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Assam · Assembly Constituency 123 · 1978
Digboi
Winner — 1978
RAMESWAR DHANOWAR
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 32.7%JNP 32.4%7 others 34.9%
Votes
10,312
32.7% share
Winning margin
67
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
61.1%
of 51,673
Digboi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 67 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMESWAR DHANOWAR |  INC(I)INC | 10,312 | 32.7% |
| 2 | NIRANJAN BISWAS | Janata | 10,245 | 32.5% |
| 3 | RAVI SHANKAR SINGH | INC | 3,426 | 10.8% |
| 4 | DWIJESH CHANDRA DEV SARMA | IND | 3,007 | 9.5% |
| 5 | HRIDYANANDA GOGOI | IND | 1,857 | 5.9% |
| 6 | MAJIT MORAN | IND | 1,585 | 5.0% |
| 7 | PADMA NATH PUJARI | IND | 483 | 1.5% |
| 8 | RAJYAMAL DEKA | IND | 465 | 1.5% |
| 9 | LALIT BORA | IND | 195 | 0.6% |
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.
Average turnout (46th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 26.9% · min 0.2% · max 51.4%
How contested is turnout?
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87%
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46th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.10
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68th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.6%
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118th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 32.7%JNP 32.5%INC 10.8%IND 9.5%IND 5.9%IND 5.0%OTH 3.6%
Who ran, on record?
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— 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.