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Constituency

98. Lahowal

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-LAHOWAL

INC 44.1%won by 4.7%IND 39.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
14,138
Margin
664
4.70%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−34.0%
INC share
50.5% 44.1%
IND share
11.8% 39.4%
Turnout