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Assam · Assembly Constituency 59 · 1996
Nalbari
Winner — 1996
NAGEN SARMA
AGP· United Front
AGP 40.1%IND 24.0%8 others 35.9%
Votes
33,160
40.1% share
Winning margin
13,314
16.1% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
72.4%
of 1,14,262
Nalbari is a safe seat — NAGEN SARMA won by 16.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAGEN SARMA | United Front | 33,160 | 40.1% |
| 2 | HEMANTA BARMAN | IND | 19,846 | 24.0% |
| 3 | JAGADISH KALITA | INC | 11,760 | 14.2% |
| 4 | CHANDRA KANTA TALUKDAR | BJP | 11,159 | 13.5% |
| 5 | CHANDRA DHAR KALITA | IND | 3,168 | 3.8% |
| 6 | ABDUR RAHMAN | AIIC(T) | 962 | 1.2% |
| 7 | RASHID ALI | IND | 930 | 1.1% |
| 8 | MADAN KAZI | IND | 887 | 1.1% |
| 9 | TAIZUDDIN AHMED | IND | 487 | 0.6% |
| 10 | MAHESH CHAKRABORTY | IND | 371 | 0.5% |
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 (70th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe16.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.3% · min 0.7% · max 66.5%
How contested is turnout?
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84%
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70th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
47th of 126How much NOTA?
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1.4%
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48th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 40.1%IND 24.0%INC 14.2%BJP 13.5%OTH 8.2%
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.