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Assam · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1996

Gauhati West

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Winner — 1996

RAMENDRA NARAYAN KALITA
AGP· United Front
AGP 44.4%INC 29.0%11 others 26.6%
Votes
38,786
44.4% share
Winning margin
13,454
15.4% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
67.6%
of 1,29,152

Gauhati West is a safe seat — RAMENDRA NARAYAN KALITA won by 15.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMENDRA NARAYAN KALITA
AGP
United Front
38,78644.4%
2
HEMANTA TALUKDAR
INC
INC
25,33229.0%
3
MONOJ PHUKAN
BJP
BJP
16,08518.4%
4
RAM KUMAR DAS
IND
3,5634.1%
5
JAYANTA BORO
IND
1,5041.7%
6
TARINI BORO
AIIC(T)
4580.5%
7
NOOR HUSSAIN
IND
4000.5%
8
BIPUL BORO
IND
3480.4%
9
MANIK BHATTACHARJEE
UMFA
2190.3%
10
HARIDAS SHAH
SP
United Front
2180.3%
11
DHIREN INGTI
IND
1880.2%
12
SUJIT RANJAN CHANDA
IND
1710.2%
13
SATYA NARAYAN DHIRACHARIA
IND
580.1%

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

Average turnout (61st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.1% · min 1.6% · max 43.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
61st of 126

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
111th of 126

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
72nd of 126

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AGP 44.4%INC 29.0%BJP 18.4%OTH 8.2%

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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