Constituency
54. Gauhati West
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1985
AS-GAUHATI-WEST
IND 59.9%won by 38.8%INC 21.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 38.8%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 1.6% to 59.9% of the vote here (+58.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 98.4% — 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
72,043
Margin
27,979
38.84%
Candidates
15 contested · winner IND- 1RAMENDRA NARAYAN KALITAIndependent · IND43,14959.9%
- 2JAI KR. JAINIndian National Congress · INC15,17021.1%
- 3PRANESWAR KALITACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,7638.0%
- 4KALIPADA SENIndependent · IND2,5153.5%
- 5BINAY BASUMATARYIndependent · IND2,2073.1%
- 6DHIRESEAR KALITACommunist Party of India · CPI1,8852.6%
- 7MAHITOSH ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2900.4%
- 8KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND2650.4%
- 9NASSAR AHMEDIndependent · IND1930.3%
- 10ASWINI KR. DASJanata Party · JNP1450.2%
- 11BASANTA BAISHYAICS · ICS1170.2%
- 12FAIZUR RAHMANIndependent · IND1160.2%
- 13DEBANANDA DUTTAIndependent · IND840.1%
- 14SATYA NARAYAN DHIRASHARIAIndependent · IND720.1%
- 15SUSHIL KR. AGARWALAIndependent · IND720.1%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +90.3%
- IND share
- 1.6% → 59.9%
- INC share
- 53.1% → 21.1%
- Turnout
- — → —