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56. Dibrugarh

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-DIBRUGARH

INC 58.8%won by 46.1%CPI 12.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.3% to 46.1%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 12.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.4% of the vote between them, up from 65.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.3% to 46.7%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
4,22,229
Turnout
46.7%
Valid votes
1,97,306
Margin
91,008
46.13%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ROBINDRA NATH KAKOTYIndian National Congress · INC1,15,92158.8%
  2. 2BARIN CHOWDHURYCommunist Party of India · CPI24,91312.6%
  3. 3NIBARAN CHANDRA BORASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP16,5438.4%
  4. 4JOGENDRA NATH HAZARIKANCO · NCO13,7217.0%
  5. 5LUCY GOGOIIndependent · IND11,0105.6%
  6. 6DURGA DUTT LOHIAIndependent · IND9,0054.6%
  7. 7KUSHA DUTTIndependent · IND3,2201.6%
  8. 8RAJEN BAROOAHIndependent · IND2,9731.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+8.0%
INC share
38.2% → 58.8%
CPI share
0.0% → 12.6%
Turnout
51.0% → 46.7%
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