Phani Bhusan Choudhury
Birth date1 May 1952 (age 74)
Birth placeBakharapara, Bongaigaon, Assam
PartyAsom Gana Parishad
SpouseDiptimayee Choudhury
ParentsRamesh Choudhury (Father)
MotherSunita Choudhury
OfficeMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha
ConstituencyBarpeta
Term start4 June 2024
PredecessorAbdul Khaleque
Office 1Cabinet Minister, Assam
Term start 126 April 2018
Term end 110 May 2021
1blankname 1Chief Minister
1namedata 1Sarbananda Sonowal
2blankname 1Departments
2namedata 1
  • Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
  • Pension and Public Grievances
Predecessor 1
Successor 1Ranjeet Kumar Dass (FCS&CA)
Office 2Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
Term start 21983
Term end 29 June 2024
Constituency 2Bongaigaon
Predecessor 2Mathura Mohan Sinha
Successor 2Diptimayee Choudhury

Phani Bhusan Choudhury (born 1 May 1952)[1] is an Indian politician from Assam, India.[2] He is currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency as a member of Asom Gana Parishad.[3] He has a distinct record of representing Bongaigaon constituency for the 8th consecutive time in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 1985. He was the Minister of Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Pension and Public Grievance, Government of Assam from 2018 to 2021 in the Sarbananda Sonowal ministry. Phani was the member of the Housing Committee of Assam Legislative Assembly, Member, Public Undertakings committee of Assam Legislative Assembly Minister from 1996 to 2001. He was also Chairman of Public Accounts Committee from 2009 to 2011 and leader of AGP legislature Party from 2011 to 2016. Choudhury is a leader of the regional outfit Asom Gana Parishad.[4] He was also elected as Protem Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly in 2021.[5]

Electoral records

OutcomeYearPartyConstituency NameVotes
Won1983IndependentBongaigaon
1985
1991Asom Gana Parishad
1996
2001
2006
2011
Lost2014Barpeta73,733
Won2016Bongaigaon77,292
202182,800
2024Barpeta8,60,113

References

  1. ^ "Know Your New Minister Phani Bhusan Choudhury". myneta.info. NE Now News. 2018-12-07.
  2. ^ Bongaigaon Election Results 2016
  3. ^ "List of Lok Sabha members"
  4. ^ "AGP has not drifted away from goals: Atul Bora". Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ^ Phani Bhusan Choudhury sworn in as the pro-tem speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly