Constituency
85. Rupohihat
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1996
AS-RUPOHIHAT
INC 41.4%won by 4.5%AIICT 36.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.6% to 4.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAIICT (AIICT) finished second with 36.9% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.3% of the vote between them, up from 72.5% — 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
80,822
Margin
3,603
4.46%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1RASHIDUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC33,43041.4%
- 2ABDUL AZIZAIICT · AIICT29,82736.9%
- 3ABDUL KARIMAsom Gana Parishad · AGP13,61516.8%
- 4PUSPA KANTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,8662.3%
- 5A.M. SIDDIQUEIndependent · IND1,1621.4%
- 6AMJAD ALIIndependent · IND2360.3%
- 7FAZLUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2010.2%
- 8AMRAN HUSSAIN AKANDAIndependent · IND1880.2%
- 9BHANUMAI BORAIndependent · IND1620.2%
- 10MUMTAZ UDDINIndependent · IND1350.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–AIICT swing
- −52.1%
- INC share
- 56.5% → 41.4%
- AIICT share
- 0.0% → 36.9%
- Turnout
- — → —