Constituency
3. Karimganj North
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-KARIMGANJ-NORTH
CPM 37.3%won by 12.3%INC 25.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 12.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 44.8% to 37.3% of the vote here (−7.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.3% between them, down from 94.3% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
53,233
Margin
6,554
12.31%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1NISHITH RANJAN DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,87037.3%
- 2ABDUL BASIT CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC13,31625.0%
- 3RAJENDRA MOHAN DASJanata Party · JNP12,50323.5%
- 4ABDUL ROUF CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC4,2618.0%
- 5NURUL HAQUE CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND2,0833.9%
- 6DILIP KUMAR DEBIndependent · IND1,0492.0%
- 7ABDUL BOSIT CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND1510.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +17.0%
- CPM share
- 44.8% → 37.3%
- INC share
- 49.5% → 25.0%
- Turnout
- — → —