Constituency
57. Jorhat
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-JORHAT
INC 48.3%won by 15.8%BJP 32.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.8% to 15.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 29.7% to 62.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,03,470
Turnout
62.9%
Valid votes
6,30,744
Margin
99,360
15.75%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1Bijoy Krishna HandiqueIndian National Congress · INC3,04,69048.3%
- 2Janaki Nath HandiqueBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,05,33032.6%
- 3Deba Kumar BoraAsom Gana Parishad · AGP1,18,19418.7%
- 4Pradip Kumar GogoiNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,5300.4%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −35.0%
- INC share
- 65.1% → 48.3%
- BJP share
- 14.3% → 32.6%
- Turnout
- 33.1% → 62.9%