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Assam · Assembly Constituency 8

AlgapurAssembly by-election result, 2013

Mandira Roy (INC) won Algapur in the 2013 assembly by-election with 47.6% of the vote, beating Mehsubul Hassan Laskar (AIUDF) by 915 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1978 election. In 1972, seat no. 8 was Badarpur. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2021. From 2026, seat no. 8 is Dhubri. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Mandira Roy
INC
INC 47.6%AIUDF 46.8%10 others 5.6%
Votes
52,814
47.6% share
Winning margin
915
0.8% of votes
Candidates
12

Algapur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 915 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Mandira Roy
INC
INC
52,81447.6%
2
Mehsubul Hassan Laskar
AIUDF
AIUDF
51,89946.8%
3
Sashadhar Paul
BJP
BJP
2,7422.5%
4
Kamrul Islam Choudhury
AGP
AGP
9330.8%
5
Matiur Rahman Barbhuiya
IND
IND
6340.6%
6
Hasan Raja Laskar
IND
IND
5980.5%
7
Sahidullah Ahmed Mazumder
IND
IND
3330.3%
8
Alokesh Bhattacharjee
IND
IND
2900.3%
9
Baharul Islam Mazumder
IND
IND
2150.2%
10
Kamar Uddin Ahmed Choudhury
IND
IND
1800.2%
11
Ikramul Haque Barbhuiya
IND
IND
1750.2%
12
Islam Uddin Laskar
IND
IND
1560.1%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A close contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
0.8%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

INC and AIUDF took 94% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.24

How did the vote split?

SEAT
47.6%won by INC
INC 47.6%AIUDF 46.8%Others 5.6%

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 Algapur, 1978–2021

  1. 1978NEPAL CHANDRA DAS (INC(I)), margin 7.2%
  2. 1983MAULANA ABDUL JALIL CHOUDHURY (INC), margin 46.0%
  3. 1985SAHIDUL ALAM CHOUDHURY (IND), margin 9.2%
  4. 1991SAHIDUL ALAM CHODHARY (AGP), margin 8.9%
  5. 1996SAHIDUL ALAM CHOUDHURY (AGP), margin 23.7%
  6. 2001SAHIDUL ALAM CHOUDHURY (AGP), margin 19.0%
  7. 2006RAHUL ROY (INC), margin 6.1%
  8. 2011SAHIDUL ALAM CHOUDHURY (AGP), margin 14.2%
  9. 2016NIZAM UDDIN CHOUDHURY (AIUDF), margin 14.9%
  10. 2021Nijam Uddin Choudhury (AIUDF), margin 13.0%