Chenga Assembly constituency

Assembly constituency of Assam

Chenga
Constituency No. 47 for the Assam Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Barpeta
LS constituency	Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency
Established	1967
Total electors	1,45,283
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly

Incumbent Ashraful Hussain
Party	All India United Democratic Front
Elected year	2021

Chenga Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Chenga forms part of the Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency

Town Details

Following are details on Chenga Assembly constituency-

Country: India.
State: Assam.
District: Barpeta district.
Lok Sabha Constituency: Barpeta Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
Assembly Categorisation: Rural constituency.
Literacy Level:65.03%.
Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 1,45,053 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:75,102 . Female Electors: 69,946 .
Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°13'51.6"N 91°06'23.4"E.
Total Area Covered: 380 square kilometres.
Area Includes: Tarabari thana and Nowgaon mouza in Barpeta thana in Barpeta sub-division, of Barpeta district of Assam.
Inter State Border :Barpeta.
Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-150,Year 2016-152,Year 2021-47.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of past members representing Chenga Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature.^[1]

1967: A. R. Chowdhury, Indian National Congress.
1972: Abdul Hannan Choudhury, Indian National Congress.
1978: Danesh Ali Ahmed, Indian National Congress.
1983: Danesh Ali Ahmed, Indian National Congress.
1985: Mukhtar Hussain, Independent.
1991: Liakat Ali Khan, Independent.
1996: Sukur Ali Ahmed, Indian National Congress.
2001: Sukur Ali Ahmed, Indian National Congress.
2006: Liakat Ali Khan, Asom Gana Parishad.
2011: Sukur Ali Ahmed, Indian National Congress.
2016: Sukur Ali Ahmed, Indian National Congress.
2021: Ashraful Hussain, All India United Democratic Front.

Election result

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Chenga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sukur Ali Ahmed	51,882	47.24
	AIUDF	Monowara Khatun	28,525	25.97
	BJP	Gunajit Adhikary	25,902	23.58
	AITC	Shafikul Hoque	2,190	1.99
	Independent	Surjya Mallique	639	0.58
	NOTA	None of the above	667	0.60
Majority			23,357	21.27
Turnout			1,09,805	89.62
Registered electors			1,22,519
	INC hold		Swing