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Assam · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1996
Badarpur
Winner — 1996
ABU SALEH NAJMUDDIN
INC· INC
INC 40.9%BJP 33.8%11 others 25.3%
Votes
30,138
40.9% share
Winning margin
5,247
7.1% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
73.0%
of 1,00,862
A clear win with a 7.1% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABU SALEH NAJMUDDIN | INC | 30,138 | 40.9% |
| 2 | DIPAK DEB | BJP | 24,891 | 33.8% |
| 3 | GOLAM SUBHANI CHOUDHURY | IND | 7,795 | 10.6% |
| 4 | KAMDEV DAS | United Front | 7,743 | 10.5% |
| 5 | MOTAHIR ALI | IND | 1,227 | 1.7% |
| 6 | AYAS ALI | IND | 387 | 0.5% |
| 7 | INTAJ ALI | IND | 373 | 0.5% |
| 8 | EMAD UDDIN KHAN | IND | 247 | 0.3% |
| 9 | ABDUR RAKIB | IND | 235 | 0.3% |
| 10 | BISWA BARAN BARUAH | IND | 175 | 0.2% |
| 11 | SUNIL RANJAN ROY | IND | 147 | 0.2% |
| 12 | NASIR UDDIN | IND | 138 | 0.2% |
| 13 | PHANI BHUSAN DUTTA | IND | 131 | 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.
High turnout (17th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean7.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 1.4% · max 43.7%
How contested is turnout?
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94%
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17th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.8%
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96th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.9%BJP 33.8%IND 10.6%CPM 10.5%OTH 4.2%
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.