Constituency
48. Barpeta
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BARPETA
INC 72.7%won by 47.0%BJS 25.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.2% to 47.0%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.8% to 61.9%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,67,766
Turnout
61.9%
Valid votes
2,89,618
Margin
1,36,120
47.00%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1FAKHRUDDIN ALI AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC2,10,66272.7%
- 2KHANINDRA CHANDRA BARUABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS74,54225.7%
- 3JOGEN BARMANIndependent · IND4,4141.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +26.8%
- INC share
- 60.1% → 72.7%
- BJS share
- 39.9% → 25.7%
- Turnout
- 69.8% → 61.9%