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Constituency

24. Cherrapunji

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-CHERRAPUNJI

HLC 70.9%won by 41.7%INC 29.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to HLC (HLC), which now leads by 41.7%.

  • HLC vote shareHLC went from 0.0% to 70.9% of the vote here (+70.9%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.1% — 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
26,507
Margin
11,065
41.74%

Candidates

2 contested · winner HLC
  1. 1STANLEY D. D. NICHOLS ROYHLC · HLC18,78670.9%
  2. 2MAHAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,72129.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
HLCflipped
HLCINC swing
+63.6%
HLC share
0.0% 70.9%
INC share
21.9% 29.1%
Turnout