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75. Sootea

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Assam Assembly Election, 1991

AS-SOOTEA

INC 36.0%won by 17.9%PTCA 18.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.9%.

  • New challengerPTCA (PTCA) finished second with 18.1% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.1% between them, down from 73.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
67,155
Margin
12,032
17.92%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KUSHAL SAHUIndian National Congress · INC24,17236.0%
  2. 2NAGEN BASUMATARIPTCA · PTCA12,14018.1%
  3. 3GIRIN BORANAGP · NAGP10,67015.9%
  4. 4RABIN SAIKIAAsom Gana Parishad · AGP7,94011.8%
  5. 5GOLOK KAKATIJanata Dal · JD2,5383.8%
  6. 6GAJILAL TASSAIndependent · IND2,3923.6%
  7. 7NAGEN KALITACommunist Party of India · CPI1,9432.9%
  8. 8NIRMAL BHUYANIndependent · IND1,5942.4%
  9. 9RAM PRASAD CHETRIIndependent · IND1,1431.7%
  10. 10BINDU SAIKIAAJD · AJD1,0381.5%
  11. 11PRABIN BARUAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5800.9%
  12. 12JATIN ORANGIndependent · IND3950.6%
  13. 13RINTU BARUAHIndependent · IND3650.5%
  14. 14PADUM BORAIndependent · IND1240.2%
  15. 15PADMA NATHIndependent · IND1210.2%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–PTCA swing
−15.9%
INC share
33.8% → 36.0%
PTCA share
0.0% → 18.1%
Turnout
— → —
74. Rangapara76. Biswanath
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