EElectionLens
Constituency

79. Sonari

Community mirror

Assam Assembly Election, 1957

AS-SONARI

INC 68.6%won by 48.6%IND 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
17,124
Margin
8,322
48.60%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+28.1%
INC share
51.6% 68.6%
IND share
31.1% 20.0%
Turnout