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Assam · PC 2 · 1998
Silchar
Winner — Lok Sabha 1998
KABINDRA PURKAYASTHA
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 37.0%INC 33.8%6 others 29.1%
Votes
2,30,747
37.0% share
Winning margin
19,940
3.2% of votes
Total votes cast
6,22,823
Candidates
8
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KABINDRA PURKAYASTHA | NDA (NDA) | 2,30,747 | 37.0% |
| 2 | SANTOSH MOHAN DEV | INC | 2,10,807 | 33.9% |
| 3 | NOORUL HUDA | Left | 1,72,999 | 27.8% |
| 4 | DEBASISH CHAKRABORTY | IND | 2,613 | 0.4% |
| 5 | N.DILIP SINGH | IND | 2,198 | 0.3% |
| 6 | KHITINDRA SARKAR | IND | 1,652 | 0.3% |
| 7 | RABINDRA CHANDRA NATH | IND | 1,065 | 0.2% |
| 8 | HICKZUR ROHMAN | IND | 742 | 0.1% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (1st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe3.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 2.1% · max 59.8%
How contested is turnout?
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92%
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1st of 14How crowded is the field?
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2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
7th of 14How much NOTA?
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0.6%
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13th of 14How often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 37.0%INC 33.9%CPM 27.8%OTH 1.3%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis seat number was reused from 2024. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2024, so they are not shown for earlier elections.