Ramkrishna Nagar Assembly constituency

Ramkrishna Nagar
Ramkrishna Nagar
Constituency No. 126 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Karimganj
LS constituency	Karimganj
Established	1962 ; (Renamed: 2024)
Total electors	173,974
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Assam Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Bijoy Malakar
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Ramkrishna Nagar Assembly constituency formerly known as^[1]^[2]^[3] 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.^[2] This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled caste candidates.^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member		Tenure
2021	Bijoy Malakar	BJP	2019-Incumbent
2019	Bijoy Malakar		2019-Incumbent
2016	Kripanath Mallah		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		1967-72
1962	Baidyanath Mookerjee		1962-67

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Ratabari^[5]
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			36,221	26.71%	+5.97
Turnout			135,611	78.61%	+4.24
	BJP hold		Swing	+2.77

2019

2019 Assam Legislative Assembly By-election: Ratabari^[6]
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			24,001	20.74	−1.11
Turnout			1,15,730	74.37	−1.55
	BJP hold		Swing	+11.07

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: 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
	None of the Above	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

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: 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
	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			12,429	14.84
Turnout			82,973	61.14
Registered electors			1,35,706
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Know your constituency: Here is the electoral landscape of Karimganj". barakbulletin.com. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "List of Parliamentary Constituencies showing their Assembly Constituencies wise break_up (Assam)" (PDF). ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
^ "ECI publishes final delimitation order for Assembly & Parliamentary Constituencies of State of Assam, after extensive consultations with stakeholders". Press Information Bureau. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
^ "About Ratabari constituency". Election.in. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "AC_Wise Final Result as per Form 21E". CEO Assam.
^ Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

"Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[namechange-1] "Know your constituency: Here is the electoral landscape of Karimganj". barakbulletin.com. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[:0-2] "List of Parliamentary Constituencies showing their Assembly Constituencies wise break_up (Assam)" (PDF). ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[3] "ECI publishes final delimitation order for Assembly & Parliamentary Constituencies of State of Assam, after extensive consultations with stakeholders". Press Information Bureau. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[4] "About Ratabari constituency". Election.in. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[5] "AC_Wise Final Result as per Form 21E". CEO Assam.

[By-election_results_2019:_List_of_winners_in_51_Assembly_and_Satara,_Samastipur-6] Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

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