Elections Archive

GEN · Assam

Jorhat

Bijoy Krishna Handique (INC) won by 47,239 votes (7.3%).

Electors
9,36,286
Votes polled
6,77,369
Valid votes
Turnout
72.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 7.3% (median 9.4%). Back to Assam · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
10.5%(+2.6%)
Turnout
80.5%(+0.4%)
NOTA
1.0%
Top-2 squeeze
98.7%

Winning margin over time · Jorhat

19571962196719711977198419911996199819992004200920142019202449%

Candidates

Candidates · Jorhat 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bijoy Krishna HandiqueWinnerINC3,11,57848.0%
2Bhadreswar BuragohainAGP2,64,33940.7%
3Bijoy DuttaBJP36,6425.6%
4Bandana RajkumariAIIC(T)28,0704.3%
5Krishna Kanta GogoiIND8,6521.3%

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