State board · Lok Sabha

Assam Lok Sabha 1998

Results board · 14 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateAssam

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 14

Electors

1.43Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

87.18L

61.1% of electors

Median turnout

63.9%

Median of 14 seats

INC lead

Above majority · 10 − 8

[01]Seat matrix

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

Majority · 8 of 14INC 10 · +2 above majority

INC 1071.4% Indian National Congress

IND 17.1% Independents

BJP 17.1% Bharatiya Janata Party

UMFA 17.1% United Minorities Front, Assam

ASDC 17.1% Autonomous State Demand Committee

State level, as published

INC 39.0%10 seats · 71.4%

BJP 24.5%1 seat · 7.1%

AGP 12.7%0 seats

UMFA 4.3%1 seat · 7.1%

CPI(M) 3.3%0 seats

Others 16.2%2 seats · 14.3%

Vote share not published

IND1 seat
ASDC1 seat

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

Alliances

UPA 39.0%10 seats

NDA 24.5%1 seat

THIRD FRONT 4.3%0 seats

OTHERS 32.2%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

INC converted 39.0% of votes into 71.4% of seats, a seat premium of 32.4 pp.
10 ÷ 14 = 71.4% · 71.4 − 39.0 = +32.4
BJP polled 24.5% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 1 seat (7.1%).
1 ÷ 14 = 7.1% · 7.1 − 24.5 = −17.4
Karimganj was decided by 10,468 votes, the closest of 14 seats; Kaliabor had the widest margin, 2,32,335.
min / max of margin over 14 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 34.5% in Jorhat to 79.2% in Karimganj; the median seat polled 63.9%.
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% 321.4% of seats

50–60 321.4% of seats

60–70 428.6% of seats

70–80 428.6% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestJorhat34.5%
HighestKarimganj79.2%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

14 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Assam Lok Sabha 1998, all 14 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	KarimganjSCCLOSEST	Nepal Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	7,46,525	10,468	1.4	79.2
02	Silchar	Kabindra Purkayastha	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,50,377	19,940	3.1	78.7
03	Autonomous DistrictST	Dr. Jayanta Rongpi	Autonomous State Demand Committee	4,05,655	1,04,864	25.9	75.8
04	Dhubri	Abdul Hamid	Indian National Congress	7,73,082	1,93,638	25.0	73.7
05	KokrajharST	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary	Independent	7,86,072	41,432	5.3	67.2
06	Barpeta	A.F.Golam Osmani	United Minorities Front, Assam	6,24,733	2,24,462	35.9	61.1
07	Gauhati	Bhubaneswar Kalita	Indian National Congress	5,92,536	1,28,173	21.6	43.8
08	Mangaldoi	Madhab Rajbangshi	Indian National Congress	7,05,749	1,30,577	18.5	59.9
09	Tezpur	Moni Kumar Subba	Indian National Congress	6,74,288	1,30,349	19.3	69.5
10	Nowgong	Nripen Goswami	Indian National Congress	6,61,448	37,784	5.7	59.4
11	KaliaborWIDEST	Tarun Gogoi	Indian National Congress	6,64,635	2,32,335	35.0	59.9
12	Jorhat	Bijoy Krishna Handique	Indian National Congress	3,46,461	1,62,009	46.8	34.5
13	Dibrugarh	Paban Singh Ghatowar	Indian National Congress	3,81,056	1,41,122	37.0	40.3
14	Lakhimpur	Ranee Narah	Indian National Congress	7,05,158	1,20,782	17.1	66.7

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,32,335 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · 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