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40. Dibrugarh

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-DIBRUGARH

INC 69.3%won by 50.6%PSP 18.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−12.3%
INC share
62.9% 69.3%
PSP share
0.0% 18.7%
Turnout
42.8% 39.6%