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54. Tezpur

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-TEZPUR

INC 45.2%won by 20.6%BJP 24.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.1% to 20.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.8% of the vote between them, up from 63.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.4% to 65.3%.

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

Electorate
9,70,933
Turnout
65.3%
Valid votes
6,34,194
Margin
1,30,349
20.55%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MONI KUMAR SUBBAIndian National Congress · INC2,86,37245.2%
  2. 2ISWAR PRASANNA HAZARIKABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,56,02324.6%
  3. 3KARTIK HAZARIKAAsom Gana Parishad · AGP1,37,33021.7%
  4. 4RANA DEORIIndependent · IND17,7242.8%
  5. 5JOSEPH KANDULNAIndependent · IND17,3452.7%
  6. 6BIBEK DASCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL9,2921.5%
  7. 7PURNA NARAYAN SINHAIndependent · IND6,0080.9%
  8. 8SATRUGHNA ROYRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4,1000.6%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+1.1%
INC share
32.5% → 45.2%
BJP share
13.0% → 24.6%
Turnout
74.7% → 65.3%
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