About Samaguri Assembly Constituency
Samaguri is constituency No. 88 of Assam legislative assembly. It is situated in Nagaon district and comes under Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency. According to the Election Commission of India, Samaguri has 1,28,659 registered voters comprising 66,220 male and 62,439 female registered voters.
In the 2011 Assembly elections, the Congress won this seat by a convincing margin of 19,860 votes. Assam Agriculture Minister Rockybul Hussain was the winning Congress candidate. Hussain got 61,332 votes. His nearest contender was Prafulla Kumar Mahanta from BJP. Mahanta got 41,472 votes. The voter turnout was 83.48 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Samaguri Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Samaguri assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender |
Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
|---|
| 2021 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Rockybul Hussain | M | INC | 81123 | Anil Saikia | M | BJP | 55025 |
| 2016 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Rockybul Hussain | M | INC | 66364 | Gitu Goswami | M | BJP | 55925 |
| 2011 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Rockybul Hussain | M | INC | 61332 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta | M | AGP | 41472 |
| 2006 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Rockybul Hussain | M | INC | 51607 | Atul Kumar Sarmah | M | AGP | 36475 |
| 2001 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Rockybul Hussain | M | INC | 38022 | Atul Kumar Sarma | M | AGP | 34636 |
| 1996 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Atul Kumar Sharma | M | AGP | 20770 | Abedur Rahman | M | AIIC(T) | 19532 |
| 1991 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Nurul Hussain | M | INC | 18825 | A. Aziz | M | GGS | 16777 |
| 1985 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Abul Hussain Sarkar | M | IND | 22631 | Atul Kumar Sharma | M | IND | 12691 |
| 1983 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Nurul Hussain | M | ICS | 15374 | Deben Bora | M | INC | 10824 |
| 1978 | 88 | Samaguri | GEN | Bhabendra Kumar Saikia | M | JNP | 14024 | Hafizuddin Ahmed | M | IND | 10295 |
| 1972 | 91 | Samaguri | GEN | Bishnu Prasad | M | INC | 15140 | Nidhi Ram Prashan | M | IND | 3765 |
| 1967 | 91 | Samaguri | GEN | D.K. Barooah | M | INC | 8659 | C.C. Baruah | M | IND | 5688 |
| 1962 | 74 | Samaguri | GEN | Dev Kanta Borooah | M | INC | 12257 | Liladhar Borkakaty | M | PSP | 7855 |
| 1957 | 68 | Samaguri | GEN | Usha Barthakur | F | INC | 16201 | Bhabendra Kumar Saikia | M | IND | 5863 |
| 1951 | 69 | Samaguri | GEN | Barthakur Usha | M | INC | 5808 | Babendra Kumar Saikia | M | SP | 5509 |
Last Updated on August 09, 2021