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Constituency

68. Gohpur

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-GOHPUR

INC 61.3%won by 39.1%IND 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.6% to 39.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 22.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.5% 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
29,744
Margin
11,617
39.06%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−35.3%
INC share
74.3% 61.3%
IND share
0.0% 22.2%
Turnout