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Constituency

51. Barpeta

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BARPETA

UMFA 58.6%won by 36.8%BJP 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

The 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%.

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

Electorate
10,22,555
Turnout
59.7%
Valid votes
6,10,116
Margin
2,24,462
36.79%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
UMFAflipped
UMFABJP swing
+24.8%
UMFA share
26.8% 58.6%
BJP share
14.9% 21.8%
Turnout
79.5% 59.7%