Constituency
54. Gauhati West
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-GAUHATI-WEST
JNP 27.0%won by 1.6%CPM 25.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 1.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 27.0% of the vote here (+27.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.4% between them, down from 91.0% — the field split more ways.
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
38,315
Margin
596
1.56%
Candidates
15 contested · winner JNP- 1KIRAN CHANDRA BEZBARUAJanata Party · JNP10,33827.0%
- 2UDDHAB BARMANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,74225.4%
- 3BASANTA BAISHYAIndian National Congress · INC4,85112.7%
- 4GOBINDA KALITACommunist Party of India · CPI4,51511.8%
- 5SOHRAB ALIIndependent · IND1,8854.9%
- 6NABA KUMAR RABHAIndian National Congress · INC1,8534.8%
- 7BISWANATH HARLALKAIndependent · IND1,6104.2%
- 8GOLAP SARMAHIndependent · IND9302.4%
- 9MARMESWAR DASIndependent · IND7411.9%
- 10UKHESWAR KATAKIIndependent · IND5711.5%
- 11BIREN KALITAIndependent · IND4581.2%
- 12GIRIN BARUAHIndependent · IND3911.0%
- 13NAGARMAL GUPTAIndependent · IND1880.5%
- 14MD. SONA HAZARIKAIndependent · IND1260.3%
- 15BYOMKESH BASUIndependent · IND1160.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPM swing
- +6.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.0%
- CPM share
- 4.6% → 25.4%
- Turnout
- — → —