Constituency
80. Marigaon
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-MARIGAON
INC 26.8%won by 1.1%JNP 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 47.5% to 26.8% of the vote here (−20.7%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.6% between them, down from 97.3% — 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
50,140
Margin
527
1.05%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1KALIRAM DEKTA RAJAIndian National Congress · INC13,43926.8%
- 2PITSING KONWARJanata Party · JNP12,91225.8%
- 3ABUDDINIndependent · IND6,90713.8%
- 4GIRIDHAR PATORCommunist Party of India · CPI6,04812.1%
- 5RAMESH NATHIndependent · IND4,3738.7%
- 6GUNENDRA NATH PANDITIndian National Congress · INC3,3076.6%
- 7PHANINDRA BORAHIndependent · IND3,1546.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −46.4%
- INC share
- 47.5% → 26.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- — → —