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Constituency

19. Mikir Hills West

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-MIKIR-HILLS-WEST

INC 66.0%won by 31.9%HLC 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 53.8% to 31.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerHLC (HLC) finished second with 34.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 91.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
15,189
Margin
4,851
31.94%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHATRASING TERONIndian National Congress · INC10,02066.0%
  2. 2BASA INGTI KATHARHLC · HLC5,16934.0%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCHLC swing
−40.8%
INC share
72.8% 66.0%
HLC share
0.0% 34.0%
Turnout