Constituency
47. Chenga
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-CHENGA
INC 41.2%won by 1.6%IND 39.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.1% to 1.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.9% between them, down from 86.3% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
39,430
Margin
623
1.58%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DANES ALI AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC16,26041.2%
- 2BIBEKANADA TALUKDARIndependent · IND15,63739.7%
- 3MD. SHAUKAT ALIIndian National Congress · INC3,4868.8%
- 4ABDUL HANNAN CHOWDHURYJanata Party · JNP2,9657.5%
- 5MOTIOR RAHMAN BHUYANIndependent · IND8682.2%
- 6BHARAT CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND1410.4%
- 7HANIF ALIIndependent · IND730.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −20.5%
- INC share
- 54.2% → 41.2%
- IND share
- 32.1% → 39.7%
- Turnout
- — → —