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98. Jorhat

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Assam Assembly Election, 1985

AS-JORHAT

IND 68.6%won by 43.8%INC 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 43.8%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 5.1% to 68.6% of the vote here (+63.5%).
  • Safe seatIndependent won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
63,218
Margin
27,691
43.80%

Candidates

6 contested · winner IND
  1. 1ABHIJIT SARMAHIndependent · IND43,38268.6%
  2. 2DINA NATH RAJKHOWAIndian National Congress · INC15,69124.8%
  3. 3DULAL BARUAHJanata Party · JNP2,8404.5%
  4. 4GIRIN BARUAHIndependent · IND7441.2%
  5. 5RAM KUMAR BARUAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3980.6%
  6. 6PULAK CHANDRA GOGOIIndependent · IND1630.3%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+117.6%
IND share
5.1% → 68.6%
INC share
78.9% → 24.8%
Turnout
— → —
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