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47. Silchar

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SILCHAR

INC 42.7%won by 12.2%BJP 30.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 16.7% to 42.7% of the vote here (+26.0%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.3% to 74.0%.

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

Electorate
7,53,298
Turnout
74.0%
Valid votes
5,57,107
Margin
68,141
12.23%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SONTOSH MOHAN DEBIndian National Congress · INC2,37,80442.7%
  2. 2KABINDRA PURKAYASTHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,69,66330.5%
  3. 3NOORUL HUDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,20,70321.7%
  4. 4DEBASISH CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND8,7981.6%
  5. 5CHUNILAL GOALAIndependent · IND4,7980.9%
  6. 6NURUL HUDAIndependent · IND4,3120.8%
  7. 7LAL MOHAN DUSHADAIICT · AIICT3,5660.6%
  8. 8ARIKAN NESSAIndependent · IND3,3540.6%
  9. 9BIJOY RANJAN PAULIndependent · IND2,7750.5%
  10. 10UMA PURKAYASTHAIndependent · IND8290.1%
  11. 11NITYANANDA DASAMB · AMB5050.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+34.4%
INC share
16.7% → 42.7%
BJP share
38.9% → 30.5%
Turnout
71.7% → 74.0%
46. Karimganj48. Autonomous District
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