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51. Barpeta

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BARPETA

CPM 36.8%won by 9.9%UMFA 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.8% to 9.9%.

  • New challengerUMFA (UMFA) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 63.6% of the vote between them, up from 53.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
8,57,358
Turnout
79.5%
Valid votes
6,81,489
Margin
67,503
9.91%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1UDDHAB BARMANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,50,45136.8%
  2. 2ABDUS SAMAD AHMEDUMFA · UMFA1,82,94826.8%
  3. 3MUKTAR HUSSAIN KHANIndian National Congress · INC1,02,02515.0%
  4. 4BIBEKANANDA TALUKDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,01,30314.9%
  5. 5ABDUL HAMIDAIICT · AIICT18,6002.7%
  6. 6MUKHTAR ALIIndependent · IND12,3831.8%
  7. 7PRITISH KUMAR ROYIndependent · IND11,7801.7%
  8. 8SONESWAR PATOWARIIndependent · IND1,9990.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–UMFA swing
−20.5%
CPM share
30.4% → 36.8%
UMFA share
0.0% → 26.8%
Turnout
78.1% → 79.5%
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