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Assam · Assembly Constituency 40 · 1996

Sorbhog

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Winner — 1996

HEMEN DAS
CPM· United Front
CPM 43.7%INC 16.4%12 others 39.9%
Votes
31,332
43.7% share
Winning margin
19,533
27.2% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
80.8%
of 88,819

Sorbhog is a safe seat — HEMEN DAS won by 27.2%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HEMEN DAS
CPM
United Front
31,33243.7%
2
SAMIR MAZUMDAR
INC
INC
11,79916.4%
3
BASANTA SARGIARY
IND
9,23112.9%
4
ANILANANDA PATHAK
BJP
BJP
7,43110.4%
5
SAMSUL HOQUE
AIIC(T)
4,5276.3%
6
GHANASHYAM TALUKDAR
IND
3,0494.3%
7
ISLAMUDDIN
IND
1,6102.2%
8
SAIFUDDIN KHAN
IND
8221.1%
9
HEMENDRA ROY
IND
4820.7%
10
TAIZUDDIN AHMED
IND
3900.5%
11
RAMJIT GOUR
IND
3570.5%
12
BENU SAHA
IND
3070.4%
13
KRISHNA KANTA BARUA
IND
2380.3%
14
SYED MAKIBAR RAHMAN
IND
1700.2%

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 (41st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
27.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 4.1% · max 33.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
41st of 126

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
80th of 126

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
62nd of 126

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 43.7%INC 16.4%IND 12.9%BJP 10.4%AIIC(T) 6.3%OTH 10.4%

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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