MahendraganjAssembly by-election result, 1997
Abdus Saleh (Independent) won Mahendraganj in the 1997 assembly by-election with 30.4% of the vote, beating Mukul Das (INC) by 28 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1978 election. In 1972, seat no. 60 was Salmanpara. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2008. From 2013, seat no. 60 is Baghmara. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
Mahendraganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 28 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdus Saleh IND | IND | 3,90130.4% |
| 2 | Mukul Das | 3,87330.1% | |
| 3 | Nidhuram Hajong IND | IND | 2,46619.2% |
| 4 | Dhabal Ch. Barman IND | IND | 1,88614.7% |
| 5 | Golam Mehidi HPU | HPU | 7285.7% |
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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 80% of the votes.
Parties in the race 4.09 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2013. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2013, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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