Constituency
50. Palasbari
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-PALASBARI
JNP 33.9%won by 7.3%INC 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 7.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 33.9% of the vote here (+33.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.5% between them, down from 82.1% — 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
44,031
Margin
3,220
7.31%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1HARENDRA GOSWAMIJanata Party · JNP14,92333.9%
- 2HARENDRA NATH TALUKDARIndian National Congress · INC11,70326.6%
- 3GIRISH BARUACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,44312.4%
- 4NABIN KALITACommunist Party of India · CPI4,2769.7%
- 5DHARMESWAR DASIndian National Congress · INC3,7058.4%
- 6DHARMESWAR MEDHIIndependent · IND3,5278.0%
- 7BANSI RAM DASIndependent · IND4541.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +67.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.9%
- INC share
- 59.6% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- — → —