BhabanipurAssembly by-election result, 1998
Binod Gayary (PDF) won Bhabanipur in the 1998 assembly by-election with 34.7% of the vote, beating Dr. Manoranjan Das (AGP) by 1,872 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1978 election. In 1972, seat no. 41 was Bijni. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2021. From 2026, seat no. 41 is Manas. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A closely fought contest. Binod Gayary won with a 2.6% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Binod Gayary PDF | PDF | 24,68634.7% |
| 2 | Dr. Manoranjan Das | 22,81432.0% | |
| 3 | Chakradhar Das | 19,18426.9% | |
| 4 | Bipulananda Sarma | 3,3914.8% | |
| 5 | Nazim Mollah URMCA | URMCA | 1,1301.6% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A close contest, 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 94% of the votes.
Parties in the race 3.36 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 Bhabanipur, 1978–2021
- 1978TARINI CHARAN DAS (JNP), margin 9.7%
- 1983MIR ABDUL HALIM (INC), margin 18.2%
- 1985SURENDRA NATH MEDHI (IND), margin 25.8%
- 1991MILAN BORO (IND), margin 13.7%
- 1996SURENDRA NATH MEDHI (AGP), margin 12.8%
- 2001SARBANANDA CHOUDHURY (INC), margin 7.3%
- 2006DR. MANORANJAN DAS (AGP), margin 0.3%
- 2011ABUL KALAM AZAD (AIUDF), margin 5.5%
- 2016ABUL KALAM AZAD (AIUDF), margin 2.2%
- 2021PHANIDHAR TALUKDAR (AIUDF), margin 2.6%