Constituency
36. Dudhnai
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-DUDHNAI
JNP 27.7%won by 4.6%CPM 23.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 4.6%.
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 27.7% of the vote here (+27.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.7% between them, down from 82.6% — 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
36,129
Margin
1,671
4.63%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1JAGAT CHANDRA PATGIRIJanata Party · JNP9,99027.7%
- 2TARUN KHAKHALARYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,31923.0%
- 3SARAT RABHACommunist Party of India · CPI8,28622.9%
- 4ANDNDI BALA RABHAIndian National Congress · INC7,70321.3%
- 5GAPENDRA BASUMATARIIndian National Congress · INC1,3073.6%
- 6RAVINDRA NARAYAN BRAHMAIndependent · IND5241.5%
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
- +19.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.7%
- CPM share
- 14.6% → 23.0%
- Turnout
- — → —