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{{Short description|Indian state election}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| vote_type = Popular 
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1991
| election_date = 27 April 1996
| next_election = 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2001
| seats_for_election = 122 seats in the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 62
| registered = {{formatnum:12119125}}
| turnout = 78.92%
| image_size = 100px

| party1 = Asom Gana Parishad
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}
| leader1 = [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| leaders_seat1 =
| leader_since1 =
| seats1 = 59
| seats_before1 =
| popular_vote1 = 29.70%
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 40

| party2 = Indian National Congress
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hiteswar Saikia with Shankar Dayal Sharma (cropped).jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=10}}
| leader2 = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| leaders_seat2 =
| leader_since2 =
| seats2 = 34
| seats_before2 =
| popular_vote2 = 30.56%
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 32


| title = [[Chief Minister of Assam|CM]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| before_election = [[Bhumidhar Barman]]
| after_party = Asom Gana Parishad
| after_election = [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
}}

Elections to the '''[[Assam Legislative Assembly]]''' were held in April 1996 to elect members of 122 constituencies in [[Assam]], India. The [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) won the popular vote, but the [[Asom Gana Parishad]] (AGP) won the most seats and [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] was appointed as the [[Chief Minister of Assam]] for his second term.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theshillongtimes.com/2021/03/09/former-cm-prafulla-mahanta-not-to-contest-assam-polls/ |title=Former CM Prafulla Mahanta not to contest Assam polls |quote=Mahanta has represented the seat for as many as seven terms from 1985, having served as chief minister for two terms from 1985-90 and 1996-2001, in between. |newspaper=The Shillong Times |date=9 March 2021 |access-date= 14 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html |title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937 |publisher=Assam Legislative Assembly |access-date= 13 May 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513013923/http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html |archive-date=13 May 2006}}</ref> The number of constituencies was set as 126, by the recommendation of the [[Delimitation Commission of India]],<ref name="delimitation1976">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3939-dpaco-1976/ |title=DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= December 9, 2020}}</ref> but elections were held in only 122 constituencies. The constituencies of [[Dispur Assembly constituency|Dispur]], [[Dergaon Assembly constituency|Dergaon]], [[Nazira Assembly constituency|Nazira]] and [[Margherita Assembly constituency|Margherita]] did not go to polls immediately, but they had polls in November 1996.

==Background==
In 1991, the [[Indian Army]] was tasked with executing ''Operation Rhino'' against the [[United Liberation Front of Assam]].<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19911015-various-army-operations-launched-against-ulfa-814916-1991-10-14</ref> In 1993, the six-year agitation by the ''All Bodo Students' Union'' in Assam demanding a separate state within India ended with a peace accord that established an [[Autonomous administrative divisions of India|autonomous district council]].<ref>George, Sudhir Jacob. “The Bodo Movement in Assam: Unrest to Accord.” ''Asian Survey, vol. 34, no. 10, 1994''. pp. 878–92. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2644967. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.</ref>

The [[Chief Minister of Assam]], [[Hiteswar Saikia]], died in Delhi, on 22 April 1996, only 5 days before the election.<ref>{{cite book |author=Chandra Nath Boruah |title=Assamese Response to Regionalism: A Study Based on Electoral Politics|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Assamese_response_to_regionalism/r21CqfspU1MC?hl|publisher=Mittal Publications |year=2009 |isbn=9788183242813 |page=64 |quote=Nevertheless, the AGP's coming back to the Janta Bhawan, Dispur was also helped partially by the sudden demise of chief Minister Hiteshwar Saikia on 22nd April 1996 in New Delhi which shocked the party cadres of the Congress(I). }}</ref> [[Bhumidhar Barman]] was sworn in as interim chief-minister, but as the Indian National Congress failed to form the government after the elections, his tenure lasted 22 days. The party's defeat was attributed to Saikia's death, which unravelled the electoral coalition he had built up in opposition to the resurgent Asom Gana Parishad.<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960531-fragile-victory-753113-1996-05-30</ref><ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960531-elections-1996-agp-bounces-back-to-defeat-a-weak-congress-in-assam-832980-1996-05-30</ref><ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960430-elections-1996-assam-seems-headed-for-a-hung-assembly-835101-1996-04-29</ref>

