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Constituency

6. Karimganj South

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-KARIMGANJ-SOUTH

INC 35.5%won by 10.6%CPI 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 10.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.3% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
27,861
Margin
2,967
10.65%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−41.8%
INC share
52.5% 35.5%
CPI share
0.0% 24.8%
Turnout