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40. Sorbhog

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Assam Assembly Election, 1983

AS-SORBHOG

CPM 36.7%won by 4.5%IND 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.9% to 4.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.0% between them, down from 85.6% — 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
35,777
Margin
1,607
4.49%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1HEMEN DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,14336.7%
  2. 2SAMSUL HAQUEIndependent · IND11,53632.2%
  3. 3MAHENDRA SAHAIndian National Congress · INC5,78016.2%
  4. 4BIRENDRA BRAHMAPTC · PTC4,21711.8%
  5. 5LAKHI PRASADIndependent · IND6021.7%
  6. 6JOGESWAR BOROIndependent · IND3801.1%
  7. 7ASRAB ALIIndependent · IND1190.3%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–IND swing
−49.9%
CPM share
59.8% → 36.7%
IND share
5.4% → 32.2%
Turnout
— → —
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