Barhampur Constituency - Population, Polling Percentage, Facilities, Parties Vote Share, Last Election Results

Barhampur is a small village settlement in the Nagaon district/region, Assam which is administered and authorised by 'Sarpanch' also called as 'Head of Village'. The official languages of Barhampur are Bodo, Assamese, Bengali.

Barhampur, a small settlement in Nagaon region forms a part/ structure of the Nowgong Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency. In accordance to Census Record of 2011, Barhampur has an inhabitants of around 174 peoples. It has only 38 families. 

The nearest town/city to Barhampur is Dimaruguri, and the distance between the these places is about 7.4KM. Besides this, there is some town/city which is nearest to Barhampur that is Nagaon, Doboka and Dokmoka with a distance/length of 10.1KM, 24.4KM and 30.2KM respectively.

Assembly Constituency Name & No. :

The Assembly of Assam comprises 126 Members of Legislative Assembly which are directly elected from single-seat constituencies and its term is 5 years unless later dissolved. Its headquarter is stationed in Dispur. Barhampur is the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam. Its constituency no. is 87 and it forms a part/structure of Nowgong Lok Sabha/Parliamentary Constituency.

Parliamentary Constituency :

The Parliamentary Constituencies in India is 542 and among them, the seats for the general category are 441 and for SC and ST the seats are 84 and 47 respectively. Barhampur Assembly Constituency is a part/structure of the Nowgong Lok Sabha/Parliamentary Constituency. Barhampur is the 9 assembly segments of Nowgong Parliament Seat. It is reserved for General category.

District :

Barhampur is a small settlement of village under Nagaon region, Assam, India. Nagaon district is an authoritative district. Its headquarter is at Nagaon. To the North region of Nagaon, the mighty/ tremendous Brahmaputra and Sonitpur district are located while towards South there is Karbi Anglong region and the beautiful hills of North Cachar and towards the East there are Golaghat and East Karbi Anglong. 

No. Of Towns :

There are no towns in Barhampur Constituency.

No. Of. Inhabited Villages :

Barhampur, a small settlement in Assam in the Nagaon district/region has hold over 11 number of villages.

 Assembly Status :

The Assembly Election of Barhampur constituency had 162019 electors. Amongst them, the overall valid votes was 135790 . In prior to 2016 Assembly Election Assam, AGP candidate Prafulla Kumar Mahanta won the MLA seat, with 65768 votes and became MLA, whereas INC candidate Suresh Borah was the runner-up with 60599 votes. Therefore he lost the MLA seat by 5169 votes.

Total Population :

Barhampur, a small settlement in the Nagaon region forms a part/structure of the Nowgong Lok Sabha/ Parliamentary constituency. In accordance with the Census Record of 2011, Barhampur has inhabitants of around 174 peoples. 

 No. Of Households :

Barhampur, Assam comprises of 38 houses/families in the area.

Water Connection :

Barhampur falls under Nagaon region with only 38 families residing in the village. In Nagaon district/region, about 80.44% of the houses have access to safe drinking water regardless of the distance/length to the sources. While the major sources of water used by maximum number of the houses are tube wells, hand pumps, etc.

Street Light :

The access to the street light and the no. of households using electricity in the rural/urban areas shows the welfare development of the region. In accordance to the village overview, it is noted that throughout the years there are improvements in the access to electricity to every household in Nagaon district/region.

Municipality Reach :

Besides basic amenities of life, access and availability to basic infrastructure are the most significant and primary requirements of mankind. The Municipality of the area/region is responsible to look after the prior requirements of the towns and villages that falls under its region. 

Caste and Tribes in the Constituency :

Barhampur, a rural community under Nagaon Block in the Nagaon district/region has inhabitants of around 174 peoples. In Barhampur village the existence of SC and ST is not known until now.

Barhampur Caste and Tribes Data Analysis :

Total

Male

Female

Scheduled Caste 0

0

0

Scheduled Tribe 0

0

0

Top 3 city under Constitution :

There are no cities under Barhampur Constituency.

