REPUBLIC OF INDIA LOK SABHA ELECTIONS OF SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1999 ==================================================================== Polling took place between 5 September and 3 October 1999 ASSAM ==================================================================== STATE SUMMARY ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2,958,058 29.8 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 175,522 01.4 - CPIML (Liberation) (CPIMLL) 222,663 02.2 1 Indian National Congress (INC) 3,808,472 38.4 10 People's Democratic Front 172,434 01.7 - United Reservation Mvt Council of Assam 246,942 02.5 - Others 2,328,376 23.5 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9,912,467 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Constituencies and MPs elected -------------------------------------------------------------------- Autonomous District (ST): Dr Jayanta Rongpi (CPIMLL) Barpeta: A F Golam Osmani (INC) Dibrugarh: Paban Singh Ghatowar (INC) Dhubri: Abdul Hamid (INC) Gauhati: Bijoya Chakravarty (BJP) Jorhat: Bijoy Krishna Handique (INC) Kaliabor: Tarun Gogoi (INC) Karimgang (SC): Nepal Chandra Das (INC) Lakhimpur: Ranee Narah (INC) Kokrajhar (ST): Sansuma Khunggur Bwismuthiary (Independent) Mangaldoi: Madhab Rajbangshi (INC) Nowgong: Rajen Gohain (BJP) Silchar: Sontosh Mohan Dav (INC) Tezpur: Moni Kumar Subba (INC) VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ===================================================================== KARIMGANJ (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nepal Chandra Das INC 336,799 49.55 Parimal Suklabaidya BJP 294,540 43.33 Kushikanta Das CPM 34,250 05.04 5 others 14,117 02.08 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 679,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SILCHAR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sontosh Mohan Dev INC 329,256 55.54 Kabindra Purkayastha BJP 221,504 37.36 11 others 42,107 07.10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 592,867 -------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT (ST) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Jayanta Rongpi CPI(MLL) 208,789 53.98 Biren Singh Engti INC 148,914 38.50 Elwin Teron 27,382 07.08 1 other 1,715 00.44 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 386,800 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DHUBRI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdul Hamid INC 279,812 34.58 Dr Pannalal Oswal BJP 258,472 31.95 Afzalur Rahman 174,879 21.61 Alauddin Sarkar CPI 57,735 07.14 4 others 38,171 04.72 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 809,069 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOKRAJHAR (ST) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sansuma Khunggur Bwismuthiary 334,367 37.57 Theodore Kisku Rapaz Urmca 246,942 27.75 Gangadhar Ramchiary PDF 172,434 19.37 Sri Premsing Brahma INC 65,234 07.33 Anil Murmu 63,427 07.13 1 other 7,611 00.86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 890,015 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARPETA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- A Golam Osmani INC 325,838 43.20 Ramani Kanta Deka BJP 236,476 31.35 Uddhab Barman CPM 141,272 18.73 Abdus Samad Ahmed UMFA 40,256 05.34 4 others 10,491 01.39 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 754,333 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GAUHATI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bijoya Chakravarty BJP 384,771 45.95 Bhubaneswar Kalita INC 309,533 36.96 Durga Das Boro AGP 119,034 14.21 7 others 24,090 02.88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 837,428 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MANGALDOI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Madhab Rajbangshi INC 283,749 34.09 Munindra Singha Lahkar BJP 267,315 32.11 Birendra Prasad Baishya AGP 154,711 18.59 Rabi Ram Brahma 110,650 13.29 4 others 15,973 01.92 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 832,398 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TEZPUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moni Kumar Subba INC 230,884 34.09 Ram Prasad Sarmah BJP 205,178 30.30 Dr Kosheswar Bora AGP 203,141 30.00 11 others 37,999 05.61 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 677,202 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NOWGONG ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajen Gohain BJP 328,861 43.17 Nripen Goswami INC 293,433 38.52 Muhi Ram Saikia AGP 103,497 13.59 5 others 35,907 04.71 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 761,698 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALIABOR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tarun Gogoi INC 373,542 49.23 Keshab Mahanta AGP 206,150 27.17 Bhadreswar Tanti BJP 167,331 22.05 5 others 11,687 01.54 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 758,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- JORHAT ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bijoy Krishna Handique INC 304,690 48.31 Janaki Nath Handique BJP 205,330 32.55 Deba Kumar Bora AGP 118,194 18.74 1 other 2,530 00.40 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 630,744 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DIBRUGARH ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paban Singh Ghatowar INC 270,863 48.57 Ajit Chaliha BJP 203,747 36.54 Biju Phukan AGP 75,932 13.62 3 others 7,132 01.28 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 557,674 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAKHIMPUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranee Narah INC 255,925 34.41 Sarbananda Sonowal AGP 201,402 27.08 Udai Sankar Hazarika BJP 184,533 24.81 Ranoj Pegu 89,963 12.09 6 others 12,000 01.61 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 743,823 --------------------------------------------------------------------