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State: Assam
Constituency: Dhubri
Total Votes Polled: 810647
Winner: INC Nurul Islam 314594
Runner Up: AGP Onkarmal Agarwal 182373
Margin: 132221 (16.85%)

In the 1991 election the BJP came second, winning 19.6 % of the vote. The next time round, its tally had improved to 21.79 % but it nevertheless slipped to the third place. Since 1952 all the MPs have been Muslim.

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