Constituency
55. Lakhimpur
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-LAKHIMPUR
INC 42.7%won by 21.0%IND 21.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.6% to 21.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.5% between them, down from 75.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.0% to 46.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,44,779
Turnout
46.9%
Valid votes
2,08,553
Margin
43,712
20.96%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1BISWANARAYAN SHASTRIIndian National Congress · INC89,07042.7%
- 2KHAGENDRA NATH SAIKIAIndependent · IND45,35821.7%
- 3BIRASON DOLEYIndependent · IND28,02313.4%
- 4BHOGESWAR DUTTACommunist Party of India · CPI24,61111.8%
- 5P. M. SARWANIndependent · IND14,4586.9%
- 6PADMA BIKASH BORGOHAINSwatantra Party · SWA7,0333.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −19.2%
- INC share
- 50.9% → 42.7%
- IND share
- 10.7% → 21.7%
- Turnout
- 50.9% → 46.9%