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74. Dergaon

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Assam Assembly Election, 1957

AS-DERGAON

INC 71.1%won by 58.9%IND 12.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 41.3% to 58.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.4% between them, down from 92.2% — the field split more ways.

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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Valid votes
32,114
Margin
18,928
58.94%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SARMA, NARENDRA NATHIndian National Congress · INC22,84871.1%
  2. 2KURMI, CHOUDHURI DINANATHIndependent · IND3,92012.2%
  3. 3GOSWAMI, PRATAPCHANDRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,3257.2%
  4. 4GOGOI, TARUNCHANDRAIndependent · IND1,7415.4%
  5. 5TANTI, BONAMALIIndependent · IND1,2804.0%
  6. 6DAS, RAMNATH (SC)Indian National Congress · INC00.0%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−2.4%
INC share
66.7% → 71.1%
IND share
5.4% → 12.2%
Turnout
— → —
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