In 1991, former Home Minister, [[Bhrigu Phukan|Bhrigu Kumar Phukan]], formed the [[Natun Asom Gana Parishad]] (NAGP) in opposition to the policies of Asom Gana Parishad leader, [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]. Phukan merged the NAGP back with the AGP before the 1996 elections.<ref name="election-politics">{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Election_Politics_in_Assam/4oKKAAAAMAAJ?hl|title=Election Politics in Assam: Issues, Trends, and People's Mandate|last1=Ahmed|first1=Abu Nasar Saied|last2=Baruah|first2=Joydeep|last3=Bhuyan|first3=Ratna|year=2006|isbn=978-8183700573|page=96|publisher=Akansha Publishing House}}</ref> The AGP formed also a five-party pre-poll electoral alliance before the elections with the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], the [[Autonomous State Demand Committee|ASDC]] and the [[United Minorities Front, Assam|UMFA]].<ref>{{cite book |title=India Votes, Elections 1996: A Critical Analysis |author=Meenu Roy |year=1996 |isbn=9788171009008 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wm2dVWi-2I4C|access-date=4 July 2022|page=102}}</ref>

== Parties and alliances ==

{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center;
| colspan="6" {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Flag
! Symbol
! Leader
! Seats
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[File:INC Flag Official.jpg|50px]]
| [[File:INC Hand.svg|50px]]
| [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| 122
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center;
| colspan="6" {{Party color cell|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| colspan="6" | '''[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP-led Alliance]]'''
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Flag
! Symbol
! Leader
! Seats
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|50px]]
| [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| 95
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File: Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png|50px]]
|
| 10
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|50px]]
| [[File:CPI symbol.svg|50px]]
|
| 9
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Autonomous State Demand Committee}}
|
|
| [[Jayanta Rongpi]]
| 5
|-
| {{Full party name with color|United Minorities Front, Assam}}
|
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Boat.png|110px]]
| Kalipada Sen
| 3
|-
!colspan="5"| Total
!122
|}

==Result==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Assam Legislative Assembly 1996.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=2778627|seats1=34|sc1={{decrease}}32
|party2=[[Asom Gana Parishad]]|votes2=2700934|seats2=59|sc2={{increase}}40
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=946236|seats3=4|sc3={{decrease}}6
|party4=[[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)]]|votes4=337668|seats4=2|sc4=New
|party5=[[Autonomous State Demand Committee]]|votes5=179877|seats5=5|sc5={{increase}}1
|party6=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes6=177750|seats6=3|sc6={{decrease}}1
|party7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes7=176721|seats7=2|sc7=0
|party8=[[United Minorities Front, Assam]]|votes8=105408|seats8=2|sc8=New
|party20=Others|votes20=105471|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=1584109|seats21=11|sc21={{decrease}}4
|total_sc={{decrease}}4
|invalid=471632
|electorate=12119125
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4004-assam-1996/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>
}}

