Constituency
58. Dibrugarh
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-DIBRUGARH
INC 48.6%won by 12.0%BJP 36.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.8% to 12.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 20.5% to 59.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,45,785
Turnout
59.0%
Valid votes
5,57,674
Margin
67,116
12.03%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1Paban Singh GhatowarIndian National Congress · INC2,70,86348.6%
- 2Ajit ChalihaBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,03,74736.5%
- 3Biju PhukanAsom Gana Parishad · AGP75,93213.6%
- 4Brij PradhanCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL5,0190.9%
- 5Ramnarayan SinghShiv Sena · SHS1,2760.2%
- 6Mansharam PatowariIndependent · IND8370.2%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −26.8%
- INC share
- 64.4% → 48.6%
- BJP share
- 25.6% → 36.5%
- Turnout
- 38.5% → 59.0%