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Constituency

55. Lakhimpur

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-LAKHIMPUR

INC 42.7%won by 21.0%IND 21.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−19.2%
INC share
50.9% 42.7%
IND share
10.7% 21.7%
Turnout
50.9% 46.9%