Constituency
52. Nowgong
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-NOWGONG
INC 41.0%won by 10.4%IND 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.8% to 10.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.5% between them, down from 89.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,71,350
Turnout
50.7%
Valid votes
2,39,138
Margin
24,975
10.44%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1LILADHAR KOTOKIIndian National Congress · INC97,94241.0%
- 2SUKDEV GOSWAMIIndependent · IND72,96730.5%
- 3BINOY BHUSAN SIRCARIndependent · IND38,08015.9%
- 4MAHMAD LALSOC · SOC30,14912.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −23.3%
- INC share
- 61.7% → 41.0%
- IND share
- 28.0% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- 49.1% → 50.7%