Constituency
52. Gauhati
Community mirrorAssam · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-GAUHATI
AGP 44.3%won by 13.6%INC 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which now leads by 13.6%.
- AGP vote shareAGP went from 16.6% to 44.3% of the vote here (+27.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.0% of the vote between them, up from 41.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.3% to 71.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,70,068
Turnout
71.9%
Valid votes
8,41,590
Margin
1,14,397
13.59%
Candidates
13 contested · winner AGP- 1PRABIN CHANDRA SARMAHAsom Gana Parishad · AGP3,72,83344.3%
- 2BHUBANESWAR KALITAIndian National Congress · INC2,58,43630.7%
- 3HIRANYA KUMAR BHATTACHARYYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,63,47119.4%
- 4ACHYUT KUMAR GOSWAMI THAKURIAIndependent · IND11,4291.4%
- 5PUTUL KELENGIndependent · IND7,7500.9%
- 6BHUBANESWAR BHUYANIndependent · IND6,2290.7%
- 7JIBAN DASAIICT · AIICT5,6490.7%
- 8NAWAZIS ARA BEGUMSamajwadi Party · SP4,3870.5%
- 9PRABIN DASIndependent · IND4,3840.5%
- 10BAPUJI DEKAIndependent · IND2,4020.3%
- 11MANORANJAN BASUMATARIIndependent · IND2,2780.3%
- 12BIJAY KRISHNA GHOSHIndependent · IND1,3900.2%
- 13SUJIT RANJAN CHANDAShiv Sena · SHS9520.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- AGPflipped
- AGP–INC swing
- +20.9%
- AGP share
- 16.6% → 44.3%
- INC share
- 23.8% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- 66.7% → 71.9%