Election
Constituency

47. Silchar

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-SILCHAR

INC 40.5%won by 3.5%BJP 37.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.2% to 3.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.5% between them, down from 92.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 69.2%.

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

Electorate
8,79,243
Turnout
69.2%
Valid votes
6,08,233
Margin
21,320
3.51%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−14.7%
INC share
55.5% 40.5%
BJP share
37.4% 37.0%
Turnout
71.6% 69.2%