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32. Bongaigaon

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Assam Assembly Election, 1996

AS-BONGAIGAON

AGP 50.7%won by 32.0%IND 18.8%

What changed here

Derived

Asom Gana Parishad held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.5% to 32.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Independent (IND).
  • Safe seatAsom Gana Parishad won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
77,483
Margin
24,758
31.95%

Candidates

8 contested · winner AGP
  1. 1PHANI BHUSAN CHOUDHURYAsom Gana Parishad · AGP39,30150.7%
  2. 2CHIMANG BRAHMAIndependent · IND14,54318.8%
  3. 3PRANAB NANDYIndian National Congress · INC12,60116.3%
  4. 4DHWAJEN CHANDRA NATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,61111.1%
  5. 5ABDUL REZZAQUEURMCA · URMCA1,2121.6%
  6. 6PARESH CHANDRA DASAIICT · AIICT5120.7%
  7. 7ARUN KUMAR SINGHAIndependent · IND4540.6%
  8. 8DAMODAR SINGHAIndependent · IND2490.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AGP
Winner now
AGP
AGP–IND swing
−4.5%
AGP share
39.7% → 50.7%
IND share
3.2% → 18.8%
Turnout
— → —
31. Sidli33. Bijni
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