Constituency
76. Biswanath
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1991
AS-BISWANATH
INC 46.5%won by 29.1%AGP 17.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 29.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 20.9% to 46.5% of the vote here (+25.6%).
- New challengerAsom Gana Parishad (AGP) finished second with 17.4% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.9% between them, down from 75.6% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
61,985
Margin
18,039
29.10%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1NURJAMAL SARKARIndian National Congress · INC28,81846.5%
- 2PRABIN HAZARIKAAsom Gana Parishad · AGP10,77917.4%
- 3PURNA HAZARIKACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,61712.3%
- 4JITEN BHAGAWATIJanata Dal · JD5,1938.4%
- 5APURBA KUMAR DASNAGP · NAGP3,9276.3%
- 6PADMA NATH KAIREEIndependent · IND1,7962.9%
- 7DIPAK AGARWALAIndependent · IND1,4742.4%
- 8SUKUMAR MAJHEEIndependent · IND6271.0%
- 9LOHIT BARAHJanahitha Paksha · JP4920.8%
- 10ADHAR KURMIIndependent · IND4500.7%
- 11DIP BORTHAKURIndependent · IND2930.5%
- 12LILAKANTA BHUYANIndependent · IND2670.4%
- 13PURNAKANTA SARMAHIndependent · IND2520.4%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AGP swing
- +8.2%
- INC share
- 20.9% → 46.5%
- AGP share
- 0.0% → 17.4%
- Turnout
- — → —