Constituency
55. Nowgong
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-NOWGONG
INC 42.1%won by 5.9%BJP 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.7% to 42.1% of the vote here (+13.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.3% of the vote between them, up from 64.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 18.1% to 57.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,13,124
Turnout
57.1%
Valid votes
6,35,251
Margin
37,784
5.95%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1Nripen GoswamiIndian National Congress · INC2,67,44842.1%
- 2Rajen GohainBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,29,66436.2%
- 3Joyasree Goswami MahantaAsom Gana Parishad · AGP1,06,93516.8%
- 4Aditya KhakhlariIndependent · IND16,5312.6%
- 5Tafazzui HussainSamajwadi Party · SP11,4551.8%
- 6Kandarpa SaikiaIndependent · IND1,4400.2%
- 7Ananta BordoloiIndependent · IND1,4140.2%
- 8Dharmeswar BorahIndependent · IND3640.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- AGP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −2.6%
- INC share
- 28.7% → 42.1%
- BJP share
- 20.1% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- 75.1% → 57.1%