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Assam · Assembly Constituency 11 · 1985Reserved (SC)
Dholai
Winner — 1985
DIGENDRA PURKAYASTHA
INC· INC
INC 35.7%IND 35.0%6 others 29.3%
Votes
20,410
35.7% share
Winning margin
407
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
60.9%
of 93,975
Dholai was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 407 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIGENDRA PURKAYASTHA | INC | 20,410 | 35.7% |
| 2 | KAMAKHYA PRASAD MALAHO | IND | 20,003 | 35.0% |
| 3 | KSH MOHON DAS | Left | 7,079 | 12.4% |
| 4 | SISIR RANJAN DAS | IND | 4,493 | 7.9% |
| 5 | SAJAL KANTI CHOUDHURY | IND | 2,671 | 4.7% |
| 6 | MONORANJAN RABIDAS | Lok Dal | 1,269 | 2.2% |
| 7 | SASHI MOHAN DAS | IND | 751 | 1.3% |
| 8 | KUMARESH DAS | IND | 511 | 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 (5th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.5% · min 0.3% · max 56.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
5th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 126How much NOTA?
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0.4%
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126th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.7%IND 35.0%CPM 12.4%IND 7.9%OTH 9.1%
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.