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Assam · Assembly Constituency 78 · 2016
Gahpur
Winner — 2016
UTPAL BORAH
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 58.3%INC 38.5%4 others 3.2%
Votes
85,424
58.3% share
Winning margin
28,935
19.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
85.6%
of 1,71,284
Gahpur is a safe seat — UTPAL BORAH won by 19.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTPAL BORAH | NDA (NDA) | 85,424 | 58.3% |
| 2 | MONIKA BORA | UPA | 56,489 | 38.5% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,621 | 1.1% |
| 4 | HALAN PURTTI | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,189 | 0.8% |
| 5 | SABIR NARZARY | IND | 967 | 0.7% |
| 6 | DEBEN SAIKIA | IND | 928 | 0.6% |
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.
Low turnout (113th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe19.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.9% · min 2.8% · max 53.8%
How contested is turnout?
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80%
lowerhigher
113th of 126How crowded is the field?
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2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.8%
lowerhigher
95th of 126Where does the house stand?
SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 58.3%INC 38.5%OTH 2.1%NOTA 1.1%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis 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.