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Assam · Assembly Constituency 45 · 1962
Gauhati
Winner — 1962
DEBENDRA NATH SARMA
INC· INC
INC 39.1%CPI 23.8%7 others 37.0%
Votes
14,047
39.1% share
Winning margin
5,487
15.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
54.7%
of 65,671
Gauhati is a safe seat — DEBENDRA NATH SARMA won by 15.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEBENDRA NATH SARMA | INC | 14,047 | 39.1% |
| 2 | GAURI SANKAR BHATTACHARIYA | Left | 8,560 | 23.8% |
| 3 | KALIPADA SEN | IND | 5,851 | 16.3% |
| 4 | KANAK CHANDRA BARUA | Praja Socialist Party | 3,343 | 9.3% |
| 5 | SUSHIL GUHA | IND | 1,438 | 4.0% |
| 6 | SANKARLAL SARMA | 1,387 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | SARBANANDA BARO | IND | 764 | 2.1% |
| 8 | MD. KALIMUDDIN | IND | 371 | 1.0% |
| 9 | HITESWAR GOGOI | IND | 143 | 0.4% |
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.
Average turnout (88th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe15.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.7% · min 0.7% · max 43.3%
How contested is turnout?
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83%
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88th of 126How crowded is the field?
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3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
7th of 126How much NOTA?
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1.4%
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46th of 126Where does the house stand?
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105 seats · 53 majority
How did the vote split?
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3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.1%CPI 23.8%IND 16.3%PSP 9.3%OTH 11.4%
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.