Constituency
98. Lahowal
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1962
AS-LAHOWAL
INC 44.1%won by 4.7%IND 39.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.3% to 4.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.4% of the vote between them, up from 77.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
14,138
Margin
664
4.70%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1LILY SEN GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC6,23144.1%
- 2NIBARAN CHANDRA BORAIndependent · IND5,56739.4%
- 3DHANRAJ RABIDAIndependent · IND1,69812.0%
- 4BENU HAZARIKAPraja Socialist Party · PSP6424.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −34.0%
- INC share
- 50.5% → 44.1%
- IND share
- 11.8% → 39.4%
- Turnout
- — → —