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Constituency

47. Sorbhog

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Assam Assembly Election, 1972

AS-SORBHOG

INC 38.2%won by 15.1%CPM 23.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.4% to 15.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.3% between them, down from 85.3% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
37,912
Margin
5,733
15.12%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
−28.9%
INC share
57.3% 38.2%
CPM share
13.3% 23.1%
Turnout