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44. Cachar

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-CACHAR

INC 36.8%won by 8.4%IND 28.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.7% to 8.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 51.2%.

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

Electorate
3,83,045
Turnout
51.2%
Valid votes
1,96,100
Margin
16,440
8.38%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−3.3%
INC share
55.9% 36.8%
IND share
44.1% 28.4%
Turnout
53.9% 51.2%