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Assam · Assembly Constituency 126 · 1996

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Winner — 1996

JOGDISH BHUYAN
AGP· United Front
AGP 40.0%INC 32.9%13 others 27.1%
Votes
27,511
40.0% share
Winning margin
4,902
7.1% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
69.0%
of 99,689

A clear win with a 7.1% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JOGDISH BHUYAN
AGP
United Front
27,51140.0%
2
RAJEN BARUA
INC
INC
22,60932.9%
3
BANGSHI DAS
AIIC(T)
7,18910.5%
4
JONABOR DANGARIA
JD
United Front
2,7414.0%
5
MOHINI PATIR
IND
2,2163.2%
6
AJOY GOGOI
BJP
BJP
1,8602.7%
7
JYOTSNA SONOWAL
IND
1,1401.7%
8
JAWAHARJYOTI DEORI
IND
1,0271.5%
9
LAMBESWAR SONOWAL
IND
6170.9%
10
GHANASYAM BHATTARAI
IND
4770.7%
11
BULBUL GUWALA
IND
3760.6%
12
NARAYAN DEORI
IND
3450.5%
13
LALIT KUMAR DEORI BHARALI
IND
3100.5%
14
GANGADHAR PERTIN
IND
2000.3%
15
DOULOT MORAN
URMCA
1240.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (45th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 0.3% · max 44.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
45th of 126

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.75
fewer partiesmore parties
121st of 126

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
109th of 126

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 40.0%INC 32.9%AIIC(T) 10.5%OTH 16.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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