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Assam · Assembly Constituency 22 · 1983
Salmara South
Winner — 1983
MD. BAZLUL BASIT
INC· Congress (I)
INC 61.9%IND 34.4%2 others 3.7%
Votes
29,763
61.9% share
Winning margin
13,202
27.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
70.4%
of 68,267
Salmara South is a safe seat — MD. BAZLUL BASIT won by 27.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MD. BAZLUL BASIT | Congress (I) | 29,763 | 61.9% |
| 2 | DEWAN JOYNAL ABEDIN | IND | 16,561 | 34.4% |
| 3 | JALALUDDIN AHMED | IND | 1,318 | 2.7% |
| 4 | A. KASHEM SARKAR | IND | 444 | 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.
High turnout (15th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe27.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.4% · min 3.0% · max 77.8%
How contested is turnout?
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94%
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15th of 126How crowded is the field?
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3.05
fewer partiesmore parties
6th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.5%
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124th of 126Where does the house stand?
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109 seats · 55 majority
How did the vote split?
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3.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 61.9%IND 34.4%OTH 3.7%
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.