Constituency
73. Tezpur
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-TEZPUR
JNP 51.5%won by 26.4%INC 25.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 26.4%.
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 51.5% of the vote here (+51.5%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
34,292
Margin
9,061
26.42%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1JIBAN BORAJanata Party · JNP17,66351.5%
- 2SREEKANTA SARMAHIndian National Congress · INC8,60225.1%
- 3DILIP BASUIndependent · IND4,49013.1%
- 4NABIN CHANDRA KATH HAZARIKAIndian National Congress · INC2,3146.7%
- 5MAHENDRA NATH BORAIndependent · IND8402.4%
- 6ABHOY CHARAN DASIndependent · IND3831.1%
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
- +71.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 51.5%
- INC share
- 45.0% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- — → —