Constituency
51. Jalukbari
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-JALUKBARI
JNP 37.4%won by 2.9%CPM 34.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 2.9%.
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 37.4% of the vote here (+37.4%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.8% of the vote between them, up from 63.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
40,928
Margin
1,201
2.93%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1LAKHYADHAR CHOUDHURYJanata Party · JNP15,29437.4%
- 2KAMAL KRISHNA DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,09334.4%
- 3REBATI DASIndian National Congress · INC3,5508.7%
- 4MAHAMMAD SULEMANIndependent · IND2,6656.5%
- 5MADHAB CH. NATHIndian National Congress · INC2,5986.3%
- 6ATMA RAM DEKAIndependent · IND1,8064.4%
- 7JOYA MORALIndependent · IND6311.5%
- 8UMESH CHANDRA BORDOLOIIndependent · IND2910.7%
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–CPM swing
- +2.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.4%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 34.4%
- Turnout
- — → —