Constituency
44. Goalpara West
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1972
AS-GOALPARA-WEST
INC 69.3%won by 47.1%IND 22.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 47.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.5% to 69.3% of the vote here (+40.9%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 22.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.6% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
41,482
Margin
19,541
47.11%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SAHADAT ALI JOTEDARIndian National Congress · INC28,76069.3%
- 2AFZALUR RAHMANIndependent · IND9,21922.2%
- 3NAZMUL HAQUEIndependent · IND3,5038.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +18.6%
- INC share
- 28.5% → 69.3%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- — → —