Constituency
57. Rangiya
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-RANGIYA
CPM 20.0%won by 3.8%IND 16.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 3.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 20.0% of the vote here (+20.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 36.3% between them, down from 62.0% — 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
41,365
Margin
1,553
3.75%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1PURNA BOROCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,28020.0%
- 2GOLAP BASUMATARYIndependent · IND6,72716.3%
- 3KAMINI MOHAN SARMAHCommunist Party of India · CPI6,57115.9%
- 4TAZUL ISLAMIndependent · IND6,43615.6%
- 5MANABENDRA SARMAHIndian National Congress · INC4,53611.0%
- 6BHUBANESWAR KALITAIndian National Congress · INC4,51210.9%
- 7BHIPEN SARMAJanata Party · JNP3,2517.9%
- 8KALPA RAM DEKAIndependent · IND1,0522.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–IND swing
- +32.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 20.0%
- IND share
- 29.1% → 16.3%
- Turnout
- — → —