Assam Assembly election 2021, Barama profile: BOPF's Maneswar Brahma won seat in 2016

Barama Assembly Election 2021 | Barama constituency is located in Assam's Kokrajhar district. It is a seat reserved for a Scheduled Tribe candidate. It falls under the Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency.

The Barama constituency will go to the polls in the third phase of the Assam Assembly election on 6 April.

In the 2016 Assembly election, the constituency had a total of 1,45,625 registered voters.

Voter turnout in previous election

The voter turnout in Barama in the previous Assembly election was 82.04 percent.

Past election results and winners

In the 2016 Assembly election, BOPF's Maneswar Brahma, with 45,289 votes, easily defeated AGP's Rekha Rani Dasboro, who got 35,493 votes.

In the 2011 Assembly election, BOPF's Maneswar Brahma, with 42,692 votes, routed AGP's Rekha Rani Dasboro, who got 24,373 votes.

Election date and timing

The Election Commission announced the poll dates for the Assembly election in Assam on Friday (26 February).

Elections in Assam are being held in three phases between 27 March and 6 April.

The first phase of the Assembly election will take place on 27 March in 47 constituencies, whereas polling in the second phase will see 39 constituencies going to vote on 1 April.

The third and final phase will take place on 6 April with 40 constituencies going to poll, Arora announced on Friday.

The Barama constituency will go to the polls in the third phase of the Assam Assembly election on 6 April.

The date of making nominations for the first, second and third phase are 9 March, 12 March and 19 March, respectively, while scrutiny of nominations will take place on 10 March, 16 March and 20 March, respectively. The last date for withdrawal of candidatures are: 12 March, 17 March and 22 March, respectively.