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Assam · Assembly Constituency 123 · 1996
Digboi
Winner — 1996
RAMESWAR DHANOWAR
INC· INC
INC 62.0%CPI 13.2%6 others 24.9%
Votes
34,234
62.0% share
Winning margin
26,969
48.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
64.7%
of 85,343
Digboi is a safe seat — RAMESWAR DHANOWAR won by 48.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMESWAR DHANOWAR | INC | 34,234 | 62.0% |
| 2 | MUNIN BORAH | United Front | 7,265 | 13.2% |
| 3 | GHANA KANTA DUTTA | BJP | 6,218 | 11.3% |
| 4 | NARAYAN PRASAD DASH | United Front | 2,974 | 5.4% |
| 5 | BRIJ PRODHAN | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,760 | 3.2% |
| 6 | DEBOJIT DUTTA | 1,135 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | PADMA KARKARIA | AIIC(T) | 1,104 | 2.0% |
| 8 | KAMALA MORAN | IND | 540 | 1.0% |
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 (46th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe48.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 26.9% · min 0.2% · max 51.4%
How contested is turnout?
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87%
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46th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
68th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.6%
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118th 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
INC 62.0%CPI 13.2%BJP 11.3%JD 5.4%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.