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Assam Assembly Election, 1972

114 seats · vs 1967 (125-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Assam Assembly Election, 1972 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 95 seatsIndependent — 10 seatsSOP — 4 seatsCommunist Party of India — 3 seatsPTC — 1 seatSwatantra Party — 1 seat58114of 114 seats
  • INC95
  • IND10
  • SOP4
  • CPI3
  • PTC1
  • SWA1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress9583%19,76,20953.2%112
INDIndependent109%11,04,97729.7%253
SOPSOP44%2,14,3425.8%38
CPICommunist Party of India33%2,09,5505.6%28
PTCPTC11%62,1081.7%6
SWASwatantra Party11%21,6630.6%1
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%96,0972.6%20

+ 3 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Assam Assembly Election, 1972 · winner by seat

126 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 58

1972 · selected
Majority 58
INC95IND10SOP4CPI3PTC1SWA1
1967 · previous
Majority 63

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1972

1967 1972· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
43.6
53.2
32.3
29.7
0.0
5.8
5.1
5.6
3.5
0.0
6.9
0.0
3.3
0.0
INCINDSOPCPIAHLPSPSSP

Seat change

1972 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
73 → 95
+22
IND
25 → 10
−15
SOP
0 → 4
+4
CPI
7 → 3
−4
PTC
0 → 1
+1
SWA
2 → 1
−1
AHL
9 → 0
−9
PSP
5 → 0
−5
SSP
4 → 0
−4

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1972

share lostshare gained
INC
43.6% → 53.2%
+9.6%
SOP
0.0% → 5.8%
+5.8%
PTC
0.0% → 1.7%
+1.7%
CPM
2.0% → 2.6%
+0.6%
CPI
5.1% → 5.6%
+0.5%
NCO
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
SWA
1.5% → 0.6%
−0.9%
BJS
1.8% → 0.3%
−1.6%
IND
32.3% → 29.7%
−2.6%
SSP
3.3% → 0.0%
−3.3%

Biggest INC–IND swings

Seats where the INC-vs-IND vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1972. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − IND share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward IND.

toward INDtoward INC
Naoboicha
+71.7%
Baghbar
+71.3%
Gauripur
+70.8%
Bongaigaon
+67.1%
Silchar
+66.8%
Haflong
−65.2%
Sonari
−64.9%
Mangaldoi
+64.7%
Dhubri
+64.0%
Panery
+63.5%
Udharband
−61.2%
Sarukhetri
+60.2%

Closest races · 1972

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1972

114 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967