Gauhati East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Gauhati East (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a northeast state of India. Gauhati East is also part of Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. The Gauhati East constituency is the only fully urban Legislative Assembly Constituency of Assam. Located in the heart of the city of Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, the constituency includes areas such as Pan Bazar, Uzan Bazar, Fancy Bazar, Paltan Bazar, etc. which makes it the most prestigious of all the Legislative Assembly Constituencies of Assam.[1][2]

Member of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election results[edit]

2016 results[edit]

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gauhati East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Siddhartha Bhattacharya 1,27,602 78.49 +44.20
INC Bobbeeta Sharma 30,965 19.05 -18.38
NOTA None of the Above 1,288 0.79
Majority 96,637 59.44 +56.30
Turnout 1,62,579 75.09
Registered electors 2,16,521
BJP gain from INC Swing +12.93

2011 results[edit]

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gauhati East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Captain Robin Bordoloi 47,727 37.44
BJP Siddhartha Bhattacharya 43,730 34.30
[[Asom Gana Parishad|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]] Queen Oja 29,644 23.25
CPI Upendra Nath Talukdar 1,795 1.41
AITC Kailash Kanta Sarma 1,318 1.03
NCP Dhiren Deb Adhikari 794 0.62
Independent Bhupen Sarma 607 0.48
Independent Tutu Sarkar 505 0.40
Independent Kaji Nekib Ahmed 419 0.33
Independent Bhupen Boro 353 0.28
SP Umesh Chandra Das 322 0.25
Independent Jayanta Kumar Barua 261 0.20
Majority 3,997 3.14
Turnout 1,27,475 61.08
INC hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Elections in
  2. ↑ ASSAM ELECTIONS 2016 RESULTS

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