Male/Female Electoral Distribution :

Barhampur Constituency has around 144444 registered votes. It comprises 73563 males and 70881 females.

Sex Ratio :

In accordance to Census Record 2011, the sex ratio of Barhampur village is 1,203 females per 1000 males. 

Age Group Distribution :

In Barhampur Assembly Constituency, about 16% population is under six years of age.

The Assembly of Barhampur Constituency witnessed a polling percentage of 59.97% of BJP during Lok Sabha/ Parliamentary elections 2019. Secondly, during the Assembly election of Assam 2016, it saw about 48.43% of AGP. And thirdly, it witnessed a polling percentage of 51.94% of BJP during

Lok Sabha/Parliamentary Election 2014. The chart of polling percentage of different years is given below :

Candidates

Party

Percentage Share

Lok Sabha Elections, 2019

Sri Rupak Sharma

 BJP

59.97%

Assembly Election, 2016

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

AGP

48.43%

Lok Sabha Elections,2014

Rojen Gohain

BJP

51.94%

Result of last five elections :

• The Assembly of Barhampur Constituency, the one candidate from AGP, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has been the winner for the consecutively past five years from 1996 to 2016 with 48377, 38590, 37579, 55889 and 65768 votes, respectively.

We can refer to the given below table for detailed information :

Year

Candidate

Party

Total Vote

2016

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

AGP

65768

2011

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

AGP

55889

2006

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

AGP(P)

37579

2001

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

AGP

38590

1996

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

AGP

48377

The percentage vote share of the political parties in the previous election :

• In the Assembly Election of Assam 2016, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta emerged as a winner of the MLA seat by securing 48.43% of votes.

• Suresh Bora of INC was the runner up with 44.63% of votes.

• The third position was secured by Shariful Islam Siddique of AIUDF with 2.05% of votes.

• While in the fourth position a candidate from CPI named, Lakhan Mirdha secured 1.24% of votes.

• And the last position was secured by an IND candidate named Prahlad Chandra Bhuyan with 0.87% of votes.

The table provided below clearly shows the percentage share of votes by the political parties in the last 2016 Assam Assembly Election :

Candidate Name

Party

Percentage Share

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

AGP

48.43%

Suresh Bora

INC

44.63%

Shariful Islam Siddique

AIUDF

2.05%

Lakhan Mirdha

CPI

1.24%

Prahlad Chandra Bhuyan

IND

0.87%

Candidate in the last election and result (winner and loser) :

The candidate who contested in the Assembly Election of Assam 2016 is Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Suresh Bora of INC, Shariful Islam Siddique of AIUDF, Lakhan Mirdha of CPI and Prahlad Chandra Bhuyan of IND.

The winner of the Assembly Election of Assam 2016 was Prafulla Kumar Mahanta of AGP with 65768 total votes whereas in last position, an independent candidate, Prahlad Chandra Bhuyan secured only 1184 votes.

Here's the below table :

Position

Candidate Name

Party

Total Votes

1

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

AGP

65768

2

Suresh Bora

INC

60599

3

Shariful Islam Siddique

AIUDF

2787

4

Lakhan Mirdha

CPI

1687

5

Prahlad Chandra Bhuyan

IND

1184

Big-ticket scheme/projects announced in the run-up to the elections for the constituencies :

In view of the forthcoming Assembly Election of Assam 2021, Home Minister of India, Amit Shah pays visit to Nagaon district along with, Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and Health and Finance Minister of Assam, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma for public rally at Batadrava. Home Minister of India Amit Shah also pays homage at Maha Mrityunjay Temple at Nagaon district/region. In comparison, Chief Minister of Chattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary, Jitendra Sing along with, Congress leader, Rokibul Hussain, APCC chief Ripun Boralays out campaigns and rally's for "Save Assam" at Nagaon for the forthcoming Legislative Assembly Election of Assam, 2021.