MargheritaAssembly by-election result, 1998
Pradyut Bordoloi (INC) won Margherita in the 1998 assembly by-election with 42.8% of the vote, beating Diganta Saikia (AGP) by 7,903 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1978 election. In 1972, seat no. 124 was Digboi. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2021. From 2026, seat no. 124 is Karimganj South. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 9.6% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pradyut Bordoloi | 35,34242.8% | |
| 2 | Diganta Saikia | 27,43933.2% | |
| 3 | Kulbahadur Chetri | 13,11215.9% | |
| 4 | Dharmeswar Borah IND | IND | 4,0835.0% |
| 5 | Joykrishna Tanti IND | IND | 1,2311.5% |
| 6 | Prasanna Turung IND | IND | 7750.9% |
| 7 | Dharam Kumar Singh IND | IND | 4880.6% |
| 8 | Bhaben Saikia IND | IND | 820.1% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A clear win, 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 3.11 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.
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Who has won Margherita, 1978–2021
- 1978KUL BAHADUR CHETRI (JNP), margin 2.4%
- 1983KUL BAHADUR CHETRI (INC), margin 52.1%
- 1985KUL BAHADUR CHETRY (INC), margin 9.8%
- 1991KULBAHADUR CHETRI (INC), margin 12.3%
- 1996Tarun Gogoi (INC), margin 4.0%
- 2001PRADYUT BORDOLOI (INC), margin 30.2%
- 2006PRADYUT BORDOLOI (INC), margin 26.0%
- 2011PRADYUT BORDOLOI (INC), margin 15.0%
- 2016BHASKAR SHARMA (BJP), margin 16.6%
- 2021BHASKAR SHARMA (BJP), margin 38.2%