State board · Lok Sabha

Assam Lok Sabha 1996

Results board · 14 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateAssam

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 14

Electors

1.26Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

98.81L

78.5% of electors

Median turnout

79.0%

Median of 14 seats

AGP short

−3

Below majority · 5 − 8

[01]Seat matrix

14 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 8 of 14AGP 5 · 3 short of majority

AGP 535.7% Asom Gana Parishad

INC 535.7% Indian National Congress

IND 17.1% Independents

CPI(M) 17.1% Communist Party of India (Marxist)

BJP 17.1% Bharatiya Janata Party

ASDC 17.1% Autonomous State Demand Committee

State level, as published

INC 31.6%5 seats · 35.7%

AGP 27.2%5 seats · 35.7%

BJP 15.9%1 seat · 7.1%

CPI(M) 3.9%1 seat · 7.1%

AIIC(T) 3.4%Seats unmatched

Others 18.0%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

IND1 seat
ASDC1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

UPA 31.6%5 seats

NDA 15.9%1 seat

THIRD FRONT 4.6%1 seat

OTHERS 47.9%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

AGP converted 27.2% of votes into 35.7% of seats, a seat premium of 8.5 pp.
5 ÷ 14 = 35.7% · 35.7 − 27.2 = +8.5
BJP polled 15.9% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 1 seat (7.1%).
1 ÷ 14 = 7.1% · 7.1 − 15.9 = −8.8
Kaliabor was decided by 1,616 votes, the closest of 14 seats; Dhubri had the widest margin, 1,32,221.
min / max of margin over 14 seats with a recorded margin
2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; AGP won 2 of them.
count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 14 · AGP 2
Turnout ran from 70.3% in Dibrugarh to 87.1% in Dhubri; the median seat polled 79.0%.
min / median / max over 14 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

14 of 14 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 00.0% of seats

50–60 00.0% of seats

60–70 00.0% of seats

70–80 1071.4% of seats

≥ 80% 428.6% of seats

LowestDibrugarh70.3%
HighestDhubri87.1%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

14 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Assam Lok Sabha 1996, all 14 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	KarimganjSC	Dwaraka Nath Das	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,03,354	32,749	4.7	80.2
02	Silchar	Sontosh Mohan Deb	Indian National Congress	5,92,252	68,141	11.5	78.6
03	Autonomous DistrictST	Jayanta Rongpi	Autonomous State Demand Committee	3,56,558	1,03,130	28.9	79.8
04	DhubriWIDEST	Nurul Islam	Indian National Congress	8,10,647	1,32,221	16.3	87.1
05	KokrajharST	Louis Islary	Independent	8,07,919	31,554	3.9	82.6
06	Barpeta	Uddhab Barman	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	7,05,207	67,503	9.6	82.3
07	Gauhati	Prabin Chandra Sarmah	Asom Gana Parishad	8,72,505	1,14,397	13.1	74.6
08	Mangaldoi	Birendra Prasad Baishya	Asom Gana Parishad	8,35,009	99,132	11.9	79.6
09	Tezpur	Iswar Prasanna Hazarika	Indian National Congress	6,77,449	6,719	1.0	79.4
10	Nowgong	Muhi Ram Saikia	Asom Gana Parishad	7,65,111	54,128	7.1	78.6
11	KaliaborCLOSEST	Keshab Mahanta	Asom Gana Parishad	7,78,723	1,616	0.2	77.9
12	Jorhat	Bijoy Krishna Handique	Indian National Congress	6,77,369	47,239	7.0	72.4
13	Dibrugarh	Paban Singh Ghatowar	Indian National Congress	5,91,297	1,07,355	18.2	70.3
14	Lakhimpur	Arun Kr. Sarma	Asom Gana Parishad	7,07,589	3,440	0.5	76.8

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,32,221 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · Assam · 14 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database