Constituency
87. Barhampur
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1996
AS-BARHAMPUR
AGP 62.2%won by 33.9%INC 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedAsom Gana Parishad held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.7% to 33.9%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 63.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatAsom Gana Parishad won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
77,816
Margin
26,344
33.85%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AGP- 1PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHANTAAsom Gana Parishad · AGP48,37762.2%
- 2UMA PHUKANIndian National Congress · INC22,03328.3%
- 3HAREN GOHAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,0815.2%
- 4PRANABUMFA · UMFA2,1382.7%
- 5KABITA BORAHAIICT · AIICT4340.6%
- 6PRAKASH SARMAIndependent · IND3990.5%
- 7DHARMESWAR BORAHIndependent · IND1780.2%
- 8BHABA BARUAHIndependent · IND1760.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AGP
- Winner now
- AGP
- AGP–INC swing
- +9.1%
- AGP share
- 44.3% → 62.2%
- INC share
- 19.5% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- — → —