Constituency
41. Bijni
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1972
AS-BIJNI
INC 36.6%won by 1.6%IND 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.7% to 1.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.6% of the vote between them, up from 66.2% — a tighter two-way 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
37,870
Margin
589
1.56%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1GOLAK CHANDRA PATGIRIIndian National Congress · INC13,86036.6%
- 2MAHODAR CHANDRA PATHAKIndependent · IND13,27135.0%
- 3DURGA PRASAD SAHAIndependent · IND9,54625.2%
- 4RAM PRASAD DASIndependent · IND1,1933.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −15.2%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 36.6%
- IND share
- 24.7% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- — → —