Constituency
78. Gohpur
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-GOHPUR
JNP 35.0%won by 13.5%INC 21.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 13.5%.
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 35.0% of the vote here (+35.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
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
44,993
Margin
6,057
13.46%
Candidates
11 contested · winner JNP- 1RAM CHANDRA SARMAHJanata Party · JNP15,73635.0%
- 2BIPIN KATAKIIndian National Congress · INC9,67921.5%
- 3SOBHA RAM GAYARIIndependent · IND4,96011.0%
- 4DURGA DHAR BORACommunist Party of India · CPI3,8648.6%
- 5INDESWAR RAJKHOWAIndependent · IND2,3305.2%
- 6BAPUTI PAYANGIndependent · IND1,9744.4%
- 7DANDU MUNDAIndependent · IND1,7323.8%
- 8KESHAB CHANDRA HAZARIKAIndependent · IND1,5483.4%
- 9STEPHEN PANDOIndependent · IND1,4013.1%
- 10UTASHABANANDA DEB GOSWAMIIndian National Congress · INC1,3313.0%
- 11TIKA RAM CHETRIIndependent · IND4381.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +41.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 35.0%
- INC share
- 28.4% → 21.5%
- Turnout
- — → —