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Constituency

67. Biswanath

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-BISWANATH

INC 69.2%won by 48.0%IND 21.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 45.6% to 48.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
29,615
Margin
14,216
48.00%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−24.8%
INC share
72.8% 69.2%
IND share
0.0% 21.2%
Turnout