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Assam · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1996
Dharmapur
Winner — 1996
CHANDRA MOHAN PATOWARY
AGP· United Front
AGP 70.6%INC 25.6%3 others 3.8%
Votes
47,894
70.6% share
Winning margin
30,555
45.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
72.9%
of 93,028
Dharmapur is a safe seat — CHANDRA MOHAN PATOWARY won by 45.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHANDRA MOHAN PATOWARY | United Front | 47,894 | 70.6% |
| 2 | NILAMANI SEN DEKA | INC | 17,339 | 25.6% |
| 3 | NARENDRA KUMAR CHAKRAVORTY | BJP | 1,642 | 2.4% |
| 4 | TAMIZUDDIN AHMED | IND | 590 | 0.9% |
| 5 | DHIREN BARMAN | IND | 373 | 0.6% |
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 (58th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe45.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 26.0% · min 1.9% · max 100.0%
How contested is turnout?
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85%
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58th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.9%
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90th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 70.6%INC 25.6%OTH 3.8%
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.