Constituency
19. Mikir Hills West
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1962
AS-MIKIR-HILLS-WEST
INC 66.0%won by 31.9%HLC 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
15,189
Margin
4,851
31.94%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1CHATRASING TERONIndian National Congress · INC10,02066.0%
- 2BASA INGTI KATHARHLC · HLC5,16934.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–HLC swing
- −40.8%
- INC share
- 72.8% → 66.0%
- HLC share
- 0.0% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —