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106. Sonari

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Assam Assembly Election, 1985

AS-SONARI

IND 39.3%won by 0.5%INC 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 0.5%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 16.5% to 39.3% of the vote here (+22.8%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 265 votes (0.46%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
57,041
Margin
265
0.46%

Candidates

11 contested · winner IND
  1. 1BHADRESWAR BURA GOHAINIndependent · IND22,42439.3%
  2. 2SATYA TANTIIndian National Congress · INC22,15938.8%
  3. 3DINESH HANSDAHIndependent · IND3,2405.7%
  4. 4GOPAL CH. BAGHIndependent · IND3,1915.6%
  5. 5DADHI PHUKONCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,5524.5%
  6. 6ALTAB HUSSAINIndependent · IND1,0341.8%
  7. 7ANANTA PHUKONIndependent · IND8721.5%
  8. 8BIMOLA PD. PHUKONJanata Party · JNP7611.3%
  9. 9DEBA PHUKONIndependent · IND5180.9%
  10. 10NAZRUL HUSSAINIndependent · IND1690.3%
  11. 11DEBA KANTA BURAGOHAINIndependent · IND1210.2%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+49.0%
IND share
16.5% → 39.3%
INC share
65.1% → 38.8%
Turnout
— → —
105. Mahmara107. Thowra
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