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State: Assam
Constituency: Jorhat
Total Votes Polled: 677369
Winner: INC Bijoy Krishna Handique 311578
Runner Up: AGP Bhadreswar Buragohain 264339
Margin: 47239 (7.28%)

The AGP won 40.71 % of the vote in 1996, but it still came second behind the Congress's 47.99 %. The AGP has won the seat only once, in 1985.

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