Constituency
57. Jorhat
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-JORHAT
INC 47.5%won by 9.4%BJP 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.7% to 9.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.5% of the vote between them, up from 59.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 64.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,82,349
Turnout
64.6%
Valid votes
7,63,455
Margin
71,914
9.42%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1BIJOY KRISHNA HANDIQUEIndian National Congress · INC3,62,32047.5%
- 2KAMAKHYA TASABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,90,40638.0%
- 3DRUPAD BORGOHAINCommunist Party of India · CPI74,1859.7%
- 4SUJIT SAHUIndependent · IND17,1492.2%
- 5RAJ KUMAR DOWARAHIndependent · IND5,7660.8%
- 6ABINASH KISHORE BORAHRWS · RWS5,6310.7%
- 7NAVAPROKASH SONOWALIndependent · IND4,5610.6%
- 8BIREN NANDAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM3,4370.5%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −1.6%
- INC share
- 33.5% → 47.5%
- BJP share
- 22.5% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- 61.9% → 64.6%