Boko–Chaygaon Assembly constituency

Boko
Boko
Constituency No. 48 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Kamrup
Lok Sabha constituency	Gauhati
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Assam Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Raju Mesh
Party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Elected year	2026

Boko Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. This constituency was renamed to Boko–Chaygaon in 2023, after the Chaygaon Assembly constituency was merged into it.

Boko formed part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. It was one of the Assam constituencies reserved for Scheduled Tribes. Raju Mesh of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the present MLA (as of 2026) for the constituency.

Town Details

Following are details on Boko Assembly constituency

Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 2,36,661. Eligible Electors. Male Electors: 85,984. Female Electors: 84,350.
Total Area Covered: 742 square kilometres.
Area Includes: Boko thana (excluding Bongaon mouza) in Gauhati sub-division.
Number of Polling Stations: 238 (2011), 245 (2016), 48 (2021).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of past members representing Boko Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature.

Year	Member
1951	Radha Charan Choudhury	Socialist Party
1957	Radha Charan Choudhury	Indian National Congress
1962	Prabin Kumar Chaudhuri
1967
1972
1978	Umesh Chandra Das	Janata Party
1983	Upendra Das	Indian National Congress
1985	Gopinath Das	Independent politician
1991	Gopinath Das	Indian National Congress
1996	Jyoti Prasad Das	Asom Gana Parishad
2001	Gopinath Das	Indian National Congress
2006	Jyoti Prasad Das	Asom Gana Parishad
2011	Gopinath Das	All India United Democratic Front
2016	Nandita Das	Indian National Congress
2021	Nandita Das	Indian National Congress
2026	Raju Mesh	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko-Chaygoan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raju Mesh	1,07,113	63.77	N/A
	INC	Ramen Singh Rabha	47,559	28.31	−30.51
	National People's Party	Ganseng B. Sangma	7,092	4.22	New
	AITC	Bhoglal Rabha	1,178	0.70	−5.43
	NOTA	NOTA	1,552	0.98	−0.84
Margin of victory			59,554	35.45	+9.86
Turnout			167,980	85.11	−1.34
Rejected ballots
Registered electors
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+4.95

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nandita Das	120,613	58.82	+19.13
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	68,147	33.23	+3.52
	AITC	Gopinath Das	12,571	6.13	New
	NOTA	None of the above	3,735	1.82	+0.78
Majority			52,466	25.59	+15.61
Turnout			2,05,066	86.45	−2.60
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nandita Das	69,986	39.69	+8.74
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	52,392	29.71	+12.65
	AIUDF	Gopinath Das	42,338	24.01	−14.51
	Independent	Dr. Ghanashyam Das	5,794	3.28	N/A
	Independent	Anirban Das	2,796	1.58	N/A
	Independent	Nitish Ranjan Das	1,148	0.65	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,851	1.04	N/A
Majority			17,594	9.98	+2.41
Turnout			1,76,305	89.05	+5.78
Registered electors			1,97,963		+16.75
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing	+1.17

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Boko
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIUDF	Gopinath Das	54,388	38.52
	INC	Jayanta Das	43,697	30.95
	AGP	Jyoti Prasad Das	24,086	17.06
	BPF	Prabin Mandal	13,318	9.43
	BJP	Jiten Sarkar	3,656	2.59
	AITC	Niranjan Das	2,050	1.45
Majority			10,691	7.57
Turnout			1,41,195	83.27
Registered electors			1,69,554
	AIUDF gain from AGP		Swing

References

↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
↑ "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ https://www.eci.gov.in/Documents/Delimitation/DELIMITATIONASSAM_UPDATED.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Boko Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Nandita Das of INC Leading Wins". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
↑ "Boko Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Elections in India. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
↑ "Assam Election Results 2021: Check Full List Of Winners". ndtv.com. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
↑ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

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

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[delimitation2008-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[ceo-2] "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[ceomap-3] "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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[bo_ref3-5] "Boko Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Nandita Das of INC Leading Wins". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[bok_ref2-6] "Boko Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Elections in India. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[abhaya_ref1-7] "Assam Election Results 2021: Check Full List Of Winners". ndtv.com. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[election2021-8] "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[election2016-9] "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.