Constituency
79. Sonari
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1957
AS-SONARI
INC 68.6%won by 48.6%IND 20.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.5% to 48.6%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 82.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
17,124
Margin
8,322
48.60%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1CHETIA, PURNANANDAIndian National Congress · INC11,74568.6%
- 2SAH, HEMCHANDROIndependent · IND3,42320.0%
- 3GOSWAMI, DHARMAKANTAPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,95611.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +28.1%
- INC share
- 51.6% → 68.6%
- IND share
- 31.1% → 20.0%
- Turnout
- — → —