Constituency
85. Rupohihat
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-RUPOHIHAT
INC 69.6%won by 43.9%JNP 25.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 47.9% to 43.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.3% of the vote between them, up from 89.2% — 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
42,976
Margin
18,851
43.86%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1MOHAMMAD IDRISIndian National Congress · INC29,90969.6%
- 2KASEM ALIJanata Party · JNP11,05825.7%
- 3LAKMAN HEKIMIndian National Congress · INC2,0094.7%
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
- −24.7%
- INC share
- 68.5% → 69.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 25.7%
- Turnout
- — → —