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79. Marangi

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-MARANGI

INC 63.0%won by 45.3%PSP 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.4% to 45.3%.

  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 17.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
13,761
Margin
6,235
45.31%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHANOO KHERIAIndian National Congress · INC8,67263.0%
  2. 2SANKOR CHANDRA BARUAPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,43717.7%
  3. 3LOKESWAR PHUKONSOC · SOC1,41710.3%
  4. 4ANANDA BARUAIndependent · IND7045.1%
  5. 5BIRENDRANATH BISMITHIndependent · IND5313.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−10.9%
INC share
56.2% → 63.0%
PSP share
0.0% → 17.7%
Turnout
— → —
78. Lumding80. Golaghat
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