Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency

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Gauhati, also spelt Guwahati, is a Lok Sabha constituency in Assam.

Gauhati within the state of Assam

Assembly segments[edit]

Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA
36	Dudhnai	ST	Goalpara	INC	Jadab Swargiary
48	Boko	SC	Kamrup	INC	Nandita Das
49	Chaygaon	None	Kamrup	INC	Rekibuddin Ahmed
50	Palasbari	None	Kamrup	BJP	Hemanga Thakuria
51	Jalukbari	None	Kamrup Metro	BJP	Himanta Biswa Sarma
52	Dispur	None	Kamrup Metro	BJP	Atul Bora Sr.
53	Gauhati East	None	Kamrup Metro	BJP	Sidhharth Bhatacharya
54	Gauhati West	None	Kamrup Metro	AGP	Ramendra Narayan Kalita
55	Hajo	None	Kamrup	BJP	Suman Haripriya
60	Barkhetry	None	Nalbari	INC	Diganta Barman

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Rohini Kumar Chaudhury	Indian National Congress
1956^	Devendra Nath Sarma	Indian National Congress
1957	Hem Barua	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Hem Barua	Praja Socialist Party
1967	Dhireswar Kalita	Communist Party of India
1971	Dinesh Goswami	Indian National Congress
1977	Renuka Devi Barkataki	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1985	Dinesh Goswami	Independent
1989	Elections not held in Assam
1991	Kirip Chaliha	Indian National Congress
1996	Prabin Chandra Sarmah	Asom Gana Parishad
1998	Bhubaneshwar Kalita	Indian National Congress
1999	Bijoya Chakravarty	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Kirip Chaliha	Indian National Congress
2009	Bijoya Chakravarty	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Bijoya Chakravarty
2019	Queen Oja

^ by-poll

Election results[edit]

2019 General Elections[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Gauhati
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Queen Oja	10,08,936	57.20	+6.60
	INC	Bobbeeta Sarma	6,63,330	37.61	+7.90
	IND.	Upamanyu Hazarika	21,193	1.20	+1.20
	AITC	Manoj Sarma	10,141	0.57	+0.03
	IND.	Faruk Ahmed Bhuyan	9,044	0.51	+0.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,466	0.59	+0.15
Majority			3,45,606	19.59	-1.30
Turnout			17,63,950	80.87	+2.23
	BJP hold		Swing	+6.60

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 Lok Sabha Elections[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Gauhati
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bijoya Chakravarty	7,64,985	50.60	+5.86
	INC	Manash Borah	4,49,201	29.71	-13.96
	[[All India United Democratic Front\|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]]	Gopi Nath Das	1,37,254	9.08	+2.47
	[[Asom Gana Parishad\|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	Birendra Prasad Baishya	86,546	5.72	+5.72
	Independent	Benedict Alok Areng	12,432	0.82	+0.82
	AITC	Biju Phukan	8,162	0.54	+0.54
	Independent	Pradip Kalita	7,345	0.49	+0.49
	Regional Democratic Secular Congress	Kazi Nekib Ahmed	6,636	0.44	+0.44
	Independent	Anil Bhagawati	5,782	0.38	+0.38
	AAP	Pranjal Bordoloy	4,809	0.32	+0.32
	Independent	Dr. Faruk Aahammed Bhuyan	3,540	0.23	+0.23
	SP	Bandana Barman Baruah	3,240	0.21	-0.12
	Independent	Dhiraj Medhi	2,845	0.19	+0.19
	Independent	Padmeshwar Phukan	2,629	0.17	+0.17
	Independent	Khargeswar Das	2,532	0.17	+0.17
	Lok Bharati	Gopi Baruah	2,411	0.16	+0.16
	Independent	Ajad Ali	2,385	0.16	+0.16
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,720	0.44	+0.44
Majority			3,15,784	20.89	+19.82
Turnout			15,12,248	78.67	+14.35
	BJP hold		Swing	+5.86

1956 by-election[edit]

In 1956, a bye-election was held. The election was won by the INC candidate Devendra Nath Sarma with 45057 votes, against Hem Barua of Praja Socialist Party with 29112 votes. ^[2]

References[edit]

↑ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
↑ "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

[1] "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

[2] "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

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