Constituency
40. Dibrugarh
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-DIBRUGARH
INC 69.3%won by 50.6%PSP 18.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 47.5% to 50.6%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 18.7% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 39.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,46,534
Turnout
39.6%
Valid votes
1,37,398
Margin
69,526
50.60%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1HAZARIKA, JOGENDRA NATHIndian National Congress · INC95,23869.3%
- 2BORA, NIBARON CHANDRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP25,71218.7%
- 3UPADHAYA, DHARMANANDAIndependent · IND16,44812.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −12.3%
- INC share
- 62.9% → 69.3%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 18.7%
- Turnout
- 42.8% → 39.6%