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Assam · Assembly Constituency 3 · 1996
Karimganj North
Winner — 1996
SIRAJUL HAQUE CHOUDHURY
AGP· United Front
AGP 39.6%BJP 38.2%15 others 22.1%
Votes
36,866
39.6% share
Winning margin
1,305
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
71.7%
of 1,29,800
Karimganj North was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,305 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
17 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIRAJUL HAQUE CHOUDHURY | United Front | 36,866 | 39.6% |
| 2 | MISSION RANJAN DAS | BJP | 35,561 | 38.2% |
| 3 | KETAKI PROSAD DUTTA | IND | 12,768 | 13.7% |
| 4 | UTTAM MAZUMDAR | INC | 4,848 | 5.2% |
| 5 | HARUN RASHID CHOUDHURY | AIIC(T) | 499 | 0.5% |
| 6 | ARUNANGSHU BHATTACHARYA | IND | 444 | 0.5% |
| 7 | SURUJ ALI | IND | 290 | 0.3% |
| 8 | AKHIL RANJAN DEY | IND | 280 | 0.3% |
| 9 | SATYA RANJAN ACHARJEE | United Front | 261 | 0.3% |
| 10 | JATINDRA CHANDRA DAS | IND | 246 | 0.3% |
| 11 | SUROJIT DEY | IND | 221 | 0.2% |
| 12 | SUBODH RANJAN PAUL | IND | 170 | 0.2% |
| 13 | GOPAL CHANDRA PAUL | IND | 167 | 0.2% |
| 14 | ABDUS SATTAR | IND | 156 | 0.2% |
| 15 | DULAL CHANDRA PAUL | IND | 102 | 0.1% |
| 16 | ABUL KALAM BAHAR | IND | 93 | 0.1% |
| 17 | MAJNUL HAQUE CHOUDHURY | IND | 49 | 0.1% |
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 (74th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.3% · min 0.4% · max 69.8%
How contested is turnout?
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84%
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74th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.19
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50th of 126How much NOTA?
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1.5%
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39th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 39.6%BJP 38.2%IND 13.7%INC 5.2%OTH 3.2%
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.