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Constituency

116. Dibrugarh

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Assam Assembly Election, 1985

AS-DIBRUGARH

INC 44.9%won by 7.5%IND 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 87.2% to 7.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 47.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from ICS (ICS) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.2% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
53,714
Margin
4,055
7.55%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−82.2%
INC share
92.0% 44.9%
IND share
2.2% 37.3%
Turnout