Constituency
59. Lakhimpur
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-LAKHIMPUR
INC 59.1%won by 23.7%BLD 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.0% to 23.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.4% of the vote between them, up from 64.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 49.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,55,812
Turnout
49.6%
Valid votes
2,75,575
Margin
65,232
23.67%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1LALIT KUMAR DOLEYIndian National Congress · INC1,62,75059.1%
- 2MOHANANDA BORABLD · BLD97,51835.4%
- 3ABHIRAM SANGAIndependent · IND12,6274.6%
- 4LUCY GOGOIIndependent · IND2,6801.0%
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
- −19.0%
- INC share
- 42.7% → 59.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- 46.9% → 49.6%