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Constituency

80. Golaghat

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-GOLAGHAT

INC 36.7%won by 14.7%PSP 22.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.8% to 14.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.7% between them, down from 68.3% — 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
19,456
Margin
2,854
14.67%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−30.4%
INC share
45.0% 36.7%
PSP share
0.0% 22.0%
Turnout