ElectionLens
Constituency

117. Lahowal

Community mirror

Assam Assembly Election, 2001

AS-LAHOWAL

INC 68.5%won by 45.4%BJP 23.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.5% to 45.4%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.1% — it polled just 1.8% in 1996.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress 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
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
61,013
Margin
27,682
45.37%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRITHIBI MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC41,80668.5%
  2. 2REBATI PHUKANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,12423.1%
  3. 3PRANJIT SONOWALCommunist Party of India · CPI3,9946.5%
  4. 4DIPEN TANTINationalist Congress Party · NCP6621.1%
  5. 5DIPEN HANDIQUEIndependent · IND2680.4%
  6. 6TAITRASH BHAHNGRAIndependent · IND1590.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−3.2%
INC share
50.4% → 68.5%
BJP share
1.8% → 23.1%
Turnout
— → —
116. Dibrugarh118. Duliajan
Back to the AS Assembly 2001 explorer