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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1962

Silchar East

Assembly constituency 13 (GEN) · Assam

State boardAssam 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#13 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants2
Electors53,305
Votes polled39,098
Turnout73.4%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerMoinul Haque ChowdhuryIndian National Congress23,05059.0% of votes
MARGIN7,002 votes · 17.9 pp23,050 − 16,048
Runner-upJitendra Nath Chowdhury Independent16,04841.1% of votes
INC 59.0% of top-two votesIND 41.0%

All candidates 2

  1. 01 Moinul Haque ChowdhuryINC23,050 59.0%
  2. 02 Jitendra Nath ChowdhuryIND16,048 41.1%

Turnout 73.4%

025507510073.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 48.9%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 105 seats, 196248.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 39,098Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    27.1 pp
    Pabitra RabhaBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    10.4 pp
    Kaushik RaiBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    22.6 pp
    Rajdeep GoalaIndian National Congress
  4. 2014
    10.5 pp
    Rajdeep GoalaIndian National Congress
  5. 2011
    31.8 pp
    Dinesh Prasad GoalaIndian National Congress
  6. 2006
    32.0 pp
    Dinesh Prasad GoalaIndian National Congress
  7. 2001
    11.9 pp
    Dinesh Prasad GoalaIndian National Congress
  8. 1996
    28.0 pp
    Dinesh Prosad GoalaIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    6.3 pp
    Dinesh Prasad GoalaIndian National Congress
  10. 1985
    11.4 pp
    Dinesh Prasad GoalaIndian National Congress
  11. 1983
    1.9 pp
    Dinesh Prasad GoalaIndependent
  12. 1978
    3.3 pp
    Kazi Kutub Uddin AhmedIndependent
  13. 1972
    62.3 pp
    D. C. PurkayasthaIndian National Congress
  14. 1970
    14.2 pp
    S.P.BaindyaNCJ
  15. 1967
    3.5 pp
    J.M. BarbhuiyaIndependent
  16. 1962
    17.9 pp
    Moinul Haque ChowdhuryIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 62.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Turnout of 73.4% was 24.5 pp above the state's median seat (48.9%).

    73.4 − 48.9 = +24.5

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines39,098
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled39,098
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1962 · Assam · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 105 seats on the Assam Vidhan Sabha 1962 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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