Gauhati East Assembly constituency

Gauhati
Constituency No. 53 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Kamrup Metropolitan
LS constituency	Gauhati
Established	1967
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

Gauhati East Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a northeast state of India. Gauhati East is also part of Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. The Gauhati East constituency is 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 includes areas such as Pan Bazar, Uzan Bazar, Fancy Bazar, Paltan Bazar, etc. which makes it the most prestigious of all the Legislative Assembly Constituencies of Assam.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1967: Mahendra Mohan Choudhry, Indian National Congress
• 1973: Atul Chandrasaikia, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Ajoy Kumar Dutta, Janata Party
• 1983: Munin Sarmah, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Biraj Kumar Sarma, Asom Gana Parishad.
• 1991: Chitta Ranjan Patowari, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Biraj Kumar Sarma, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2001: Pankaj Bora, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Robin Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
• 2011: Robin Bordoloi, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election	Name	Party
2021	Siddhartha Bhattacharya		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gauhati East

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

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gauhati East

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

• Gauhati
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

External links

• "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.