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Assam · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1996
Algapur
Winner — 1996
SAHIDUL ALAM CHOUDHURY
AGP· United Front
AGP 56.3%INC 32.6%18 others 11.2%
Votes
47,947
56.3% share
Winning margin
20,209
23.7% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
84.5%
of 1,00,833
Algapur is a safe seat — SAHIDUL ALAM CHOUDHURY won by 23.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
20 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAHIDUL ALAM CHOUDHURY | United Front | 47,947 | 56.3% |
| 2 | ASHOK DUTTA GUPTA | INC | 27,738 | 32.6% |
| 3 | SUBRATA SARMA MAZUMDER | BJP | 6,754 | 7.9% |
| 4 | CHIRA KUMAR SINGHA | IND | 856 | 1.0% |
| 5 | AKTAR HUSSAIN MONG | IND | 693 | 0.8% |
| 6 | JALAL HUSSAIN LASKAR | IND | 344 | 0.4% |
| 7 | JUNAB ALI MAZARBHUIYA | IND | 115 | 0.1% |
| 8 | MAIN UDDIN LASKAR | IND | 110 | 0.1% |
| 9 | BABUL SHA | IND | 108 | 0.1% |
| 10 | ABDUL MANAN CHOUDHURY | AIIC(T) | 94 | 0.1% |
| 11 | ABDUL NOOR CHOUDHURY | IND | 76 | 0.1% |
| 12 | SAJAL DAS | IND | 68 | 0.1% |
| 13 | GIAS UDDIN MAZ | IND | 51 | 0.1% |
| 14 | KUTIR ALI LASKAR | IND | 48 | 0.1% |
| 15 | ABDUL HASIN CHOUDHURY | IND | 46 | 0.1% |
| 16 | SASADHAR DAS | IND | 42 | 0.1% |
| 17 | ABDUL MUNIM LASKAR | IND | 40 | 0.1% |
| 18 | MONORANJAN BHATTACHARJEE | IND | 33 | 0.0% |
| 19 | MUSABIR ALI | IND | 20 | 0.0% |
| 20 | RAJYA BEGUM | IND | 14 | 0.0% |
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.
High turnout (12th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe23.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 6.1% · max 46.0%
How contested is turnout?
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95%
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12th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.6%
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111th of 126Where does the house stand?
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126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 56.3%INC 32.6%BJP 7.9%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.