Constituency
76. Biswanath
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1996
AS-BISWANATH
AGP 42.6%won by 10.9%INC 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which now leads by 10.9%.
- AGP vote shareAGP went from 17.4% to 42.6% of the vote here (+25.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.4% of the vote between them, up from 63.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
70,819
Margin
7,697
10.87%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AGP- 1PRABIN HAZARIKAAsom Gana Parishad · AGP30,18642.6%
- 2NURJAMAL SARKARIndian National Congress · INC22,48931.8%
- 3UMA KURMIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,10915.7%
- 4PANKAJ DASAIICT · AIICT6,3829.0%
- 5JAMIR AHMEDJanata Dal · JD3460.5%
- 6SITARAM PANDITIndependent · IND3070.4%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- AGPflipped
- AGP–INC swing
- +40.0%
- AGP share
- 17.4% → 42.6%
- INC share
- 46.5% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —