Who won Bhabanipur in the 1967 Assembly election?

D. CHOUDHURY of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Bhabanipur in the 1967 Assembly election with 12,865 votes (43.8% vote share), a margin of 4,287 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

48. Bhabanipur

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Assam Assembly Election, 1967

AS-BHABANIPUR

INC 43.8%won by 14.6%IND 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.3% to 14.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.0% of the vote between them, up from 65.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

29,362

Margin

4,287

14.60%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC

1D. CHOUDHURY Indian National Congress · INC12,86543.8%
2G. BARO Independent · IND8,57829.2%
3D.C.S. SMRITITIRTHA Independent · IND6,18421.1%
4G. DAS Praja Socialist Party · PSP1,7355.9%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–IND swing: −1.7%
INC share: 40.7% → 43.8%
IND share: 24.4% → 29.2%
Turnout: — → —

47. Sorbhog 49. Patacharkuchi

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