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57. Jorhat

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-JORHAT

INC 48.0%won by 7.3%AGP 40.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.8% to 7.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.7% of the vote between them, up from 69.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.9% to 69.3%.

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

Electorate
9,36,286
Turnout
69.3%
Valid votes
6,49,281
Margin
47,239
7.28%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BIJOY KRISHNA HANDIQUEIndian National Congress · INC3,11,57848.0%
  2. 2BHADRESWAR BURAGOHAINAsom Gana Parishad · AGP2,64,33940.7%
  3. 3BIJOY DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP36,6425.6%
  4. 4BANDANA RAJKUMARIAIICT · AIICT28,0704.3%
  5. 5KRISHNA KANTA GOGOIIndependent · IND8,6521.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–AGP swing
−13.5%
INC share
44.9% → 48.0%
AGP share
24.1% → 40.7%
Turnout
62.4% → 69.3%
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