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85. Raha

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Assam Assembly Election, 1972

AS-RAHA

INC 46.6%won by 20.7%SOP 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.7% to 20.7%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.6% of the vote between them, up from 59.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
36,040
Margin
7,446
20.66%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GUNENDRA NATH PANDITIndian National Congress · INC16,81046.6%
  2. 2BALI RAM DASSOP · SOP9,36426.0%
  3. 3AMBU BORAIndependent · IND4,28611.9%
  4. 4ROMESH CHANDRA NATHIndependent · IND2,6457.3%
  5. 5RAJENDRAIndependent · IND1,9795.5%
  6. 6RAMESWAR DEKA RAJAIndependent · IND9562.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−13.2%
INC share
33.8% → 46.6%
SOP share
0.0% → 26.0%
Turnout
— → —
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