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Constituency

15. Sonai

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Assam Assembly Election, 1957

AS-SONAI

INC 52.1%won by 31.6%IND 20.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.6% to 31.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.5% of the vote between them, up from 61.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
28,384
Margin
8,975
31.62%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+13.1%
INC share
40.1% 52.1%
IND share
21.5% 20.4%
Turnout