Constituency
22. Salmara South
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-SALMARA-SOUTH
IND 46.9%won by 25.4%JNP 21.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 25.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 25.4% to 46.9% of the vote here (+21.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.4% 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
43,050
Margin
10,927
25.38%
Candidates
6 contested · winner IND- 1DEWAN JOYNAL ABEDINIndependent · IND20,18946.9%
- 2NASIRUDDINJanata Party · JNP9,26221.5%
- 3ABDUL KARIMIndian National Congress · INC7,59517.6%
- 4NURAZAMAL SHEIKHIndian National Congress · INC5,69313.2%
- 5ABDUS SHAKOOR MAZUMDARIndependent · IND2170.5%
- 6FARHAD HOSSEN AHMEDIndependent · IND940.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JNP swing
- −0.0%
- IND share
- 25.4% → 46.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 21.5%
- Turnout
- — → —