Constituency
40. Sorbhog
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-SORBHOG
CPM 59.8%won by 33.9%INC 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 33.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 23.1% to 59.8% of the vote here (+36.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.6% of the vote between them, up from 61.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
49,847
Margin
16,907
33.92%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1HEMEN DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM29,79459.8%
- 2PRANITA TALUKDARIndian National Congress · INC12,88725.9%
- 3BILASH BHARALIJanata Party · JNP3,6287.3%
- 4SRIHARI BARMANIndependent · IND2,7055.4%
- 5RAM PRASAD ROYIndian National Congress · INC5531.1%
- 6KRISHNA KANTA BARUAHIndependent · IND2800.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +49.0%
- CPM share
- 23.1% → 59.8%
- INC share
- 38.2% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —