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State:	Assam
Constituency:	Karimganj (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	703354
Winner: BJP	Dwaraka Nath Das	224229
Runner Up: INC	Sabita Das	191480
Margin: 32749 (4.83%)

After standing by the Congress all the way since the first election in 1952, the constituency turned to the BJP's Dwarka Nath Das in 1991 and stuck by him in 1996 as well. The AGP, which managed to corner 27.05 % of the votes, was in third place, after the Congress.