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Assam · Assembly Constituency 115 · 1978

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Winner — 1978

JOY CHANDRA NAGBANSHI
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 29.4%JNP 21.0%8 others 49.6%
Votes
10,778
29.4% share
Winning margin
3,052
8.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
60.6%
of 60,585

A clear win with a 8.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JOY CHANDRA NAGBANSHI
INC(I)
INC
10,77829.4%
2
DAYANANDA BORGOHAIN
JNP
Janata
7,72621.0%
3
MADAN BARUAH
IND
6,41017.5%
4
TARUN CHUTIYA
INC
INC
5,89716.1%
5
KHETINDRA BARUAH
IND
2,9067.9%
6
THANESWAR KONWAR
IND
1,2803.5%
7
KULA BORAH
IND
7752.1%
8
SURATH CHANDRA SARMA
IND
3310.9%
9
TARUN GOGOI
IND
3110.8%
10
PADMABIKASH BORGOHAIN
IND
3080.8%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (73rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.7% · min 0.4% · max 75.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
73rd of 126

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
114th of 126

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
66th of 126

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 29.4%JNP 21.0%IND 17.5%INC 16.1%IND 7.9%OTH 8.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This seat number was reused from 2026. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2026, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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