Constituency
74. Samaguri
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1962
AS-SAMAGURI
INC 56.5%won by 20.3%PSP 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.9% to 20.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
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
21,689
Margin
4,402
20.30%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1DEV KANTA BOROOAHIndian National Congress · INC12,25756.5%
- 2LILADHAR BORKAKATYPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,85536.2%
- 3JHUMARMAL BAIJIndependent · IND1,0514.8%
- 4MD. AMIRUDDINIndependent · IND5262.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −50.1%
- INC share
- 70.4% → 56.5%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- — → —