Constituency
70. Majbat
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1996
AS-MAJBAT
INC 36.5%won by 0.8%IND 35.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.2% to 0.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.3% of the vote between them, up from 60.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
66,195
Margin
545
0.82%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SILVIUS CONDPANIndian National Congress · INC24,19236.5%
- 2KARENDRA BASUMATARYIndependent · IND23,64735.7%
- 3TARAPATI UPADHYAYAsom Gana Parishad · AGP11,33817.1%
- 4KESHAB BARUAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,58810.0%
- 5RAMESH DEKAUMFA · UMFA4300.6%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −23.4%
- INC share
- 42.2% → 36.5%
- IND share
- 18.0% → 35.7%
- Turnout
- — → —