Constituency
52. Gauhati
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-GAUHATI
BLD 52.5%won by 12.8%INC 39.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 12.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 52.5% of the vote here (+52.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.2% of the vote between them, up from 83.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,53,272
Turnout
51.4%
Valid votes
2,84,205
Margin
36,440
12.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1RENUKA DEVI BARKTAKIBLD · BLD1,49,25552.5%
- 2DINESH CHANDRA GOSWAMIIndian National Congress · INC1,12,81539.7%
- 3DHIRESWAR KALITACommunist Party of India · CPI22,1357.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +76.3%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 52.5%
- INC share
- 63.5% → 39.7%
- Turnout
- 51.4% → 51.4%