Elections Archive

GEN · Assam

Gauhati

Dinesh Chandra Goswami (INC) won by 96,001 votes (43.4%).

Electors
4,29,982
Votes polled
2,31,908
Valid votes
2,21,191
Turnout
53.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 43.4% (median 21.5%). Back to Assam · 1971 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2014
Margin · 2019
19.7%(-1.3%)
Turnout
91.4%(+12.7%)
NOTA
0.6%
Top-2 squeeze
95.4%

Winning margin over time · Gauhati

19521957196219671971197719841991199619981999200420092014201943%

Candidates

Candidates · Gauhati 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dinesh Chandra GoswamiWinnerINC1,40,48363.5%
2Dhireswar KalitaCPI44,48220.1%
3Nandeswar TalukdarCPM15,1906.9%
4Ramesh Chandra ChowdhuryNCO12,0025.4%
5Prof. Achyut ThakuriaIND4,9132.2%
6Akhil Ranjan Das GuptaIND4,1211.9%

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