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81. Sibsagar

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Assam Assembly Election, 1957

AS-SIBSAGAR

INC 59.5%won by 19.1%CPI 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.9% to 19.1%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — 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
19,550
Margin
3,726
19.06%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GOGOI, GIRINDRANATHIndian National Congress · INC11,63859.5%
  2. 2GOGOI, PROMODE CHANDROCommunist Party of India · CPI7,91240.5%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−40.1%
INC share
59.1% → 59.5%
CPI share
0.0% → 40.5%
Turnout
— → —
80. Thowra82. Jorhat
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