Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1983

Chaygaon

Assembly constituency 49 (GEN) · Assam

State boardAssam 1983

[01]Result · 1983

#49 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants3

Electors64,493

Votes polled17,130

Turnout26.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerHarendra Nath TalukdarIndian National Congress9,12255.5% of votes

MARGIN1,888 votes · 11.0 pp9,122 − 7,234

Runner-upMotlib Ali Independent7,23444.0% of votes

INC 55.8% of top-two votesIND 44.2%

All candidates 3

01 Harendra Nath TalukdarINC9,122 55.5%
02 Motlib AliIND7,234 44.0%
03 Shah Jahan AliIND90 0.6%

Turnout 26.6%

Male 33,70752.3% Female 30,78647.7%

Share of 64,493 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males913
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 105 seats, 198326.6%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 16,446Residual 684

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
14.1 pp
Paramananda RajbongshiBharatiya Janata Party
2021
17.0 pp
Rekibuddin AhmedIndian National Congress
2016
5.4 pp
Rekibuddin AhmedIndian National Congress
2011
13.2 pp
Rekibuddin AhmedIndian National Congress
2006
16.1 pp
Dr. Kamala Kanta KalitaAsom Gana Parishad
2001
14.8 pp
Rana GoswamiIndian National Congress
1996
5.1 pp
Kamala Kanta KalitaAsom Gana Parishad
1991
9.1 pp
Kamala KalitaAsom Gana Parishad
1985
15.5 pp
Kamla KalitaIndependent
1983
11.0 pp
Harendra Nath TalukdarIndian National Congress
1978
4.5 pp
A. N. Akram HussainIndian National Congress
1972
36.2 pp
Krishna Kanta LahkarIndian National Congress
1967
18.0 pp
B. BarmanPragati Sheel Party
1962
16.3 pp
Mahadeb DasIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 95.5% of votes; the other 1 candidate 0.5% between them.
(9,122 + 7,234) ÷ 17,130 = 95.5% · 90 ÷ 17,130 = 0.5%
Turnout of 26.6% matched the state's median seat.
26.6 − 26.6 = 0.0
The margin widened from 4.5 pp in 1978 to 11.0 pp.
11.0 − 4.5 = +6.5 pp
INC held the seat it won in 1978.
1978 INC · 1983 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines16,446
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled17,130
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 684

Candidate votes miss the published total by 684, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1983 · Assam · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 105 seats on the Assam Vidhan Sabha 1983 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database