Nearly 87% of Assam MLAs Elected with Over 50% Vote Share in 2026 Assembly Polls: ADR Analysis
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- •% of Assam’s 126 Assembly winners in 2026 secured over 50% vote share, up from 54.08% average in 2021.
- •Average victory margin shows four candidates won by over 50%, while only two had margins under 3,000 votes.
- •Niso Terangpi (BJP, Diphu) recorded the highest female vote share at 62.95% with a 34.46% victory margin.
- •of 21 winners with criminal records won with over 50% vote share; 14 defeated clean-background opponents.
- •Among 63 re-elected MLAs, 86% won with over 50% vote share; none won with less than 40%.
- •NOTA votes totaled 1.23% of 2,16,64,898 votes polled in the 2026 Assembly elections.
GUWAHATI: A comprehensive analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed that nearly 87% of the winning candidates in the 2026 Assam Assembly elections secured over 50% of the total votes polled in their respective constituencies. Out of 126 winners, 110 — which accounts for 87% — crossed the 50% vote share threshold, while the remaining 16 winners (13%) won with less than half the votes cast.
