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52. Gauhati

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-GAUHATI

BJP 45.9%won by 9.0%INC 37.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 9.0%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 27.3% to 45.9% of the vote here (+18.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.9% of the vote between them, up from 76.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 19.2% to 61.8%.

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

Electorate
13,54,869
Turnout
61.8%
Valid votes
8,37,428
Margin
75,238
8.98%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPINC swing
+31.2%
BJP share
27.3% 45.9%
INC share
49.6% 37.0%
Turnout
42.6% 61.8%