas | 380 | 0.33 | N/A |
| | Independent | Manilal Rabidas | 370 | 0.32 | N/A |
| | SUCI(C) | Satyendra Namasudra | 354 | 0.31 | N/A |
| | Independent | Niranjan Mallah | 267 | 0.23 | N/A |
| | Independent | Ranju Roy | 247 | 0.21 | N/A |
| | Independent | Umesh Mallah | 204 | 0.18 | N/A |
| | Independent | Amulya Namasudra | 191 | 0.16 | N/A |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 889 | 0.79 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,526 | 21.85 | +7.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,12,608 | 75.92 | +14.78 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,47,856 | | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Ratabari :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Kripanath Mallah | 33,043 | 39.82 |
| | BJP | Nikhil Suklabaidya | 20,614 | 24.84 |
| | AIUDF | Priyada Ranjan Mallick | 17,500 | 21.09 |
| | AITC | Amaresh Roy | 3,938 | 4.75 |
| | CPI | Ragendra Chandra Das | 3,147 | 3.79 |
| | AGP | Moon Swarnakar | 1,741 | 2.10 |
| | Independent | Bijoy Prasad Mallah | 813 | 0.98 |
| | SUCI(C) | Munilal Rabidas | 571 | 0.69 |
| | SP | Nirmal Mallik | 457 | 0.55 |
| | Independent | Parikshit Roy | 414 | 0.50 |
| | Independent | Ananda Sankar Mallah | 406 | 0.49 |
| | Independent | Pradip Bania | 329 | 0.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,429 | 14.84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 82,973 | 61.14 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,35,706 | |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | |