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9. Silchar

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Assam Assembly Election, 2001

AS-SILCHAR

BJP 48.9%won by 0.1%INC 48.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 1.6% to 0.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 85.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 71 votes (0.08%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
92,594
Margin
71
0.08%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1BIMOLANGSHU ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP45,30848.9%
  2. 2KAMALENDU BHATTACHARJEEIndian National Congress · INC45,23748.9%
  3. 3RAFIQUE AHMEDCommunist Party of India · CPI1,1921.3%
  4. 4SIKANDAR ALI LASKARIndependent · IND2260.2%
  5. 5MD. TASARUP ALI MAZUMDERSamajwadi Party · SP2010.2%
  6. 6SUJIT RANJAN CHANDAIndependent · IND1870.2%
  7. 7TUSHAR KANTI PURKAYASTHAIndependent · IND1060.1%
  8. 8ANUP KUMAR DUTTAIndependent · IND950.1%
  9. 9BIMAL ROYIndependent · IND420.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−1.5%
BJP share
43.4% → 48.9%
INC share
41.8% → 48.9%
Turnout
— → —
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