Constituency
106. Sonari
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-SONARI
INC 27.3%won by 0.5%JNP 26.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.5% to 27.3% of the vote here (−5.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.1% between them, down from 79.2% — 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
38,132
Margin
207
0.54%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SATYA TATIIndian National Congress · INC10,42227.3%
- 2JANAKINATH HONDIQUEJanata Party · JNP10,21526.8%
- 3HEMAKANTA DASUMATARIIndependent · IND7,39419.4%
- 4NARAD KUMARIndian National Congress · INC4,99413.1%
- 5PROMODEIndependent · IND3,3378.8%
- 6BIMAN CHANDRA BORGOHAINIndependent · IND7271.9%
- 7STEN BARUAHRCI · RCI6971.8%
- 8NAZRUL HUSSAINIndependent · IND3460.9%
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
- −32.0%
- INC share
- 32.5% → 27.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.8%
- Turnout
- — → —