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Assam · Assembly Constituency 63 · 1978Reserved (ST)
Chapaguri
Winner — 1978
MANIK CHANDRA DAS
IND
IND 33.4%PTC 32.9%6 others 33.7%
Votes
13,209
33.4% share
Winning margin
217
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
68.0%
of 58,080
Chapaguri was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 217 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MANIK CHANDRA DAS | IND | 13,209 | 33.4% |
| 2 | KHOGENDRA NATH BORO | PTC | 12,992 | 32.9% |
| 3 | SURENDRA NATH DAS | INC | 4,381 | 11.1% |
| 4 | GHANA KANTA BORO | IND | 4,169 | 10.6% |
| 5 | DHARANIDHAR BASUMATARI |  INC(I)INC | 1,751 | 4.4% |
| 6 | BIMAL BRAHMA GAYARI | IND | 1,512 | 3.8% |
| 7 | CHARAN CHANDRA BRAHMA | IND | 1,228 | 3.1% |
| 8 | AJIT BASUMATARI | IND | 279 | 0.7% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (29th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.0% · min 0.6% · max 62.3%
How contested is turnout?
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89%
lowerhigher
29th of 126How crowded is the field?
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1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
112th of 126How much NOTA?
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1.2%
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63rd of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 33.4%PTC 32.9%INC 11.1%IND 10.6%OTH 12.1%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis seat number was reused from 2026. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2026, so they are not shown for earlier elections.