Constituency
56. Dibrugarh
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-DIBRUGARH
INC 38.2%won by 11.3%SSP 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.9% to 11.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.1% between them, down from 81.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.7% to 51.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,99,041
Turnout
51.0%
Valid votes
2,03,497
Margin
22,897
11.25%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1J. N. HAZARIKAIndian National Congress · INC77,65738.2%
- 2A. K. SARMASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP54,76026.9%
- 3D. D. LOHIAIndependent · IND41,19020.2%
- 4B. PHUKANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS22,72111.2%
- 5K. B. DASIndependent · IND7,1693.5%
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–SSP swing
- −45.8%
- INC share
- 57.0% → 38.2%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- 44.3% → 51.0%