Dhemaji by Election 2017 Date

Poll EventsSchedule
Date of Notification14.03.2017 (TUE)
last Date of Making Nomination21.03.2017 (TUE)
Scrutiny of Nominations22.03.2017 (WED)
Withdrawal of Candidature24.03.2017 (FRI)
Date of Poll09.04.2017 (SUN)
Date of Counting13.04.2017 (THU)
Date of Completion15.04.2017 (SAT)


About Dhemaji Assembly Constituency

Dhemaji is constituency No. 113 of Assam legislative assembly. It is situated in Dhemaji district and comes under Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency. This assembly seat is reserved for scheduled tribes (ST).

According to the Election Commission of India, Dhemaji has 1,86,281 registered voters. It comprises 94,881 male and 91,400 female registered voters.

In the 2011 assembly elections, the Congress won this seat by a margin of 7,285 votes. Sumitra Doley Patir, the winning Congress candidate, got 59,633 votes. The runner-up was Paramananda Sonowal of AGP. Sonowal got 52,348 votes. The voter turnout was 75.08 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Dhemaji Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Dhemaji assembly elections conducted so far.

YearA C No.Constituency NameCategoryWinnerGender PartyVotesRunner Up GenderPartyVotes
2016113Dhemaji(ST)Pradan BaruahMBJP69592Sumitra Doley Patir F INC 50471
2011113Dhemaji(ST)Sumitra Doley PatirF INC59633Paramananda Sonowal M AGP 52348
2006113Dhemaji(ST)Sumitra PatirF INC44960Paramananda Sonowal M AGP 35841
2001113Dhemaji(ST)Dilip Kumar SaikiaMAGP31166Sumitra Patir F INC 30685
1996113Dhemaji(ST)Dilip Kumar Saikia MAGP36315Porna Kanta Pegu M INC 25076
1991113Dhemaji(ST)Dilip Kumar SaikiaMAGP23730Durgeswar Patir M INC 15719
1985113Dhemaji(ST)Dilip Kumar SaikiaMIND38862Purna Kanta Pegu M INC 9579
1983113Dhemaji(ST)Durgeswar PatirMINC237Basanta Doley M PTC 70
1978113Dhemaji(ST)Purna Chandra BoraMIND12608Upendra Nath Panging M CPM 11804
1972115Dhemaji(ST)Romesh Mohon KuliMSWA21663Lali Kumar Doley M INC 18789
1967115Dhemaji(ST)R.M. KuliMSWA7291L.K. Doley M INC 7017

Last Updated on August 05, 2021