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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Gauhati

Parliamentary constituency 7 (GEN) · Assam

State boardAssam 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#7 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7Candidate lines
Electors13,52,453
Votes polled5,92,536
Turnout43.8%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerBhubaneswar KalitaIndian National Congress2,85,48248.2% of votes
MARGIN1,28,173 votes · 21.6 pp2,85,482 − 1,57,309
Runner-upManoranjan Goswami Bharatiya Janata Party1,57,30926.5% of votes
INC 64.5% of top-two votesBJP 35.5%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Bhubaneswar KalitaINC2,85,482 48.2%
  2. 02 Manoranjan GoswamiBJP1,57,309 26.5%
  3. 03 Dr. Prabin Chandra SarmaAGP1,23,453 20.8%
  4. 04 Dilip ChakravortySP4,452 0.8%
  5. 05 Gautam UzirIND2,889 0.5%
  6. 06 Biren Chandra RabhaIND1,746 0.3%
  7. 07 Manish BaruahIND608 0.1%

Turnout 43.8%

025507510043.8%TURNOUT◦ state median 63.9%
Male 7.05 lakh52.1% Female 6.48 lakh47.9%

Share of 13,52,453 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males919
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 14 seats, 199863.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 5,75,939Residual 16,597

Seat history 2024–1952

  1. 2024
    1.6 pp
    Kripanath MallahBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    19.6 pp
    Queen OjaBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    20.9 pp
    Bijoya ChakravartyBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    1.1 pp
    Bijoya ChakravartyBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2004
    6.9 pp
    Kirip ChalihaIndian National Congress
  6. 1999
    8.8 pp
    Bijoya ChakravartyBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    21.6 pp
    Bhubaneswar KalitaIndian National Congress
  8. 1996
    13.1 pp
    Prabin Chandra SarmahAsom Gana Parishad
  9. 1991
    6.0 pp
    Kirip ChalihaIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    Margin not recorded
    Winner not recordedparty not recorded
  11. 1985
    43.2 pp
    Dinesh GoswamiIndependent
  12. 1984
    42.1 pp
    Dinesh GoswamiIndependent
  13. 1980
    Margin not recorded
    Winner not recordedparty not recorded
  14. 1977
    12.5 pp
    Renuka Devi BarktakiBharatiya Lok Dal
  15. 1956
    Margin not recorded
    D.N. SarmaIndian National Congress
  16. 1952
    Margin not recorded
    Barooah, Dev KantaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 43.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 74.7% of votes; the other 5 candidates 22.5% between them.

    (2,85,482 + 1,57,309) ÷ 5,92,536 = 74.7% · 1,33,148 ÷ 5,92,536 = 22.5%

  2. Turnout of 43.8% was 20.1 pp below the state's median seat (63.9%).

    43.8 − 63.9 = −20.1

  3. The margin widened from 13.1 pp in 1996 to 21.6 pp.

    21.6 − 13.1 = +8.5 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: AGP in 1996, INC in 1998.

    1996 AGP · 1998 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines5,75,939
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled5,92,536
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 16,597

Candidate votes miss the published total by 16,597, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Assam · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates7 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 14 seats on the Assam Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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