==Elected members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Reserved for<br/>([[Scheduled Castes|SC]]/[[Scheduled Tribes|ST]]/None)
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| Ratabari || SC || [[Sambhusing Mallah]] || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Patharkandi || None || [[Sukhendu Shekhar Dutta]] || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Karimganj North || None || Sirajul Haque Choudhury || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Karimganj South || None || Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Badarpur || None || Abu Saleh Najmuddin || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Hailakandi || None || Abdul Muhib Majumder || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Katlicherra || None || [[Gautam Roy]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Algapur || None || Sahidul Alam Choudhury || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Silchar || None || [[Bimalangshu Roy]] || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Sonai || None || Anwar Hussain Laskar || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Dholai || SC || Girindra Mallik || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Udharbond || None || Jagannath Sinha || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Lakhipur || None || Dinesh Prosad Goala || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Barkhola || None || Misbahul Islam Laskar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Katigora || None || [[Kali Ranjan Deb]] || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Haflong || ST || Samarjit Haflongbar || {{Full party name with color|Autonomous State Demand Committee}}
|-
| Bokajan || ST || [[Jagat Sing Engti]] || {{Full party name with color|Autonomous State Demand Committee}}
|-
| Howraghat || ST || Chandra Kanta Terang || {{Full party name with color|Autonomous State Demand Committee}}
|-
| Diphu || ST || [[Hemsing Tisso]] || {{Full party name with color|Autonomous State Demand Committee}}
|-
| Baithalangso || ST || Holiram Terang || {{Full party name with color|Autonomous State Demand Committee}}
|-
| Mankachar || None || Aminul Islam || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Salmara South || None || Wazed Ali Choudhury || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Dhubri || None || Nazibul Umar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gauripur || None || Banendra Kumar Mushahary || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Golakganj || None || Alauddin Sarkar || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| Bilasipara West || None || Ali Akbar Miah || {{Full party name with color|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)}}
|-
| Bilasipara East || None || Prasanta Kumar Barua || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Gossaigaon || None || Rajendra Mushahary || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Kokrajhar West || ST || Hemendra Nath Brahma || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Kokrajhar East || ST || Pramila Rani Brahma || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Sidli || ST || Andrias Hajoary || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Bongaigaon || None || [[Phani Bhusan Choudhury]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Bijni || None || Mohini Basumatary || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Abhayapuri North || None || Bhupen Ch. Ray || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Abhayapuri South || SC || Rabin Banikya || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Dudhnai || ST || Akan Rabha || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Goalpara East || None || Jyotish Das || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Goalpara West || None || Abu Bakkar Siddique Jotdar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Jaleswar || None || Afzalur Rahman || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sorbhog || None || Hemen Das || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bhabanipur || None || Surendra Nath Medhi || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Patacharkuchi || None || Mohan Das || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Barpeta || None || Ismail Hussain || {{Full party name with color|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)}}
|-
| Jania || None || Abdur Rouf || {{Full party name with color|United Minorities Front, Assam}}
|-
| Baghbar || None || Sheikh Abdul Hamid || {{Full party name with color|United Minorities Front, Assam}}
|-
| Sarukhetri || None || Nizamuddin Khan || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Chenga || None || Sukur Ali || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Boko || SC || Jyoti Prasad Das || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Chaygaon || None || Kamala Kanta Kalita || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Palasbari || None || Jatin Mali || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Jalukbari || None || Bhrigu Kumar Phukan || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Gauhati East || None || Biraj Kumar Sarma || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Gauhati West || None || Ramendra Narayan Kalita || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Hajo || None || Nurul Hussain || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Kamalpur || None || Maidul Islam Bora || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Rangiya || None || [[Thaneswar Boro]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Tamulpur || None || Derhagra Mochahari || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Nalbari || None || Nagen Sarma || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Barkhetry || None || [[Pulakesh Barua]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Dharmapur || None || [[Chandra Mohan Patowary]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Barama || ST || Rekha Rani Das Boro || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Chapaguri || ST || Jagmohan Basmatary || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Panery || None || Kumud Chandra Das || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Kalaigaon || None || Mahendra Mohan Rai Choudhury || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Sipajhar || None || Zoii Nath Sarmah || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Mangaldoi || SC || Hiren Kumar Das || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Dalgaon || None || Abdul Jabbar || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Udalguri || ST || Deva Kanta Ramchiary || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Majbat || None || Silvius Condpan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Dhekiajuli || None || [[Joseph Toppo]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Barchalla || None || Prafulla Goswami || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Tezpur || None || Brindabon Goswami || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Rangapara || None || Bhimananda Tanti || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sootea || None || Padma Hazarika || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Biswanath || None || Prabin Hazarika || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Behali || None || Barnabash Tanti || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gohpur || None || Ganesh Kutum || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Jagiroad || SC || Bubul Das || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Marigaon || None || Munin Mahanta || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| Laharighat || None || Nazrul Islam || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Raha || SC || Gahin Ch. Das || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Dhing || None || Mustafa Shahidul Islam || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Batadroba || None || Digen Chandra Borah || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Rupohihat || None || Rashidul Haque || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Nowgong || None || [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Barhampur || None || [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Samaguri || None || Atul Kumar Sharma || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Kaliabor || None || Gunin Hazarika || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Jamunamukh || None || Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Hojai || None || Ardhendu Kumar Dey || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Lumding || None || Hazi Abdur Rouf || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Bokakhat || None || Bhupendra Nath Bhuyan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sarupathar || None || Binod Gowala || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Golaghat || None || [[Atul Bora]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Khumtai || None || Probin Gogoi || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Jorhat || None || [[Hitendranath Goswami]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Majuli || ST || Karuna Dutta || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Titabar || None || Hemanta Kalita || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Mariani || None || Rupam Kurmi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Teok || None || Renupoma Rajkhowa || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Amguri || None || Pradip Hazarika || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Mahmara || None || Hiranya Kumar Konwar || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Sonari || None || Sarat Borkataky || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Thowra || None || Debananda Konwar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sibsagar || None || [[Promode Gogoi]] || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| Bihpuria || None || Kesharam Bora || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Naoboicha || None || Mani Kr. Subba || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Lakhimpur || None || Utpal Dutta || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Dhakuakhana || ST || [[Bharat Chandra Narah]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Dhemaji || ST || [[Dilip Kumar Saikia]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Jonai || ST || [[Pradan Boruah]] || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Moran || None || Joy Chandra Nagbanshi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Dibrugarh || None || Kalyan Kumar Gogoi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Lahowal || None || Prithibi Majhi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Duliajan || None || Amiya Gogoi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Tingkhong || None || Atuwa Munda || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Naharkatia || None || Pranati Phukan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Chabua || None || Bhaben Baruah || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
| Tinsukia || None || Sudhangshu Coomer De Sirkar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Digboi || None || Rameswar Dhanowar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Doom Dooma || None || Dileswar Tanti || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sadiya || None || Jogdish Bhuyan || {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|-
|}

