Constituency
58. Dibrugarh
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DIBRUGARH
INC 64.4%won by 38.8%BJP 25.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.3% to 38.8%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 27.5% to 38.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,45,206
Turnout
38.5%
Valid votes
3,63,655
Margin
1,41,122
38.81%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1Paban Singh GhatowarIndian National Congress · INC2,34,19564.4%
- 2Ajit ChalihaBharatiya Janata Party · BJP93,07325.6%
- 3Onkarmal AgarwalAsom Gana Parishad · AGP29,9858.2%
- 4Anil Kumar BarooahCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,3070.9%
- 5Israil NandaIndependent · IND3,0950.9%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −2.8%
- INC share
- 50.7% → 64.4%
- BJP share
- 9.1% → 25.6%
- Turnout
- 66.0% → 38.5%