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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Dibrugarh

Parliamentary constituency 13 (GEN) · Assam

State boardAssam 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#13 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5Candidate lines
Electors9,45,206
Votes polled3,81,056
Turnout40.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerPaban Singh GhatowarIndian National Congress2,34,19561.5% of votes
MARGIN1,41,122 votes · 37.0 pp2,34,195 − 93,073
Runner-upAjit Chaliha Bharatiya Janata Party93,07324.4% of votes
INC 71.6% of top-two votesBJP 28.4%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Paban Singh GhatowarINC2,34,195 61.5%
  2. 02 Ajit ChalihaBJP93,073 24.4%
  3. 03 Onkarmal AgarwalAGP29,985 7.9%
  4. 04 Anil Kumar BarooahCPI(ML)L3,307 0.9%
  5. 05 Israil NandaIND3,095 0.8%

Turnout 40.3%

025507510040.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 63.9%
Male 4.99 lakh52.8% Female 4.46 lakh47.2%

Share of 9,45,206 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males894
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 14 seats, 199863.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 3,63,655Residual 17,401

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    21.9 pp
    Sarbananda SonowalBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    35.9 pp
    Rameswar TeliBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    20.8 pp
    Rameswar TeliBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    4.7 pp
    Paban Singh GhatowarIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    2.9 pp
    Sarbananda SonowalAsom Gana Parishad
  6. 1999
    11.6 pp
    Paban Singh GhatowarIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    37.0 pp
    Paban Singh GhatowarIndian National Congress
  8. 1996
    18.2 pp
    Paban Singh GhatowarIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    26.0 pp
    Paban Singh GhatowarIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    Margin not recorded
    Winner not recordedparty not recorded
  11. 1985
    9.3 pp
    Haren BhumjiIndian National Congress
  12. 1984
    8.8 pp
    Haren BhumjiIndian National Congress
  13. 1980
    Margin not recorded
    Winner not recordedparty not recorded
  14. 1977
    5.7 pp
    Haren BhumjiIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 85.9% of votes; the other 3 candidates 9.5% between them.

    (2,34,195 + 93,073) ÷ 3,81,056 = 85.9% · 36,387 ÷ 3,81,056 = 9.5%

  2. Turnout of 40.3% was 23.6 pp below the state's median seat (63.9%).

    40.3 − 63.9 = −23.6

  3. The margin widened from 18.2 pp in 1996 to 37.0 pp.

    37.0 − 18.2 = +18.8 pp

  4. Paban Singh Ghatowar also won in 1996.

    1996 winner name = 1998 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines3,63,655
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled3,81,056
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 17,401

Candidate votes miss the published total by 17,401, 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

Candidates5 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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