==Aftermath==
On 6 May 1996, the Minister for Rural Development, and candidate for the [[Golaghat Assembly constituency]], [[Nagen Neog]] was killed, by suspected terrorists. Along with him, 8 other people, including his driver, and 5 bodyguards, also died.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rebels kill Assam leader in ambush |newspaper=[[New Straits Times]] |date=8 May 1996 |agency=[[Reuters]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cYlaAAAAIBAJ&dq=1996+Assam+Legislative+Assembly+election&pg=PA12&article_id=1330,2860049 |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>

==Bye-elections==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Date
!Constituency
!Winner
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|rowspan=5|11 November 1996
|[[Dispur Assembly constituency|Dispur]]
| Atul Bora<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/ByeNov1996/LA_AS_52.htm |title=BYE - ELECTION, 1996 - Legislative Assembly of Assam - Assembly constituency - 52 Dispur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[Nowgong Assembly constituency|Nowgong]]{{Efn|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] resigned from this seat since he had also won the seat of [[Barhampur Assembly constituency|Barhampur]]}}
| Girindra Kumar Baruah<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/ByeNov1996/LA_AS_86.htm |title=BYE - ELECTION, 1996 - Legislative Assembly of Assam - Assembly constituency - 86 Nagaon |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dergaon Assembly constituency|Dergaon]]
| Sushila Hazarika<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/ByeNov1996/LA_AS_97.htm |title=BYE - ELECTION, 1996 - Legislative Assembly of Assam - Assembly constituency - 97 Dergaon (SC) |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nazira Assembly constituency|Nazira]]
| Hemprove Saikia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/ByeNov1996/LA_AS_104.htm |title=BYE - ELECTION, 1996 - Legislative Assembly of Assam - Assembly constituency - 104 - Nazira |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[Margherita Assembly constituency|Margherita]]
| [[Tarun Gogoi]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/ByeNov1996/LA_AS_124.htm |title=BYE - ELECTION, 1996 - Legislative Assembly of Assam - Assembly constituency - 124 Margherita |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
|}
{{noteslist}}

==See also==
*[[List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly]]
*[[1996 elections in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assam elections}}

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[[Category:State Assembly elections in Assam]]
[[Category:1990s in Assam]]
[[Category:April 1996 in India]]

1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

Mark10 at 16:17, 6 May 2026