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66. Sipajhar

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Assam Assembly Election, 1996

AS-SIPAJHAR

AGP 50.0%won by 5.8%INC 44.1%

What changed here

Derived

Asom Gana Parishad held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 5.8%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 44.1% — it polled just 1.2% in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.1% of the vote between them, up from 81.2% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
85,823
Margin
5,000
5.83%

Candidates

10 contested · winner AGP
  1. 1ZOII NATH SARMAHAsom Gana Parishad · AGP42,87750.0%
  2. 2MADHAB RAJBANGSHIIndian National Congress · INC37,87744.1%
  3. 3KARUNA MEDHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,3412.7%
  4. 4BINANDA SAIKIAJanata Dal · JD8391.0%
  5. 5OMAR FARUQUEIndependent · IND6910.8%
  6. 6SAHANUR ALIAIICT · AIICT6650.8%
  7. 7MONORANJAN SARMAIndependent · IND2420.3%
  8. 8JITEN BARUAIndependent · IND1320.2%
  9. 9PURANDAR SAHARIAIndependent · IND890.1%
  10. 10RABINDRA NATH HAZARIKAIndependent · IND700.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AGP
Winner now
AGP
AGP–INC swing
−43.3%
AGP share
50.3% → 50.0%
INC share
1.2% → 44.1%
Turnout
— → —
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