Constituency
55. Nowgong
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-NOWGONG
INC 57.2%won by 17.6%BLD 39.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.4% to 17.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 39.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 79.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,77,927
Turnout
53.4%
Valid votes
3,08,769
Margin
54,219
17.56%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DEV KANTA BOROOAHIndian National Congress · INC1,76,60557.2%
- 2INDRESWAR GOSWAMIBLD · BLD1,22,38639.6%
- 3IFTIKHAR IBNE MANSURIndependent · IND9,7783.2%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BLD swing
- −40.5%
- INC share
- 58.1% → 57.2%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 39.6%
- Turnout
- 52.6% → 53.4%