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48. Gauhati

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Assam Assembly Election, 1957

AS-GAUHATI

CPI 48.3%won by 3.3%INC 45.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 3.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 64.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
29,382
Margin
973
3.31%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1BHATTACHARJYA, GOURI SANKARCommunist Party of India · CPI14,18248.3%
  2. 2BARAH, LAKSHMIDHARIndian National Congress · INC13,20945.0%
  3. 3MIKIR, PARASU GAONBURAIndependent · IND1,0163.5%
  4. 4GUHA, SUSHILIndependent · IND5591.9%
  5. 5SINGH, SATYANARAYANIndependent · IND4161.4%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
+2.0%
CPI share
32.7% → 48.3%
INC share
31.4% → 45.0%
Turnout
— → —
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