Constituency
43. Cachar
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-CACHAR
INC 45.7%won by 23.7%IND 22.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.4% to 23.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.8% to 42.4%.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,62,862
Turnout
42.4%
Valid votes
1,96,152
Margin
46,510
23.71%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1J. CHANDAIndian National Congress · INC89,71345.7%
- 2A. F. G. OSMANIIndependent · IND43,20322.0%
- 3J. N. CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND37,92819.3%
- 4C. L. CHAMARIAIndependent · IND25,30812.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +15.3%
- INC share
- 36.8% → 45.7%
- IND share
- 28.4% → 22.0%
- Turnout
- 51.2% → 42.4%