Constituency
68. Dalgaon
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-DALGAON
INC 53.1%won by 21.2%JNP 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.8% to 21.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.0% of the vote between them, up from 70.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
43,361
Margin
9,206
21.23%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1SYEDA ANWARA TAIMURIndian National Congress · INC23,02853.1%
- 2ABDUL MAZIDJanata Party · JNP13,82231.9%
- 3BAREN CHANDRA BRAHMAIndependent · IND2,4475.6%
- 4HASHIMUDDIN AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC1,6973.9%
- 5RAMIJUDDIN AHMEDIndependent · IND1,6623.8%
- 6KORBAN AHMEDIndependent · IND4571.1%
- 7ARUN KUMAR DASIndependent · IND2480.6%
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–JNP swing
- −20.4%
- INC share
- 41.6% → 53.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —