Constituency
124. Digboi
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1967
AS-DIGBOI
INC 36.2%won by 8.8%BJS 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.3% to 8.8%.
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 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
23,072
Margin
2,029
8.79%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1J.N. BHUYANIndian National Congress · INC8,35136.2%
- 2N. BISWASBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,32227.4%
- 3B.P. HAZARIKACommunist Party of India · CPI5,00721.7%
- 4D. BARUAHIndependent · IND1,6587.2%
- 5A. TUTIIndependent · IND8013.5%
- 6S. MUNDASwatantra Party · SWA5362.3%
- 7K.K. BORGOHAINIndependent · IND3971.7%
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–BJS swing
- −37.9%
- INC share
- 46.7% → 36.2%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- — → —