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Assam · PC 7 · 1971
Gauhati
Winner — Lok Sabha 1971
DINESH CHANDRA GOSWAMI
INC· INC
INC 63.5%CPI 20.1%4 others 16.4%
Votes
1,40,483
63.5% share
Winning margin
96,001
43.4% of votes
Total votes cast
2,21,191
Candidates
6
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DINESH CHANDRA GOSWAMI | INC | 1,40,483 | 63.5% |
| 2 | DHIRESWAR KALITA | Left | 44,482 | 20.1% |
| 3 | NANDESWAR TALUKDAR | Left | 15,190 | 6.9% |
| 4 | RAMESH CHANDRA CHOWDHURY | 12,002 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | PROF. ACHYUT THAKURIA | IND | 4,913 | 2.2% |
| 6 | AKHIL RANJAN DAS GUPTA | IND | 4,121 | 1.9% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (6th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean43.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 0.6% · max 43.4%
How contested is turnout?
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81%
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6th of 14How crowded is the field?
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2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 14How much NOTA?
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0.3%
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14th of 14How often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 63.5%CPI 20.1%CPM 6.9%NCO 5.4%OTH 4.1%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis seat number was reused from 2024. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2024, so they are not shown for earlier elections.