Constituency
97. Dergaon
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-DERGAON
JNP 45.9%won by 20.0%INC 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 20.0%.
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 45.9% of the vote here (+45.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.8% of the vote between them, up from 62.2% — 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
35,177
Margin
7,051
20.04%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1RAMESH DASJanata Party · JNP16,14945.9%
- 2TULSI DASIndian National Congress · INC9,09825.9%
- 3HEM PRAKASH NARAYANIndian National Congress · INC5,77216.4%
- 4BISTURAM DASIndependent · IND1,5974.5%
- 5LAKHEYSWAR DASIndependent · IND1,2523.6%
- 6NILA KANTA HAZARIKAIndependent · IND1,1463.3%
- 7TANKESWAR DASIndependent · IND1630.5%
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
- +49.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 45.9%
- INC share
- 29.1% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —