Election
Constituency

99. Tengakhat

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-TENGAKHAT

INC 48.7%won by 27.2%SOC 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 55.6% to 27.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.1% between them, down from 83.3% — 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
16,369
Margin
4,456
27.22%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOC swing
−42.3%
INC share
69.5% 48.7%
SOC share
0.0% 21.5%
Turnout