Constituency
75. Sootea
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1996
AS-SOOTEA
AGP 40.8%won by 17.5%IND 23.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which now leads by 17.5%.
- AGP vote shareAGP went from 11.8% to 40.8% of the vote here (+29.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from PTCA (PTCA) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.2% of the vote between them, up from 54.1% — 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
77,679
Margin
13,577
17.48%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AGP- 1PADMA HAZARIKAAsom Gana Parishad · AGP31,72140.8%
- 2PRANESWAR BASUMATARYIndependent · IND18,14423.4%
- 3KIRAN BALA SAHUIndian National Congress · INC10,10813.0%
- 4PADUM BAHADUR CHAUHANAIICT · AIICT7,81910.1%
- 5MADHAB OZAHIndependent · IND7,0319.1%
- 6BHABA GOSWAMIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,4541.9%
- 7JOY NATH KAMARJanata Dal · JD1,0941.4%
- 8JATIN ORANGIndependent · IND3080.4%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- AGPflipped
- AGP–IND swing
- +9.2%
- AGP share
- 11.8% → 40.8%
- IND share
- 3.6% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- — → —