Constituency
33. Bijni
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-BIJNI
IND 33.1%won by 8.9%INC 24.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 8.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.3% between them, down from 71.6% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
45,146
Margin
4,012
8.89%
Candidates
7 contested · winner IND- 1PADMALOCHAN BOROIndependent · IND14,95133.1%
- 2GOLAK CHANDRA PATGIRIIndian National Congress · INC10,93924.2%
- 3KALIPADA GHATAKJanata Party · JNP10,43923.1%
- 4MIRANJAN MAZUMDERIndependent · IND5,86513.0%
- 5RAM PRASAD DASIndependent · IND1,5423.4%
- 6RAKHAL DASIndian National Congress · INC7961.8%
- 7JAMINI MOHAN BASUMATARYIndependent · IND6141.4%
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–INC swing
- +10.4%
- IND share
- 35.0% → 33.1%
- INC share
- 36.6% → 24.2%
- Turnout
- — → —