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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinesh Chandra GoswamiWinner | INC | 1,40,483 | 63.5% |
| 2 | Dhireswar Kalita | CPI | 44,482 | 20.1% |
| 3 | Nandeswar Talukdar | CPM | 15,190 | 6.9% |
| 4 | Ramesh Chandra Chowdhury | NCO | 12,002 | 5.4% |
| 5 | Prof. Achyut Thakuria | IND | 4,913 | 2.2% |
| 6 | Akhil Ranjan Das Gupta | IND | 4,121 | 1.9% |
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