About Gauhati East Assembly Constituency
Gauhati East is constituency No. 53 of Assam legislative assembly. It is situated in Kamrup Metropolitan district and comes under Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency. According to the Election Commission of India, this constituency has 2,25,828 registered voters. It comprises 1,19,086 male and 1,06,742 female registered voters.
In the 2011 Assembly elections, the Congress defeated BJP by a margin of 3,997 votes to clinch this seat. Robin Bordoloi, the winning candidate, got 47,727 votes. BJP candidate Siddhartha Bhattacharya emerged the runner-up with 43,730 votes. The voter turnout was 56.45 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Gauhati East Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Gauhati East assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender |
Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2021 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Sidhhartha Bhattacharya | M | BJP | 113461 | Ashima Bardoloi | F | INC | 29361 |
| 2016 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Sidhharth Bhattacharya | M | BJP | 127602 | Bobbeeta Sharma | F | INC | 30965 |
| 2011 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Capt. Robin Bordoloi. | M | INC | 47727 | Siddhartha Bhattacharya. | M | BJP | 43730 |
| 2006 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Captain Robin Bordoloi | M | INC | 33837 | Ramen Deka | M | BJP | 31686 |
| 2001 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Pankaj Bora | M | INC | 47713 | Biraj Kumar Sarma | M | AGP | 31766 |
| 1996 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Biraj Kumar Sarma | M | AGP | 39694 | Naren Sarma | M | INC | 23093 |
| 1991 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Chitta Ranjan Patowari | M | INC | 18123 | Pankaj Bora | M | ICS(SCS) | 9668 |
| 1985 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Biraj Kumar Sarma | M | IND | 45941 | Phani Sarma | M | INC | 27040 |
| 1983 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Munin Sarmah | M | INC | 687 | Dhruba Narayan Barua | M | ICS | 363 |
| 1978 | 53 | Gauhati East | GEN | Ajoy Kumar Dutta | M | JNP | 14702 | Nandeswar Talukdar | M | CPM | 12203 |
| 1972 | 58 | Gauhati East | GEN | Atul Chandrasaikia | M | INC | 13840 | Dhireswar Kalika | M | CPI | 6596 |
| 1967 | 58 | Gauhati East | GEN | M.M. Choudhury | M | INC | 15056 | N. Talukdar | M | CPM | 7335 |
Last Updated on August 05, 2021