Constituency
67. Biswanath
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1962
AS-BISWANATH
INC 69.2%won by 48.0%IND 21.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
29,615
Margin
14,216
48.00%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1KAMAKHYA PRASAD TRIPATHIIndian National Congress · INC20,49069.2%
- 2CHENI RAM DASIndependent · IND6,27421.2%
- 3PITOR CHRISTIANIndependent · IND2,1157.1%
- 4MD. TAIYAB ALISOC · SOC7362.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −24.8%
- INC share
- 72.8% → 69.2%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 21.2%
- Turnout
- — → —