Constituency
32. Bongaigaon
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-BONGAIGAON
JNP 33.3%won by 0.8%CPM 32.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 0.8%.
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 33.3% of the vote here (+33.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.9% between them, down from 90.4% — 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
31,459
Margin
246
0.78%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1MATHURA MOHAN SINHAJanata Party · JNP10,48833.3%
- 2GURU CHARAN SINGHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,24232.6%
- 3DARUBA NARAYAN BARUSIndian National Congress · INC3,87712.3%
- 4NIMAL CHAND DUTTA BARUSIndian National Congress · INC3,38210.8%
- 5RAJA AJIT NARAYAN DEBIndependent · IND1,9886.3%
- 6ARUN KUMAR ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,4824.7%
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–CPM swing
- +4.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- CPM share
- 3.5% → 32.6%
- Turnout
- — → —