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Assam · Assembly Constituency 37 · 1996

Goalpara East

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Winner — 1996

JYOTISH DAS
AGP· United Front
AGP 26.8%IND 25.3%11 others 48.0%
Votes
21,647
26.8% share
Winning margin
1,236
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
77.2%
of 1,04,650

Goalpara East was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,236 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JYOTISH DAS
AGP
United Front
21,64726.8%
2
SHADEED MAZUMDAR
IND
20,41125.3%
3
DULAL CHANDRA GHOSE
INC
INC
14,94618.5%
4
PRABHAT CHANDRA NATH
BJP
BJP
6,3707.9%
5
TILOK RABHA
IND
5,0776.3%
6
MAHAMMAD ALI
AIIC(T)
4,3335.4%
7
LADITSON SANGMA
IND
4,0875.1%
8
CHANDRALEKHA DAS
IND
1,3671.7%
9
HUSSAIN ALI
UMFA
8851.1%
10
SAHITSON SANGMA
IND
7330.9%
11
ANOWARA BEGUM
IND
6100.8%
12
ATIFUR RAHMAN
IND
1760.2%
13
AZIMUDDIN KHAN
IND
1660.2%

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 (93rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 1.4% · max 52.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
93rd of 126

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.66
fewer partiesmore parties
124th of 126

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
16th of 126

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 26.8%IND 25.3%INC 18.5%BJP 7.9%IND 6.3%AIIC(T) 5.4%OTH 9.9%

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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