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Assam · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1996
Mankachar
Winner — 1996
AMINUL ISLAM
AGP· United Front
AGP 48.8%INC 46.4%4 others 4.7%
Votes
42,312
48.8% share
Winning margin
2,064
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
87.0%
of 99,610
A closely fought contest. AMINUL ISLAM won with a 2.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMINUL ISLAM | United Front | 42,312 | 48.8% |
| 2 | ZAHIRUL ISLAM | INC | 40,248 | 46.5% |
| 3 | SURAT JAMAN MONDAL | IND | 2,930 | 3.4% |
| 4 | ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABARTY | BJP | 687 | 0.8% |
| 5 | FAZLUL WAHID | IND | 301 | 0.3% |
| 6 | A. RAHMAN KHAN | AIIC(T) | 173 | 0.2% |
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.
Average turnout (32nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.7% · min 0.0% · max 57.0%
How contested is turnout?
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89%
lowerhigher
32nd of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 126How much NOTA?
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1.1%
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74th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 48.8%INC 46.5%OTH 4.7%
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.