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50. Palasbari

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Assam Assembly Election, 1996

AS-PALASBARI

AGP 60.9%won by 41.3%BJP 19.6%

What changed here

Derived

Asom Gana Parishad held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.2% to 41.3%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 19.6% — it polled just 1.0% in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.5% of the vote between them, up from 61.8% — 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
73,316
Margin
30,270
41.29%

Candidates

8 contested · winner AGP
  1. 1JATIN MALIAsom Gana Parishad · AGP44,64360.9%
  2. 2DINESH CHOUDHURYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,37319.6%
  3. 3NRIPENDRA THAKURIAIndian National Congress · INC13,53618.5%
  4. 4JITENDRA THAKURIAIndependent · IND2200.3%
  5. 5HARENDRA DEV GOSWAMIJanata Dal · JD1900.3%
  6. 6JONALI DASAIICT · AIICT1820.2%
  7. 7PABITRA DASIndependent · IND1300.2%
  8. 8JAHIR ALIIndependent · IND420.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AGP
Winner now
AGP
AGP–BJP swing
+0.7%
AGP share
41.5% → 60.9%
BJP share
1.0% → 19.6%
Turnout
— → —
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