NowgongAssembly by-election result, 1996
Girindra Kumar Baruah (AGP) won Nowgong in the 1996 assembly by-election with 52.2% of the vote, beating Mukut Sarma (INC) by 11,034 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1978 election. In 1972, seat no. 86 was Dhing. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2021. From 2026, seat no. 86 is Tinsukia. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Girindra Kumar Baruah won by 16.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girindra Kumar Baruah | 35,35752.2% | |
| 2 | Mukut Sarma | 24,32335.9% | |
| 3 | Rajendra Prasad Bora IND | IND | 3,8775.7% |
| 4 | Padmaja Baruah | 3,1674.7% | |
| 5 | Abdul Awal Bhuyan AIIC(T) | AIIC(T) | 7111.1% |
| 6 | Ananta Bordolou IND | IND | 1260.2% |
| 7 | Dharmeswar Borah IND | IND | 1020.1% |
| 8 | Barnali Sarma IND | IND | 740.1% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
AGP, INC and an independent took 94% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.46 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2026. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2026, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
Ask the state
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Who has won Nowgong, 1978–2021
- 1978MUKUT SARMA (INC), margin 0.9%
- 1983MUKUT SHARMA (INC), margin 89.1%
- 1985PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHANTA (IND), margin 21.7%
- 1991MUKUT SARMA (INC), margin 3.9%
- 1996PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHANTA (AGP), margin 34.3%
- 2001GIRINDRA KUMAR BARUA (AGP), margin 10.1%
- 2006GIRINDRA KUMAR BORUAH (AGP), margin 7.3%
- 2011DR. DURLAV CHANDRA CHAMUA (INC), margin 7.0%
- 2016RUPAK SARMAH (BJP), margin 9.4%
- 2021RUPAK SARMAH (BJP), margin 7.1%