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Constituency

15. Katigora

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Assam Assembly Election, 1996

AS-KATIGORA

BJP 33.4%won by 8.0%INC 25.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.1% to 8.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.9% between them, down from 69.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
81,328
Margin
6,493
7.98%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−27.4%
BJP share
45.8% 33.4%
INC share
10.5% 25.4%
Turnout