Constituency
15. Katigora
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-KATIGORA
INC 30.1%won by 9.1%IND 21.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.8% to 9.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 31.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.0% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
45,959
Margin
4,191
9.12%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1ABDUL KIYUM CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC13,82230.1%
- 2TARAPADA BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND9,63121.0%
- 3GIRINDRA KUMAR DASIndependent · IND8,02017.5%
- 4ABDUL MATIN MAJUMDARJanata Party · JNP5,85312.7%
- 5KAMESWAR SINHAIndependent · IND3,9418.6%
- 6SUKUMAR BHATACHARJEEIndependent · IND2,1324.6%
- 7INDU BHUSAN DEYIndependent · IND1,5753.4%
- 8A.K.NURUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC9852.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −15.7%
- INC share
- 61.7% → 30.1%
- IND share
- 36.8% → 21.0%
- Turnout
- — → —