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92. Digboi

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Assam Assembly Election, 1957

AS-DIGBOI

INC 65.6%won by 47.2%CPI 18.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.8% to 47.2%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 18.4% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.0% of the vote between them, up from 59.2% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
16,617
Margin
7,842
47.19%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DEB SARMA, DWIJESH CHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC10,89965.6%
  2. 2CHAKRAVARTY, BINOYCommunist Party of India · CPI3,05718.4%
  3. 3GOGOI, LILADHARIndependent · IND1,1877.1%
  4. 4BARUA, DHARMESWARIndependent · IND1,1076.7%
  5. 5BHATTACHARJEE, PULINIndependent · IND3672.2%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+14.2%
INC share
33.0% → 65.6%
CPI share
0.0% → 18.4%
Turnout
— → —
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