Constituency
43. Barpeta
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-BARPETA
IND 27.5%won by 2.1%INC 25.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 2.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 14.7% to 27.5% of the vote here (+12.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.8% between them, down from 78.6% — 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
48,701
Margin
1,016
2.09%
Candidates
11 contested · winner IND- 1A. LATIFIndependent · IND13,37427.5%
- 2SURENDRA NATH DASIndian National Congress · INC12,35825.4%
- 3DHIRENDRA BAYANIndependent · IND11,56923.8%
- 4MRINALINIJanata Party · JNP6,79814.0%
- 5PROMODE KUMAR CHOUDHURYCommunist Party of India · CPI2,1724.5%
- 6DALIM CHANDRA PATHAKIndependent · IND8241.7%
- 7BAIDYA NATH SARMAIndian National Congress · INC4891.0%
- 8PRAMODE CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND3480.7%
- 9ADHAR GAYANIndependent · IND2810.6%
- 10NARAYAN CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND2490.5%
- 11HIRALAL TALUKDARIndependent · IND2390.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +51.2%
- IND share
- 14.7% → 27.5%
- INC share
- 63.8% → 25.4%
- Turnout
- — → —