UdharbondAssembly by-election result, 1998
Ajit Singh (INC) won Udharbond in the 1998 assembly by-election with 46.0% of the vote, beating Joy Prakash Tewari (AGP) by 14,156 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1978 election. In 1972, seat no. 12 was Sonai. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2021. From 2026, seat no. 12 is Jaleshwar. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Ajit Singh won by 18.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajit Singh | 34,87946.0% | |
| 2 | Joy Prakash Tewari | 20,72327.3% | |
| 3 | Pramila Goswami | 14,05518.5% | |
| 4 | Siddhartha Bhowmik IND | IND | 5,0186.6% |
| 5 | Radha Kanta Tanty IND | IND | 8071.1% |
| 6 | Saiful Haque Laskar IND | IND | 1450.2% |
| 7 | Mustafa Choudhoury IND | IND | 1260.2% |
| 8 | Haripada Roy IND | IND | 720.1% |
| 9 | Hickzur Rohman IND | IND | 270.0% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
The top three took 92% of the votes.
Parties in the race 3.08 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2026. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2026, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
Ask the state
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Who has won Udharbond, 1978–2021
- 1978JAGANNATH SINGH (JNP), margin 3.6%
- 1983JAGANNATH SINGH (INC), margin 26.7%
- 1985JOY PRAKASH TEWARI (IND), margin 11.1%
- 1991JAGANNATH SINGH (INC), margin 10.7%
- 1996JAGANNATH SINHA (INC), margin 5.6%
- 2001AJIT SINGH (INC), margin 5.7%
- 2006AJIT SINGH (INC), margin 19.3%
- 2011AJIT SINGH (INC), margin 48.1%
- 2016MIHIR KANTI SHOME (BJP), margin 7.7%
- 2021MIHIR KANTI SHOME (BJP), margin 2.1%