Constituency
39. North Salmara
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1962
AS-NORTH-SALMARA
INC 56.8%won by 38.8%PSP 18.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 38.8%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 18.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.9% of the vote between them, up from 58.9% — 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
27,280
Margin
10,578
38.78%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GHANASYAM DASIndian National Congress · INC15,50556.8%
- 2KANDARPA NARAYAN BANIKYAPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,92718.1%
- 3NALINI KANTA SUTRADHARIndependent · IND3,89214.3%
- 4HEM CHANDRA SUTRADHARIndependent · IND1,6235.9%
- 5JITENDRA SUTRADHARIndependent · IND1,3334.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +8.4%
- INC share
- 30.3% → 56.8%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 18.1%
- Turnout
- — → —