Chenga Assembly Elections 2026: Abdur Rahim Ahmed wins for Congress, registers 87,349-vote lead

In Chenga, Abdur Rahim Ahmed of Congress secured a landslide victory, polling 1,39,167 votes. He defeated AIUDF’s Ashraful Hussain by a massive margin of 87,349 votes. Independent candidate Aftadur Ali Khan finished third with 44,021 votes, as the constituency delivered an emphatic mandate in favour of Congress.Chenga is an assembly constituency (No. 47) in Assam's Barpeta district, part of the Barpeta Lok Sabha area. It covers rural areas with significant Muslim demographics in the Chenga development block.In 2026, assembly elections BJP fielded Saddam Hussain against Congress’s Abdur Rahim Ahmed.AIUDF's Ashraful Hussain won decisively in 2021 with 75,312 votes (59per cent share) and a margin of 51,939 over AGP's Rabiul Hussain (23,373 votes); INC's Sukur Ali Ahmed trailed at 22,573. He succeeded INC's Sukur Ali Ahmed from 2016.The seat features high voter engagement, with turnout around 85-90per cent in recent elections and over 130,000 electors spread across local polling stations. Agrarian communities dominate in this lower Assam pocket.The estimated voter turnout in Chenga Assembly constituency of Assam was 94.83% till 7pm in comparison to 2021 which was 81.8%. Assam’s 2026 assembly elections recorded a historic voter turnout of 85.9% by evening on April 9, the highest since the state’s first polls in 1951, with large numbers of people turning out to vote despite rain. This marks the highest turnout in the state’s history, surpassing the previous highs of 84.67% in 2016 and 82.04% in 2021. According to ED data, women recorded a voter turnout of 86.5% in the 2026 assembly elections, over a percentage point higher than men at 85.3%. This also marks the highest-ever female participation in the state.