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56. Kamalpur

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Assam Assembly Election, 2006

AS-KAMALPUR

INC 22.8%won by 1.0%BJP 21.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.0% to 1.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 21.7% — it did not contest here in 2001.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 44.5% between them, down from 58.9% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
1,06,870
Margin
1,118
1.05%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1UTTARA KALITAIndian National Congress · INC24,35322.8%
  2. 2JADAB CHANDRA DEKABharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,23521.7%
  3. 3SATYABRAT KALITAIndependent · IND18,91217.7%
  4. 4OMAR RASHIDAUDF · AUDF15,03714.1%
  5. 5KISHOR KUMARNationalist Congress Party · NCP12,31911.5%
  6. 6KRISHNA KANTAAsom Gana Parishad · AGP10,3619.7%
  7. 7HASHI RAM DEKAIndependent · IND1,2931.2%
  8. 8MUHAMMAD NURUL ISLAMIndependent · IND8810.8%
  9. 9SISIR KAKATIIndependent · IND4790.4%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−41.4%
INC share
42.5% → 22.8%
BJP share
0.0% → 21.7%
Turnout
— → —
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