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Assam · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1978
Barchalla
Winner — 1978
KAMAL CHANDRA BASUMATARI
PTC
PTC 28.6%IND 25.1%6 others 46.3%
Votes
12,349
28.6% share
Winning margin
1,486
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
71.2%
of 60,695
A closely fought contest. KAMAL CHANDRA BASUMATARI won with a 3.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KAMAL CHANDRA BASUMATARI | PTC | 12,349 | 28.6% |
| 2 | PRAFULLA GOSWAMI | IND | 10,863 | 25.1% |
| 3 | BIJOY CHANDRA SARMAH | INC | 9,680 | 22.4% |
| 4 | TARABIR CHETRI | IND | 5,687 | 13.2% |
| 5 | JOY NATH KOMAR | IND | 2,849 | 6.6% |
| 6 | ROBI CHARAN NATH |  INC(I)INC | 910 | 2.1% |
| 7 | SURESH CHAKRABORTY | IND | 495 | 1.1% |
| 8 | GOLOK CHANDRA NATH | IND | 392 | 0.9% |
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 (68th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.0% · min 0.9% · max 54.9%
How contested is turnout?
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85%
lowerhigher
68th of 126How crowded is the field?
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1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
106th of 126How much NOTA?
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1.3%
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56th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PTC 28.6%IND 25.1%INC 22.4%IND 13.2%IND 6.6%OTH 4.2%
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.