Constituency
84. Laharighat
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1972
AS-LAHARIGHAT
INC 45.9%won by 23.9%IND 22.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.7% to 23.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 79.0% — 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
36,859
Margin
8,794
23.86%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1ABUL KASEMIndian National Congress · INC16,90845.9%
- 2SAMSUL HUDAIndependent · IND8,11422.0%
- 3BANESWAR SAIKIAIndependent · IND7,57520.6%
- 4NABA KANTA BARDOLOIIndependent · IND4,26211.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −23.5%
- INC share
- 62.4% → 45.9%
- IND share
- 15.0% → 22.0%
- Turnout
- — → —