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Assam · Assembly Constituency 53 · 1996

Gauhati East

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Winner — 1996

BIRAJ KUMAR SARMA
AGP· United Front
AGP 46.3%INC 26.9%14 others 26.8%
Votes
39,694
46.3% share
Winning margin
16,601
19.4% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
58.9%
of 1,45,702

Gauhati East is a safe seat — BIRAJ KUMAR SARMA won by 19.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIRAJ KUMAR SARMA
AGP
United Front
39,69446.3%
2
NAREN SARMA
INC
INC
23,09326.9%
3
PARBATI PRASAD GOSWAMI
BJP
BJP
20,66824.1%
4
CHITTARANJAN PATWARI
IND
4850.6%
5
JAKIR HUSSAIN KHANDAKAR
AIIC(T)
3200.4%
6
LABANYA BHAGABATI
IND
2440.3%
7
MAHABIR SINGH
SP
United Front
2030.2%
8
JUGAL KISHORE PANDEY
JP
2000.2%
9
BISHESWAR DEKA
IND
1910.2%
10
JATIN DAS
IND
1710.2%
11
NIZAMUL HAQUE
IND
1390.2%
12
BHUPEN SARMA
IND
1100.1%
13
ISMAT CHOUDHURY
IND
1010.1%
14
RAJANI KANTA PHUKAN
IND
650.1%
15
KRISHNA TEWARI
IND
460.1%
16
PRADIP KUMAR SUTRADHAR
IND
290.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (9th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.8% · min 2.1% · max 59.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
9th of 126

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 126

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
117th of 126

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 46.3%INC 26.9%BJP 24.1%OTH 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This seat number was reused from 2026. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2026, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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