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80. Biswanath

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Assam Assembly Election, 1972

AS-BISWANATH

IND 39.2%won by 2.7%INC 36.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 2.7%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 23.9% to 39.2% of the vote here (+15.3%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
33,109
Margin
903
2.73%

Candidates

4 contested · winner IND
  1. 1KISHESWAR BORAIndependent · IND12,97439.2%
  2. 2BISWADEV SARMAHIndian National Congress · INC12,07136.5%
  3. 3PUNU ORAOIndependent · IND6,15018.6%
  4. 4BHARAT CHANDRA DASSOP · SOP1,9145.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+31.4%
IND share
23.9% → 39.2%
INC share
52.5% → 36.5%
Turnout
— → —
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