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State: Assam
Constituency: Kaliabor
Total Votes Polled: 778723
Winner: AGP Keshab Mahanta 283086
Runner Up: INC Tarun Gogoi 281470
Margin: 1616 (0.22%)

Barring 1985, when it plumbed for the AGP, the seat has been consistent towards the Congress. Tarun Gogoi won from here in 1991, before the law of averages caught up with him in 1996 and the AGP romped home.

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