Constituency
17. Bokajan
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-BOKAJAN
JNP 39.1%won by 5.6%INC 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 5.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 39.1% of the vote here (+39.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
23,711
Margin
1,329
5.60%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1BILTON G.MOMINJanata Party · JNP9,27839.1%
- 2CHATRASING TERONIndian National Congress · INC7,94933.5%
- 3LUNSE TIMUNGIndependent · IND6,48427.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +76.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.1%
- INC share
- 71.2% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —