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Assam · Assembly Constituency 88 · 1996
Samaguri
Winner — 1996
ATUL KUMAR SHARMA
AGP· United Front
AGP 32.0%AIIC(T) 30.1%11 others 37.8%
Votes
20,770
32.0% share
Winning margin
1,238
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
81.0%
of 79,996
Samaguri was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,238 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATUL KUMAR SHARMA | United Front | 20,770 | 32.0% |
| 2 | ABEDUR RAHMAN | AIIC(T) | 19,532 | 30.1% |
| 3 | NURUL HUSSAIN | INC | 14,650 | 22.6% |
| 4 | RAM KUMAR BHATTACHARJEE | BJP | 7,499 | 11.6% |
| 5 | ABDUR ROB FAROOQUI | IND | 684 | 1.1% |
| 6 | ABDUL HUSSAIN SARKAR | IND | 480 | 0.7% |
| 7 | BALO RAM NAG | IND | 409 | 0.6% |
| 8 | ABDUL SATTAR | IND | 272 | 0.4% |
| 9 | PRAMOD GOSWAMI | IND | 193 | 0.3% |
| 10 | NURUL ISLAM HAZ | IND | 127 | 0.2% |
| 11 | KAZI NURUL IMAN | UMFA | 113 | 0.2% |
| 12 | NUR HUSSAIN SARKAR | United Front | 61 | 0.1% |
| 13 | SUNIL CHANDRA BAISHNAB | IND | 44 | 0.1% |
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.
Low turnout (116th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 1.9% · max 55.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
116th of 126How crowded is the field?
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1.94
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 126How much NOTA?
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2.7%
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3rd of 126Where does the house stand?
SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 32.0%AIIC(T) 30.1%INC 22.6%BJP 11.6%OTH 3.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— 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.