Mankachar Assembly constituency

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Mankachar
Constituency No. 11 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictSouth Salmara Mankachar
Lok Sabha constituencyDhubri
Established1978
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyINC
AllianceAsom Sonmilito Morcha
Elected year2026
Preceded byAbdur Rehman Ajmal

Mankachar Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam, a north-east state of India. It is also part of the Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency.[1] This constituency was renamed from Salmara South in 2023.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1978 Dewan Joynal Abedin Independent politician
1983 Mohammad Bazlul Basit Indian National Congress
1985 Dewan Joynal Abedin Independent politician
1991
1996 Wazed Ali Choudhury Indian National Congress
2001
2006 Badruddin Ajmal Assam United Democratic Front
2009[a] Wazed Ali Choudhury Indian National Congress
2011 Abdur Rehman Ajmal All India United Democratic Front
2016 Wazed Ali Choudhury Indian National Congress
2021
2026 Mohibur Rohman Indian National Congress

Election results


2026

2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Mankachar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohibur Rohman 126,787 59.23 −24.75
AGP Zabed Islam 75,617 35.32 N/A
AIUDF Abdul Salam Shah 8,959 4.19 N/A
SUCI(C) Shahidur Alam 979 0.46 N/A
Majority 51,170 23.91 −83,404
Turnout 212,342 +38,197
INC gain from AIUDF Swing {{{swing}}}

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Salmara South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Wazed Ali Choudhury 146,248 83.98 +29.55
Independent Nurul Islam Mollah 10,674 6.13
BJP Asadul Islam 8,919 5.12 +3.80
Independent Fozlul Hoque Choudhury 1,807 1.04
NOTA None of the above 937 0.54 +0.15
Majority 135,574 77.85 +66.48
Turnout 174,145 92.01 −1.66
INC hold Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Salmara South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Wazed Ali Choudhury 80,066 54.43 +6.93
AIUDF Badruddin Ajmal 63,343 43.06 −7.49
BJP Shiraj Hussain 1,954 1.32 N/A
SUCI(C) Dewan Joynal Abedin 1,153 0.78 −0.52
NOTA None of the above 581 0.39 N/A
Majority 16,723 11.37 +8.32
Turnout 1,47,097 93.67 +6.11
Registered electors 1,57,525
INC gain from AIUDF Swing +7.21

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Salmara South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIUDF Abdur Rahman Ajmal 62,254 50.55
INC Wazed Ali Choudhury 58,498 47.50
SUCI(C) Dewan Joynal Abedin 1,600 1.30
AITC Masidul Haque 794 0.64
Majority 3,756 3.05
Turnout 1,23,146 87.56
Registered electors 1,40,642
AIUDF hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. by-election

References

  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies of State of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  2. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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