| Gauhati East | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency No. 53 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Kamrup Metropolitan |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Gauhati |
| Established | 1967 |
| Abolished | 2023 |
| Reservation | None |
Gauhati East Assembly constituency was one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a northeast state of India. Gauhati East was also part of Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. The Gauhati East constituency was 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 included areas such as Pan Bazar, Uzan Bazar, Fancy Bazar, Paltan Bazar, etc. which made it the most prestigious of all the Legislative Assembly Constituencies of Assam.
This constituency was abolished in 2023.[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Mahendra Mohan Choudhry | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Atul Chandrasaikia | ||
| 1978 | Ajoy Kumar Dutta | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Munin Sarmah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Biraj Kumar Sarma | Independent | |
| 1991 | Chitta Ranjan Patowari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Biraj Kumar Sarma | Asom Gana Parishad | |
| 2001 | Pankaj Bora | Indian National Congress | |
| 2006 | Robin Bordoloi | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Siddhartha Bhattacharya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2021 | |||
| Constituency abolished | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2016[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Siddhartha Bhattacharya | 127,602 | 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[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Captain Robin Bordoloi | 47,727 | 37.44 | ||
| BJP | Siddhartha Bhattacharya | 43,730 | 34.30 | ||
| AGP | 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 | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies of State of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.