Constituency
80. Biswanath
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1967
AS-BISWANATH
INC 52.5%won by 28.6%IND 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.0% to 28.6%.
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 16.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.4% between them, down from 90.4% — 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
25,325
Margin
7,253
28.64%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1K.P. TRIPATHIIndian National Congress · INC13,29552.5%
- 2B.C. DASIndependent · IND6,04223.9%
- 3P. URANGIndependent · IND5,98823.6%
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
- −19.4%
- INC share
- 69.2% → 52.5%
- IND share
- 21.2% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- — → —