Baghbar is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Baghbar forms part of the Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency covers Baghbar thana (excluding Jania (Part) and Titapani mouzas) in Barpeta sub-division.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1967: J. Ahmed, Independent.
• 1972: Jalal Uddin, Indian National Congress.
• 1978: Ibrahim Ali, Indian National Congress.
• 1983: Ibrahim Ali, Indian National Congress.
• 1985: Sheikh Abdul Hamid, 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.

Election	Name	Party
2021	Sherman Ali Ahmed		Indian National Congress

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Baghbar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sherman Ali Ahmed	73,340	57.57
	AIUDF	Sheikh Abdul Hamid	29,907	23.47
	Independent	Rajib Ahmed	18,357	14.41
	BJP	Md. Abdul Barik	1,418	1.11
	JCPBV	Altaf Hussain	1,022	0.80
	BRP	Jamaluddin	868	0.68
	Independent	Jahidul Islam	642	0.50
	RPI	Rejaul Karim	435	0.34
	AITC	Ali Asgar	411	0.32
	NOTA	None of the above	974	0.76
Majority			43,433	34.10
Turnout			1,27,374	87.87
Registered electors			1,44,950
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing