The Laharighat constituency is currently being held by
Congress MLA Dr Nazrul Islam who defeated Siddique Ahmed of the AIUDF in 2016.
The seat, one of Assam’s 126 assembly constituencies, falls under the Nowgong
Lok Sabha constituency.

Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi currently holds the Nowgong Lok
Sabha seat, defeating Rupak Sharma of the BJP in the 2019 General Elections.BJP

The Laharighat constituency has seen an almost complete
electoral dominance by Congress in 60 years of polling. The party, since 1951,
has won 10 times in the seat, with the occasional independent victory
disrupting the flow in between.

Here are a few details about the Laharighat assembly seat:

Name of the assembly constituency: Laharighat

Lok Sabha constituency: Nowgong

Polling date: 11/04/2016

2016 candidates: Dr Nazrul Islam (Congress), Siddique Ahmed
(AIUDF), Jadumoni Patar (AGP)

2021 candidates: N/A

Sitting MLA, party: Dr Nazrul Islam, Congress

Winning margin in 2016: 5,806

Runner up name, party: Siddique Ahmed, AIUDF

Number of voters in 2016: 1,39,887

Percentage of votes polled in 2016: 87.04%

Number of women voters in 2016: 65,653

Number of polling booths in 2016: 200