Constituency
76. Biswanath
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-BISWANATH
JNP 57.6%won by 36.0%INC 21.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 36.0%.
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 57.6% of the vote here (+57.6%).
- 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
36,358
Margin
13,087
35.99%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1KOSHESWAR BORAJanata Party · JNP20,93357.6%
- 2SATYA NARAYAN RAMIndian National Congress · INC7,84621.6%
- 3HIRANYA BORAIndian National Congress · INC5,53815.2%
- 4TAIYAB ALIIndependent · IND2,0415.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +72.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 57.6%
- INC share
- 36.5% → 21.6%
- Turnout
- — → —