Constituency
37. Golakganj
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1957
AS-GOLAKGANJ
INC 43.0%won by 12.0%IND 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.4% to 12.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
25,611
Margin
3,080
12.03%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1PRADHANI, BHUBAN CHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC11,00443.0%
- 2ALI, SYEDIndependent · IND7,92430.9%
- 3BARUA, SANTOSH KUMARIndependent · IND6,68326.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −22.3%
- INC share
- 50.1% → 43.0%
- IND share
- 15.7% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —