Election
Constituency

123. Digboi

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Assam Assembly Election, 1996

AS-DIGBOI

INC 62.0%won by 48.8%CPI 13.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 42.9% to 48.8%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 13.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 84.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
55,230
Margin
26,969
48.83%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMESWAR DHANOWARIndian National Congress · INC34,23462.0%
  2. 2MUNIN BORAHCommunist Party of India · CPI7,26513.2%
  3. 3GHANA KANTA DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,21811.3%
  4. 4NARAYAN PRASAD DASHJanata Dal · JD2,9745.4%
  5. 5BRIJ PRODHANCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,7603.2%
  6. 6DEBOJIT DUTTAShiv Sena · SHS1,1352.1%
  7. 7PADMA KARKARIAAIICT · AIICT1,1042.0%
  8. 8KAMALA MORANIndependent · IND5401.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−14.9%
INC share
63.8% → 62.0%
CPI share
0.0% → 13.2%
Turnout
— → —
122. Tinsukia125. Doom Dooma
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