Constituency
19. Bokajan
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1972
AS-BOKAJAN
INC 71.2%won by 42.4%IND 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 34.2% to 42.4%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
22,447
Margin
9,515
42.39%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SAISAI TERANGIndian National Congress · INC15,98171.2%
- 2SARSING TERANGIndependent · IND6,46628.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −24.7%
- INC share
- 67.1% → 71.2%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- — → —