{"id":13238,"date":"2026-10-11T18:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/?p=13238"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:05:52","slug":"assembly-election-2026-in-assam-a-study-of-electoral-trends-and-voter-behaviour-in-katigorah-legislative-assembly-constituency-in-cachar-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume4-issue9\/assembly-election-2026-in-assam-a-study-of-electoral-trends-and-voter-behaviour-in-katigorah-legislative-assembly-constituency-in-cachar-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembly Election 2026 in Assam: A Study of Electoral Trends And Voter Behaviour in Katigorah Legislative Assembly Constituency in Cachar District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>Author: Dipankar Das<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>DOI Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04090006\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04090006<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> This paper looks at Katigorah Legislative Assembly Constituency (No. 116) in the Assam Assembly Election 2026. Katigorah is the largest constituency in Cachar district with 2,14,527 electors and it is also known as a swing seat. No party has been able to retain this seat since 2011. The 2026 election was historic because the winning margin crossed 37,000 votes for the first time and the vote share of the winner touched 58.21%. The study is based on Election Commission of India data 2026, Final Delimitation Order 2023, The Assam Tribune constituency scan report dated 7th April 2026, and informal interaction with voters in Kalain, Gumra and Katigorah area in May 2026. The paper argues that Katigorah 2026 shows a shift from identity-based voting to candidate centric and development-oriented voting. The issues of defection, delimitation and revival of Panchgram Paper Mill played a decisive role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Katigorah, Assam Election 2026, Voter Behaviour, Cachar, Delimitation, Barak Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\"><strong>Page No: 59-63<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-element-button\">download journal<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Dipankar Das DOI Link: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04090006 Abstract: This paper looks at Katigorah Legislative Assembly Constituency (No. 116) in the Assam Assembly Election 2026. Katigorah is the largest constituency in Cachar district with 2,14,527 electors and it is also known as a swing seat. No party has been able to retain this seat since 2011. The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume4-issue9\/assembly-election-2026-in-assam-a-study-of-electoral-trends-and-voter-behaviour-in-katigorah-legislative-assembly-constituency-in-cachar-district\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Assembly Election 2026 in Assam: A Study of Electoral Trends And Voter Behaviour in Katigorah Legislative Assembly Constituency in Cachar District<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":false,"author_link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/author\/asraful-alibiswas\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/category\/volume4-issue9\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Volume4 Issue9<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Author: Dipankar Das DOI Link: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04090006 Abstract: This paper looks at Katigorah Legislative Assembly Constituency (No. 116) in the Assam Assembly Election 2026. 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