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49. Dhubri

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-DHUBRI

INC 50.0%won by 25.9%BJP 24.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.9% to 25.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.2% of the vote between them, up from 63.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 13.0% to 71.3%.

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

Electorate
10,49,657
Turnout
71.3%
Valid votes
7,48,642
Margin
1,93,638
25.87%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ABDUL HAMIDIndian National Congress · INC3,74,62550.0%
  2. 2DR. PANNALAL OSWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,80,98724.2%
  3. 3GIASUDDIN AHMEDCommunist Party of India · CPI79,27910.6%
  4. 4MAHMOOD MADANISamajwadi Party · SP64,8058.7%
  5. 5DEWAN JOYNAL ABEDINIndependent · IND44,1675.9%
  6. 6SAFIUL ISLAMIndependent · IND3,4110.5%
  7. 7PHANI MEDHIIndependent · IND1,3680.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+7.6%
INC share
40.1% → 50.0%
BJP share
21.8% → 24.2%
Turnout
84.3% → 71.3%
48. Autonomous District50. Kokrajhar
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