Constituency
40. Goalpara
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1962
AS-GOALPARA
INC 50.4%won by 19.4%PSP 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 19.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.4% of the vote between them, up from 47.5% — 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
35,415
Margin
6,880
19.43%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1KHAGENDRA NATH NATHIndian National Congress · INC17,85450.4%
- 2ABDUL RAHIMPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,97431.0%
- 3MANI KANTA DASIndependent · IND5,53915.6%
- 4JASIMUDDIN PATGIRIIndependent · IND1,0483.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +1.4%
- INC share
- 23.8% → 50.4%
- PSP share
- 5.8% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —