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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1996

Silchar

Parliamentary constituency 2 (GEN) · Assam

State boardAssam 1996

[01]Result · 1996

#2 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants11Candidate lines
Electors7,53,298
Votes polled5,92,252
Turnout78.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerSontosh Mohan DebIndian National Congress2,37,80440.2% of votes
MARGIN68,141 votes · 11.5 pp2,37,804 − 1,69,663
Runner-upKabindra Purkayastha Bharatiya Janata Party1,69,66328.6% of votes
INC 58.4% of top-two votesBJP 41.6%

All candidates 11

  1. 01 Sontosh Mohan DebINC2,37,804 40.2%
  2. 02 Kabindra PurkayasthaBJP1,69,663 28.6%
  3. 03 Noorul HudaCPI(M)1,20,703 20.4%
  4. 04 Debasish ChakrabortyIND8,798 1.5%
  5. 05 Chunilal GoalaIND4,798 0.8%
  6. 06 Nurul HudaIND4,312 0.7%
  7. 07 Lal Mohan DushadAIICT3,566 0.6%
  8. 08 Arikan NessaIND3,354 0.6%
  9. 09 Bijoy Ranjan PaulIND2,775 0.5%
  10. 10 Uma PurkayasthaIND829 0.1%
  11. 11 Nityananda DasAB505 0.1%

Turnout 78.6%

025507510078.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 79.0%
Male 4.00 lakh53.1% Female 3.53 lakh46.9%

Share of 7,53,298 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males883
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 14 seats, 199679.0%
  • ReconciliationΣ 11 candidates = 5,57,107Residual 35,145

Seat history 2024–1952

  1. 2024
    41.3 pp
    Rakibul HussainIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    8.6 pp
    Rajdeep RoyBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    4.4 pp
    Sushmita DevIndian National Congress
  4. 2009
    6.0 pp
    Kabindra PurkayasthaBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2004
    3.5 pp
    Sontosh Mohan DevIndian National Congress
  6. 1999
    17.7 pp
    Sontosh Mohan DevIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    3.1 pp
    Kabindra PurkayasthaBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    11.5 pp
    Sontosh Mohan DebIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    2.0 pp
    Kabindra PurkayasthaBharatiya Janata Party
  10. 1989
    Margin not recorded
    Winner not recordedparty not recorded
  11. 1985
    9.8 pp
    Santosh Mohan DevIndian National Congress
  12. 1984
    9.3 pp
    Santosh Mohan DevIndian National Congress
  13. 1980
    4.9 pp
    Santosh Mohan Dev (Rana Dev)Indian National Congress
  14. 1977
    11.2 pp
    Rashida Haque ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
  15. 1952
    Margin not recorded
    Bonily KhongmenIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed CPI(M) polled 1,20,703 votes, 1.8× the 68,141-vote margin.

    1,20,703 ÷ 68,141 = 1.8

  2. The top two polled 68.8% of votes; the other 9 candidates 25.3% between them.

    (2,37,804 + 1,69,663) ÷ 5,92,252 = 68.8% · 1,49,640 ÷ 5,92,252 = 25.3%

  3. Turnout of 78.6% was 0.4 pp below the state's median seat (79.0%).

    78.6 − 79.0 = −0.4

  4. The margin widened from 2.0 pp in 1991 to 11.5 pp.

    11.5 − 2.0 = +9.5 pp

  5. Kabindra Purkayastha, the 1991 winner, finished second in 1996.

    1991 winner name = 1996 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 11 candidate lines5,57,107
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled5,92,252
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 35,145

Candidate votes miss the published total by 35,145, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · Assam · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates11 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 14 seats on the Assam Lok Sabha 1996 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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