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Assam · Assembly Constituency 2 · 1996
Patharkandi
Winner — 1996
SUKHENDU SHEKHAR DUTTA
BJP· BJP
BJP 23.7%INC 22.8%18 others 53.5%
Votes
20,618
23.7% share
Winning margin
795
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
77.0%
of 1,12,999
Patharkandi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 795 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
20 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUKHENDU SHEKHAR DUTTA | BJP | 20,618 | 23.7% |
| 2 | MONI LAL GOWALA | INC | 19,823 | 22.8% |
| 3 | QUOMRUL HAQUE | IND | 18,401 | 21.2% |
| 4 | RABIA NUNIA | IND | 8,149 | 9.4% |
| 5 | NABA RAJKUMAR | IND | 7,341 | 8.4% |
| 6 | MAIN UDDIN AHMED | IND | 6,073 | 7.0% |
| 7 | MIHIR KANDI BHATTACHARJEE | United Front | 2,704 | 3.1% |
| 8 | JYOTIRMOY DAS | United Front | 1,316 | 1.5% |
| 9 | DAULAT RABIDAS | IND | 708 | 0.8% |
| 10 | JOYRAJ SINHA | AIIC(T) | 327 | 0.4% |
| 11 | THAKUR CHAND GOWALA | IND | 290 | 0.3% |
| 12 | SAHAB UDDIN AHMED | IND | 283 | 0.3% |
| 13 | ABDUL NOOR | IND | 246 | 0.3% |
| 14 | NARENDRA SINHA | IND | 170 | 0.2% |
| 15 | ABUL KALAM AZAD | IND | 114 | 0.1% |
| 16 | AFTAB UDDIN AHMED | IND | 112 | 0.1% |
| 17 | BHIMSEN SINHA | UMFA | 95 | 0.1% |
| 18 | ABUL KALAM BAHAR | IND | 91 | 0.1% |
| 19 | GOPENDRA DAS | IND | 55 | 0.1% |
| 20 | GOKULSENA SINHA | IND | 43 | 0.1% |
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 (43rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 0.9% · max 68.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
87%
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43rd of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 126How much NOTA?
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1.2%
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61st of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 23.7%INC 22.8%IND 21.2%IND 9.4%IND 8.4%IND 7.0%OTH 7.5%
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.