Constituency
87. Barhampur
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-BARHAMPUR
JNP 48.1%won by 28.1%INC 20.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 28.1%.
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 48.1% of the vote here (+48.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.2% between them, down from 90.7% — 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
41,260
Margin
11,574
28.05%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1LAKESHWAR GOHAINJanata Party · JNP19,84848.1%
- 2DEBENDRA NATH BORAIndian National Congress · INC8,27420.1%
- 3KEHORAM HAZARIKACommunist Party of India · CPI6,24815.1%
- 4GURU CHARAN BHUMIJIndependent · IND3,4748.4%
- 5ANIL SARMAIndependent · IND1,6974.1%
- 6BALIN HAZARIKAIndian National Congress · INC1,0932.6%
- 7LAKHIPROVA KALITAIndependent · IND6261.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +71.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 48.1%
- INC share
- 43.7% → 20.1%
- Turnout
- — → —