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96. Sarupathar

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Assam Assembly Election, 1972

AS-SARUPATHAR

INC 61.6%won by 44.0%CPI 17.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.9% to 44.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.1% of the vote between them, up from 73.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered5 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
31,960
Margin
14,072
44.03%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHATRA GOPAL KARMAKARIndian National Congress · INC19,68261.6%
  2. 2RAMA KANTA GOGOECommunist Party of India · CPI5,61017.6%
  3. 3PREMODHAR TOPNOIndependent · IND2,6638.3%
  4. 4SHIVA RAZBANSHISOP · SOP2,3777.4%
  5. 5TARUN CH. GOGOIIndependent · IND1,6285.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+18.2%
INC share
49.8% → 61.6%
CPI share
24.0% → 17.6%
Turnout
— → —
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