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9. Silchar

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Assam Assembly Election, 1985

AS-SILCHAR

INC 47.9%won by 18.5%BJP 29.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.3% to 18.5%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.4% — it did not contest here in 1983.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
73,039
Margin
13,486
18.46%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KARNENDU BHATTACHARJEEIndian National Congress · INC34,98747.9%
  2. 2KABINDRA PURKAYASTHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,50129.4%
  3. 3GOPEN ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,21912.6%
  4. 4GURUDAS SINGHAIndependent · IND2,4883.4%
  5. 5MATILAL JAIGIRDARCommunist Party of India · CPI1,3171.8%
  6. 6DILIP KUMAR DEBIndependent · IND1,3141.8%
  7. 7MUSLIM UDDIN BARLASKARIndependent · IND8371.1%
  8. 8SUKHENDU BIKASH SHOMEJanata Party · JNP6570.9%
  9. 9JAMUNA RABIDASIndependent · IND4370.6%
  10. 10SANTANA DEIndependent · IND2820.4%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−32.0%
INC share
50.5% → 47.9%
BJP share
0.0% → 29.4%
Turnout
— → —
8. Algapur10. Sonai
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