Constituency
38. Goalpara West
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-GOALPARA-WEST
IND 28.2%won by 1.3%JNP 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 1.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 22.2% to 28.2% of the vote here (+6.0%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.1% between them, down from 91.6% — 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
37,212
Margin
496
1.33%
Candidates
9 contested · winner IND- 1NAZMUL HAQUEIndependent · IND10,49128.2%
- 2MIZANAUR RAHMAN MANDALJanata Party · JNP9,99526.9%
- 3KESTO KUMAR RABHAIndian National Congress · INC5,72015.4%
- 4GOPAL PANDEYIndependent · IND3,0688.2%
- 5AHMMED ALIIndependent · IND2,6807.2%
- 6MAZIRUDDIN AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC2,3426.3%
- 7SAILENDRAIndependent · IND1,4443.9%
- 8SABDER ALI MASTERIndependent · IND1,2373.3%
- 9SADANANDA DASIndependent · IND2350.6%
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–JNP swing
- −20.9%
- IND share
- 22.2% → 28.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —