Constituency
37. Goalpara East
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-GOALPARA-EAST
CPM 32.2%won by 6.2%IND 26.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 32.2% of the vote here (+32.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.3% between them, down from 93.2% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
34,201
Margin
2,104
6.15%
Candidates
9 contested · winner CPM- 1BIRENDRA NATH CHOUDHURYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,02532.2%
- 2MOHMOD ALIIndependent · IND8,92126.1%
- 3RATNESWAR DASIndependent · IND4,69713.7%
- 4BENOY KRISHNA GHOSEJanata Party · JNP3,98511.7%
- 5BISWANATH NATHIndian National Congress · INC3,1739.3%
- 6BIRENDRA GHOSEIndependent · IND1,1123.3%
- 7CHANDRALEKHA DASIndependent · IND6712.0%
- 8RAMKRISHNAIndependent · IND5611.6%
- 9HAREKRISHNA MANDALIndependent · IND560.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–IND swing
- +31.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- IND share
- 24.9% → 26.1%
- Turnout
- — → —