Constituency
53. Gauhati East
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1996
AS-GAUHATI-EAST
AGP 46.3%won by 19.4%INC 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which now leads by 19.4%.
- AGP vote shareAGP went from 13.0% to 46.3% of the vote here (+33.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.2% of the vote between them, up from 43.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
85,759
Margin
16,601
19.36%
Candidates
16 contested · winner AGP- 1BIRAJ KUMAR SARMAAsom Gana Parishad · AGP39,69446.3%
- 2NAREN SARMAIndian National Congress · INC23,09326.9%
- 3PARBATI PRASAD GOSWAMIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP20,66824.1%
- 4CHITTARANJAN PATWARIIndependent · IND4850.6%
- 5JAKIR HUSSAIN KHANDAKARAIICT · AIICT3200.4%
- 6LABANYA BHAGABATIIndependent · IND2440.3%
- 7MAHABIR SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP2030.2%
- 8JUGAL KISHORE PANDEYJanahitha Paksha · JP2000.2%
- 9BISHESWAR DEKAIndependent · IND1910.2%
- 10JATIN DASIndependent · IND1710.2%
- 11NIZAMUL HAQUEIndependent · IND1390.2%
- 12BHUPEN SARMAIndependent · IND1100.1%
- 13ISMAT CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND1010.1%
- 14RAJANI KANTA PHUKANIndependent · IND650.1%
- 15KRISHNA TEWARIIndependent · IND460.1%
- 16PRADIP KUMAR SUTRADHARIndependent · IND290.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- AGPflipped
- AGP–INC swing
- +34.8%
- AGP share
- 13.0% → 46.3%
- INC share
- 28.5% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —