Constituency
49. Gauhati
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-GAUHATI
CPI 34.5%won by 0.6%INC 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 0.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 12.2% to 34.5% of the vote here (+22.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.4% between them, down from 87.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.9% to 63.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,12,702
Turnout
63.3%
Valid votes
2,61,339
Margin
1,550
0.59%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1D. KALITACommunist Party of India · CPI90,20834.5%
- 2R. D. BARKATAKIIndian National Congress · INC88,65833.9%
- 3A. R. D. GUPTAIndependent · IND35,85413.7%
- 4B. R. DASIndependent · IND22,0868.5%
- 5A. K. THAKURIAIndependent · IND12,3064.7%
- 6M. R. BOROIndependent · IND12,2274.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +26.4%
- CPI share
- 12.2% → 34.5%
- INC share
- 37.9% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- 57.4% → 63.3%