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Assam · PC 2 · 1996
Silchar
Winner — Lok Sabha 1996
SONTOSH MOHAN DEB
INC· INC
INC 42.7%BJP 30.5%9 others 26.9%
Votes
2,37,804
42.7% share
Winning margin
68,141
12.2% of votes
Total votes cast
5,57,107
Candidates
11
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SONTOSH MOHAN DEB | INC | 2,37,804 | 42.7% |
| 2 | KABINDRA PURKAYASTHA | BJP | 1,69,663 | 30.4% |
| 3 | NOORUL HUDA | United Front | 1,20,703 | 21.7% |
| 4 | DEBASISH CHAKRABORTY | IND | 8,798 | 1.6% |
| 5 | CHUNILAL GOALA | IND | 4,798 | 0.9% |
| 6 | NURUL HUDA | IND | 4,312 | 0.8% |
| 7 | LAL MOHAN DUSHAD | AIIC(T) | 3,566 | 0.6% |
| 8 | ARIKAN NESSA | IND | 3,354 | 0.6% |
| 9 | BIJOY RANJAN PAUL | IND | 2,775 | 0.5% |
| 10 | UMA PURKAYASTHA | IND | 829 | 0.1% |
| 11 | NITYANANDA DAS | AMB | 505 | 0.1% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (1st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe12.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 2.1% · max 59.8%
How contested is turnout?
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92%
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1st of 14How crowded is the field?
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2.34
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7th of 14How much NOTA?
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0.6%
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13th of 14How often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.7%BJP 30.4%CPM 21.7%OTH 5.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis seat number was reused from 2024. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2024, so they are not shown for earlier elections.