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Assam · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1996

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Winner — 1996

RAJENDRA MUSHAHARY
AGP· United Front
AGP 36.9%INC 27.0%6 others 36.1%
Votes
26,466
36.9% share
Winning margin
7,048
9.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
81.0%
of 88,637

A clear win with a 9.8% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJENDRA MUSHAHARY
AGP
United Front
26,46636.9%
2
MATHIAS TUDU
INC
INC
19,41827.0%
3
TAJENDRA NARZARY
IND
8,24611.5%
4
SUPHAL KUMAR MURMU
BJP
BJP
6,7889.4%
5
JUNASH MURMU
IND
5,4347.6%
6
KUSHAL MUNDA
URMCA
3,1064.3%
7
KHAIRUN NESSA BIBI
IND
1,8252.5%
8
SAMUEL SOREN
IND
5260.7%

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 (57th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.7% · min 3.5% · max 45.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
57th of 126

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
78th of 126

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
87th of 126

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 36.9%INC 27.0%IND 11.5%BJP 9.4%IND 7.6%OTH 7.6%

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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