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Assam · Assembly Constituency 86 · 1996

Nowgong

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Winner — 1996

PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHANTA
AGP· United Front
AGP 63.1%INC 28.9%12 others 8.0%
Votes
53,068
63.1% share
Winning margin
28,809
34.3% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
75.4%
of 1,11,520

Nowgong is a safe seat — PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHANTA won by 34.3%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHANTA
AGP
United Front
53,06863.1%
2
MUKUT SARMA
INC
INC
24,25928.9%
3
RAJENDRA NATH GOHAIN
BJP
BJP
4,1214.9%
4
ABDUL AWAL BHUYAN
AIIC(T)
1,5171.8%
5
TAZUL HUSSAIN
UMFA
3040.4%
6
IRSHAD ALI
IND
2010.2%
7
NOOR MAMUD
RCPI(R)
1860.2%
8
ATAUR RAHMAN
IND
1000.1%
9
BANAMALI DEV GOSWAMI
IND
960.1%
10
DILWAR HUSSAIN
IND
460.1%
11
PUTUL GOSWAMI
SP
United Front
400.1%
12
ARUN BORA
IND
380.1%
13
DHARMESWAR BORAH
IND
330.0%
14
HAREN BORDOLOI
IND
280.0%

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

Low turnout (123rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 0.9% · max 89.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
123rd of 126

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
60th of 126

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
24th of 126

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 63.1%INC 28.9%OTH 8.0%

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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