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Won
Bijoy Krishna Handique
INC Indian National CongressMargin
1,62,009 46.8 pp
votes
over Deba Kumar Bora (AGP)
The contest
Electors10,03,081
Votes polled3,46,461
Turnout34.5%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.27 L52.5% of electorate
Female electors4.77 L47.5% of electorate
Sex ratio
905females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bijoy Krishna Handique | INC | 2,16,406 | 62.50% | |
| 2 | Deba Kumar Bora | AGP | 54,397 | 15.70% | |
| 3 | Lt. Col. Krishna Kumar Handique (Retd.) | BJP | 47,636 | 13.70% | |
| 4 | Dulal Chandra Baruah | JD | 9,781 | 2.80% | |
| 5 | Padma Kamal Phukon | RCPIR | 1,642 | 0.50% | |
| 6 | Jotin Saikia | IND | 1,208 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Chandra Chetia | IND | 1,206 | 0.30% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 14,185, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 332,276 · NOTA n/a · published 346,461 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
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- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12