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10. Sonai

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Assam Assembly Election, 1996

AS-SONAI

AGP 52.5%won by 28.9%IND 23.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which now leads by 28.9%.

  • AGP vote shareAGP went from 22.8% to 52.5% of the vote here (+29.7%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.0% of the vote between them, up from 50.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
81,054
Margin
23,401
28.87%

Candidates

15 contested · winner AGP
  1. 1ANWAR HUSSAIN LASKARAsom Gana Parishad · AGP42,51952.5%
  2. 2TRAILAKSHYA BHUSAN NATHIndependent · IND19,11823.6%
  3. 3UDAY SANKAR GOSWAMIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,94813.5%
  4. 4TAJMUL ALI MAZUMDARIndian National Congress · INC6,6148.2%
  5. 5NIHARENDU BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND8891.1%
  6. 6A.B. FAIZUR RAHMAN LASKARAIICT · AIICT2230.3%
  7. 7ROMON SINGHAIndependent · IND1780.2%
  8. 8CHUNU MIA CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND1110.1%
  9. 9FAIJUL HAQUE LASKARIndependent · IND990.1%
  10. 10NARENDRA CHANDRA DASAMB · AMB950.1%
  11. 11AMAD UDDIN CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND790.1%
  12. 12ABDUL MATIN (LASKAR) BARBHUIYAIndependent · IND580.1%
  13. 13KHAN SAHEB ALIMUDDIN CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND580.1%
  14. 14SUNIL DEB NATHIndependent · IND450.1%
  15. 15TAIBUR RAHMAN LASKARIndependent · IND200.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
AGPflipped
AGP–IND swing
+21.6%
AGP share
22.8% → 52.5%
IND share
15.5% → 23.6%
Turnout
— → —
9. Silchar11. Dholai
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