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Assam · Assembly Constituency 122 · 1978
Tinsukia
Winner — 1978
GOLAP BORBORAH
JNP· Janata
JNP 50.1%INC(I) 21.4%10 others 28.5%
Votes
18,477
50.1% share
Winning margin
10,577
28.7% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
58.1%
of 63,509
Tinsukia is a safe seat — GOLAP BORBORAH won by 28.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOLAP BORBORAH | Janata | 18,477 | 50.1% |
| 2 | RAJENDRA NATH PHUKAN |  INC(I)INC | 7,900 | 21.4% |
| 3 | MANIK DAS | INC | 5,055 | 13.7% |
| 4 | BARIN CHWODHURY | Left | 2,749 | 7.5% |
| 5 | JITENDRA CHANDRA KAR | IND | 643 | 1.7% |
| 6 | ABIRAM SANGA | IND | 524 | 1.4% |
| 7 | SHAMBHU PRASAD SHARMA | IND | 417 | 1.1% |
| 8 | SHIVA PRASAD SINGH | IND | 373 | 1.0% |
| 9 | JITEN SARMA | IND | 337 | 0.9% |
| 10 | DHIREN MAZUMDAR | IND | 195 | 0.5% |
| 11 | PHATE CHANDRA GARODIA | IND | 115 | 0.3% |
| 12 | PRAFULLA BORA | IND | 93 | 0.3% |
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.
Low turnout (102nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe28.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 29.2% · min 2.9% · max 55.3%
How contested is turnout?
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82%
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102nd of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
54th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.7%
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107th of 126Where does the house stand?
SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 50.1%INC(I) 21.4%INC 13.7%CPI 7.5%OTH 7.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis 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.