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{{Short description|Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Baghbar
| constituency_no = 45
| type = SLA
| map_image = Baghbar Assembly constituency map.svg
| state = [[Assam]]
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency|Barpeta]]
| district = [[Barpeta district|Barpeta]]
| established = 1967
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla =
| party =
| alliance =
| electors = {{formatnum:165834}}
| abolished = 2023
}}
'''Baghbar''' was one of the 126 assembly constituencies of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]. Baghbar forms part of the [[Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|title=Lok Sabha and Vidan Sabha Constituencies list
|accessdate=18 December 2020
|work=Assam
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|archivedate=2006-05-04
}}</ref> The constituency covered Baghbar thana (excluding Jania (Part) and Titapani mouzas) in Barpeta sub-division.

This constituency was abolished in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/Documents/Delimitation/DELIMITATIONASSAM_UPDATED.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies of State of Assam|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date = 2025-11-28}}</ref>

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
* 1967: J. Ahmed, [[Independent (politician)|Independent]].
* 1972: Jalal Uddin, [[Indian National Congress]].
* 1978: Ibrahim Ali, [[Indian National Congress]].
* 1983: Ibrahim Ali, [[Indian National Congress]].
* 1985: Sheikh Abdul Hamid, [[Independent (politician)|Independent]].
* 1991: Dildar Rezza, [[Indian National Congress]].
* 1996: Sheikh Abdul Hamid, [[United Minorities Front (Assam)]].
* 2001: Dildar Rezza, [[Indian National Congress]].
* 2006: Dildar Rezza, [[Indian National Congress]].
* 2011: [[Sherman Ali Ahmed]], [[All India United Democratic Front]].
* 2016: [[Sherman Ali Ahmed]], [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Bag ref1">{{cite news |title=Baghbar Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Sherman Ali Ahmed of INC Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/baghbar-election-result-2021-live-updates-baghbar-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3694676.html |access-date=16 November 2021 |publisher=News18 |date=2 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Sherman Ali Ahmed]]<ref name=election2021>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/13620-assam-general-legislative-election-2021/ |title=Assam General Legislative Election 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=13 November 2021}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}

== Election results ==
=== 2016 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]: Baghbar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sherman Ali Ahmed
|votes = 73,340
|percentage = 57.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India United Democratic Front
|candidate = Sheikh Abdul Hamid
|votes = 29,907
|percentage = 23.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rajib Ahmed
|votes = 18,357
|percentage = 14.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Md. Abdul Barik
|votes = 1,418
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = JCPBV
|candidate = Altaf Hussain
|votes = 1,022
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = BRP
|candidate = Jamaluddin
|votes = 868
|percentage = 0.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jahidul Islam
|votes = 642
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party of India
|candidate = Rejaul Karim
|votes = 435
|percentage = 0.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ali Asgar
|votes = 411
|percentage = 0.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 974
|percentage = 0.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 43,433
|percentage = 34.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,27,374
|percentage = 87.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,44,950
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = All India United Democratic Front
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Assam Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/67-assam/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Assam}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Assam]]
[[Category:Politics of Assam]]
[[Category:Barpeta district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in Assam]]

Baghbar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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