Constituency
70. Kalaigaon
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1967
AS-KALAIGAON
INC 25.1%won by 3.0%IND 22.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.7% to 3.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 40.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 47.2% between them, down from 96.8% — the field split more ways.
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
20,051
Margin
601
3.00%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1D. DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC5,03125.1%
- 2S.P. SARMAHIndependent · IND4,43022.1%
- 3M. GOSWAMIPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,20621.0%
- 4ABBASIndependent · IND4,06620.3%
- 5R.K. BARUAIndependent · IND2,31811.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −30.7%
- INC share
- 65.3% → 25.1%
- IND share
- 31.5% → 22.1%
- Turnout
- — → —