Rihon Daimary

Rihon Daimary
Deputy Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council
Assumed office
5 October 2025
GovernorLakshman Acharya
Chief Executive MemberHagrama Mohilary
DepartmentAgriculture
Preceded byGobinda Basumatary
Cabinet Minister, Assam
In office
25 May 2016 – 10 May 2021
Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal
Departments
  • Public Health Engineering
  • Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (2016–18)
  • Co-operation (2018–20)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Assam
In office
21 May 2006 – 18 May 2011
Chief MinisterTarun Gogoi
DepartmentPublic Health Engineering
Preceded byDinesh Prasad Goala
Succeeded byGautam Roy
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2001 – 2 May 2021
Preceded byDeva Kanta Ramchiary
Succeeded byGobinda Chandra Basumatary
ConstituencyUdalguri (ST)
Personal details
Born (1960-01-01) 1 January 1960
PartyBodoland People's Front

Rihon Daimary (born 1 January 1960 in Udalguri, Assam) is an Indian politician and former lawmaker from the state of Assam.He currently serves as the Deputy Chief executive member of the Bodoland Territorial Council since 2025. He was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bodoland People's Front until 2021. He became a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led government in 2016. He was elected for the fourth time from the Udalguri constituency.[1][2][3][4]

Electoral history

Legislative Assembly elections

Year Constituency Party Votes % Opponent Result Margin
2001 Udalguri (ST) Independent 30,170 38.4% Jaman Singh Brahma INC Won 2,323
2006 BPF 35,560 41.6% Won 4,875
2011 40,970 43.4% Bhramon Baglari Independent Won 16,194
2016 45,037 41.9% Anjali Prabha Daimari Won 24,374
2021 56,916 48.0% Gobinda Chandra Basumatary UPPL Lost 4,851
2026 27554 54.61 Dipen Baro Won 27554

References

  1. ↑ Karmakar, Rahul (24 May 2016). "CM Sonowal and his team: Meet the leaders at Assam's helm". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ MEMBERS OF 14th ASSAM LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
  3. ↑ Sarbananda Sonowal sworn in as first BJP CM of Assam
  4. ↑ "One MLA from Barak Valley finds place in first BJP Government". Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2016.