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53. Gauhati East

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Assam · Assam Assembly Election, 2016

AS-GAUHATI-EAST

BJP 78.5%won by 59.4%INC 19.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 59.4%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 34.3% to 78.5% of the vote here (+44.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 71.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 18.6% to 75.1%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,16,521
Turnout
75.1%
Valid votes
1,62,579
Margin
96,637
59.44%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPINC swing
+62.6%
BJP share
34.3% 78.5%
INC share
37.4% 19.0%
Turnout
56.5% 75.1%