Constituency
113. North Lakhimpur
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1972
AS-NORTH-LAKHIMPUR
INC 34.7%won by 6.7%PTC 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.5% to 6.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPTC (PTC) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.8% between them, down from 68.7% — 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
32,942
Margin
2,212
6.71%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1GOVIND CHANDRA BORAIndian National Congress · INC11,44634.7%
- 2BIRASON DOLEYPTC · PTC9,23428.0%
- 3SARAT CHELLENGIndependent · IND5,93618.0%
- 4BHODRESWAR GOGOIIndependent · IND4,72314.3%
- 5MINARAN SAIKIAIndependent · IND1,1593.5%
- 6GOPAL DUTTAIndependent · IND4441.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PTC swing
- −34.9%
- INC share
- 41.6% → 34.7%
- PTC share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —