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Constituency

59. Gauhati West

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Assam Assembly Election, 1972

AS-GAUHATI-WEST

INC 54.7%won by 18.3%CPI 36.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 29.3% to 54.7% of the vote here (+25.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.0% of the vote between them, up from 63.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
20,213
Margin
3,696
18.29%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
+23.1%
INC share
29.3% 54.7%
CPI share
34.2% 36.4%
Turnout