Constituency
51. Barpeta
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BARPETA
UMFA 58.6%won by 36.8%BJP 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to UMFA (UMFA), which now leads by 36.8%.
- UMFA vote shareUMFA went from 26.8% to 58.6% of the vote here (+31.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from UMFA (UMFA) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.5% of the vote between them, up from 63.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 19.8% to 59.7%.
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Electorate
10,22,555
Turnout
59.7%
Valid votes
6,10,116
Margin
2,24,462
36.79%
Candidates
6 contested · winner UMFA- 1A.F.GOLAM OSMANIUMFA · UMFA3,57,75958.6%
- 2MANJUSHREE PATHAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,33,29721.8%
- 3UDDHAB BARMANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,01,00416.6%
- 4BHUBANESWAR BARMANIndependent · IND11,1301.8%
- 5ABDUL MAZID PATGIRIIndependent · IND5,7960.9%
- 6HARIDAS SAHAIndependent · IND1,1300.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- UMFAflipped
- UMFA–BJP swing
- +24.8%
- UMFA share
- 26.8% → 58.6%
- BJP share
- 14.9% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- 79.5% → 59.7%