Ratabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Ratabari Assembly constituency () is one of the 126 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Assam state in northeastern India. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled caste candidates.^[1]

Ratabari (constituency number 1) is one of the 5 Assam Legislative Assembly constituencies located in Karimganj district.

Ratabari is part of Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency along with 7 other Assembly segments, namely, Patharkandi, Karimganj North, Karimganj South and Badarpur in this district and Hailakandi, Katlichhera and Algapur in Hailakandi district.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly ^[2]

• 1962: Baidyanath Mookerjee, Indian National Congress
• 1967: B. Upadhya, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Suranjan Nandy, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Lilamoy Das, Janata Party
• 1983: Subal Chandra Das, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Kumari Rabidas, Indian National Congress
• 1991: Ramapayare Rabidas, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1996: Sambhu Sing Mallah, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2001: Rathish Ranjan Choudhury, Independent
• 2003: (by-election) Kripanath Mallah, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Sambhu Sing Mallah, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2011: Kripanath Mallah, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Kripanath Mallah, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016 result

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Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2016: Ratabari

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
	NOTA	None of the Above	889	0.79	N/A
Majority			24,526	21.85	+7.01
Turnout			1,12,608	75.92	+14.78
Registered electors			1,47,856
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2011 result

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2011: Ratabari

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
	Trinamool Congress	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			12,429	14.84
Turnout			82,973	61.14
Registered electors			1,35,706
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 42, 72.
2. "List of Wiining MLA's from Ratabari (SC) Till Date". elections.in. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
3. "Ratabari (Assam) Election Results 2016". Assam. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2016-05-13.