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Assam · Assembly Constituency 32 · 1996
Bongaigaon
Winner — 1996
PHANI BHUSAN CHOUDHURY
AGP· United Front
AGP 50.7%IND 18.8%6 others 30.5%
Votes
39,301
50.7% share
Winning margin
24,758
31.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
77.2%
of 1,00,328
Bongaigaon is a safe seat — PHANI BHUSAN CHOUDHURY won by 31.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHANI BHUSAN CHOUDHURY | United Front | 39,301 | 50.7% |
| 2 | CHIMANG BRAHMA | IND | 14,543 | 18.8% |
| 3 | PRANAB NANDY | INC | 12,601 | 16.3% |
| 4 | DHWAJEN CHANDRA NATH | BJP | 8,611 | 11.1% |
| 5 | ABDUL REZZAQUE | URMCA | 1,212 | 1.6% |
| 6 | PARESH CHANDRA DAS | AIIC(T) | 512 | 0.7% |
| 7 | ARUN KUMAR SINGHA | IND | 454 | 0.6% |
| 8 | DAMODAR SINGHA | IND | 249 | 0.3% |
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 (35th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe31.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 0.8% · max 49.1%
How contested is turnout?
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88%
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35th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.81
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12th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.9%
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92nd of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 50.7%IND 18.8%INC 16.3%BJP 11.1%OTH 3.1%
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.