Constituency
98. Jorhat
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-JORHAT
JNP 53.9%won by 35.1%CPM 18.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 35.1%.
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 53.9% of the vote here (+53.9%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 18.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 89.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
41,816
Margin
14,693
35.14%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1DULAL CHANDRA BARUAHJanata Party · JNP22,53053.9%
- 2DILIP BHATTACHARYYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,83718.7%
- 3NIRMAL GOSWAMIIndian National Congress · INC7,66318.3%
- 4KUSHRAM SARMAHIndian National Congress · INC2,9167.0%
- 5NABIN CHANDRA BORAIndependent · IND3890.9%
- 6JITENJIT BARUAHIndependent · IND2620.6%
- 7SHRIMANTA MADHABIndependent · IND2190.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPM swing
- +35.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 18.7%
- Turnout
- — → —