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Constituency

55. Dibrugarh

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-DIBRUGARH

INC 57.0%won by 32.9%SOC 24.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.6% to 32.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 24.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.2% between them, down from 88.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 44.3%.

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

Electorate
3,90,564
Turnout
44.3%
Valid votes
1,72,985
Margin
56,830
32.85%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOC swing
−36.5%
INC share
69.3% 57.0%
SOC share
0.0% 24.2%
Turnout
39.6% 44.3%