Constituency
116. Dibrugarh
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-DIBRUGARH
JNP 57.8%won by 31.4%INC 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 31.4%.
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 57.8% of the vote here (+57.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.3% between them, down from 93.4% — 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
38,040
Margin
11,930
31.36%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1KESHAB CHANDRA GOGOIJanata Party · JNP22,00357.8%
- 2LAKSHI PRASAD DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC10,07326.5%
- 3ATUL BORGOHAINIndependent · IND1,7044.5%
- 4BINANDA BORUAIndian National Congress · INC1,7004.5%
- 5ANIL KAUNDAIndependent · IND1,0712.8%
- 6SUREN BORGOHAINIndependent · IND6701.8%
- 7IKBAL AHMEDIndependent · IND4961.3%
- 8RAHMAT ALIIndependent · IND1760.5%
- 9K. K. RATNAMIndependent · IND1470.4%
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–INC swing
- +113.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 57.8%
- INC share
- 82.3% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- — → —