Constituency
21. Mankachar
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-MANKACHAR
JNP 58.4%won by 29.5%INC 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 29.5%.
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 58.4% of the vote here (+58.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% 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
47,767
Margin
14,095
29.51%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1ZAHIRUL ISLAMJanata Party · JNP27,91358.4%
- 2NURUL ISLANIndian National Congress · INC13,81828.9%
- 3ABU MOHAMMAD SAMSUL BARIIndependent · IND4,89810.3%
- 4NALU BEPARIIndependent · IND8951.9%
- 5A.KALAM SARKARIndependent · IND1540.3%
- 6PARAHAD HOSSEN AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC890.2%
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
- +85.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 58.4%
- INC share
- 55.8% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —