Constituency
25. Golakganj
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-GOLAKGANJ
CPI 37.3%won by 8.4%JNP 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 8.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 37.3% of the vote here (+37.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.1% between them, down from 97.1% — 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
50,221
Margin
4,230
8.42%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1ALUDDIN SARKARCommunist Party of India · CPI18,72137.3%
- 2SABITA RANI PRADHANIJanata Party · JNP14,49128.9%
- 3JADABANANDA ADHIKARIIndian National Congress · INC9,27318.5%
- 4RADHA BALLAV SAHA ROYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP3,7757.5%
- 5KABIR CHANDRA ROY PRADHANIIndependent · IND3,4056.8%
- 6NURUL HOSSEN TALUKDARIndian National Congress · INC5561.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–JNP swing
- +8.4%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 37.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —