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53. Gauhati East

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Assam Assembly Election, 1985

AS-GAUHATI-EAST

IND 58.0%won by 23.9%INC 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 23.9%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 9.4% to 58.0% of the vote here (+48.6%).
  • Multi-cornered3 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
79,170
Margin
18,901
23.87%

Candidates

10 contested · winner IND
  1. 1BIRAJ KUMAR SARMAIndependent · IND45,94158.0%
  2. 2PHANI SARMAIndian National Congress · INC27,04034.2%
  3. 3LATISH CH. RABHAIndependent · IND4,4705.6%
  4. 4BHASKAR SARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP8341.1%
  5. 5PROMOD BARMANJanata Party · JNP2940.4%
  6. 6SYED MAHEDI ALAM BORAIndependent · IND1480.2%
  7. 7DILIP CHAKRAVORTYIndependent · IND1450.2%
  8. 8TAFIQUL HUSSAINIndependent · IND1340.2%
  9. 9ABU SADEK MOHD. YASINIndependent · IND880.1%
  10. 10ASHOK KUMAR JAINIndependent · IND760.1%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+73.7%
IND share
9.4% → 58.0%
INC share
59.3% → 34.2%
Turnout
— → —
52. Dispur54. Gauhati West
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