Constituency
113. Dhemaji
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-DHEMAJI
IND 22.8%won by 1.5%CPM 21.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 1.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 6.0% to 22.8% of the vote here (+16.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 44.1% between them, down from 86.8% — 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
55,342
Margin
804
1.45%
Candidates
10 contested · winner IND- 1PURNA CHANDRA BORAIndependent · IND12,60822.8%
- 2UPENDRA NATH PANGINGCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,80421.3%
- 3KESHAB CHANDRA SONOWALCommunist Party of India · CPI11,58620.9%
- 4BOLIN KULIIndian National Congress · INC6,92112.5%
- 5DIMBESWAR SAIKIAPTC · PTC4,3177.8%
- 6BORGORAM DEORIIndian National Congress · INC3,5596.4%
- 7DINA SAIKIAIndependent · IND2,4014.3%
- 8KUMAL CHANDRA MISONGIndependent · IND1,4102.5%
- 9LAMBODAR NARAHIndependent · IND4120.7%
- 10KAKESWAR KARDONGIndependent · IND3240.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–CPM swing
- +0.1%
- IND share
- 6.0% → 22.8%
- CPM share
- 4.7% → 21.3%
- Turnout
- — → —