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Assam · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1978
Badarpur
Winner — 1978
RAMENDRA DE
CPM· Left
CPM 28.8%INC 27.4%6 others 43.8%
Votes
11,912
28.8% share
Winning margin
557
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
60.7%
of 68,165
Badarpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 557 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMENDRA DE | Left | 11,912 | 28.8% |
| 2 | MOULANA ABDUL JALIL CHOUDHURY | INC | 11,355 | 27.4% |
| 3 | GOLAM SUBHANY CHOUDHURY | IND | 10,420 | 25.2% |
| 4 | KAMAL UDDIN AHMED | Janata | 4,949 | 12.0% |
| 5 | BASANTA KUMAR DATTA | IND | 1,877 | 4.5% |
| 6 | BIRENDRA KUMAR DAS |  INC(I)INC | 473 | 1.1% |
| 7 | MANZOOR AHMED | IND | 282 | 0.7% |
| 8 | ATAR ALI | IND | 128 | 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.
High turnout (17th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 1.4% · max 43.7%
How contested is turnout?
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94%
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17th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.8%
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96th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 28.8%INC 27.4%IND 25.2%JNP 12.0%OTH 6.7%
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.