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Gauhati West Assembly Constituency is in the Kamrup Metropolitan district and falls under Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency. It bears the assembly constituency number 54.
Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency is spread over Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan and Nalbari districts of Assam. The current MP of Gauhati East Constituency is Queen Oja of BJP. [Also Check - List of Gauhati East Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Polling Booths]
Kamrup Metropolitan is a district in Assam and was created by bifurcating the erstwhile undivided Kamrup district on the 3rd of February, 2003. The district's population is 1,253,938 as per data of 2011 Assam census.
The sitting MLA of Gauhati West Assembly Constituency is Ramendra Narayan Kalita (AGP).
Religious groups/ demography in the constituency:
In Guwahati city, about 84.74% of the population are Hindus, 12.45% of the population are Muslims, 0.96% of the population are Jains and 0.93% of the population are Christians.
|
Religion |
Percentage of Population |
|
Hinduism |
84.74% |
|
Islam |
12.45% |
|
Jainism |
0.96% |
|
Christianity |
0.93% |
Caste and tribes in the constituency:
The Scheduled Caste (SC) ratio is 7.82 and the Scheduled Tribe (ST) ratio is 7.03.
|
Scheduled Caste ratio |
7.82 |
|
Scheduled Tribe ratio |
7.03 |
Male/female electoral distribution:
Gauhati West Assembly Constituency has 253557 electorates, of which 128367 are male and 125190 are female.
|
Total Electorates |
Male |
Female |
|
253557 |
128367 |
125190 |
Sex ratio:
Guwahati city's sex ratio is 940 females per thousand males.
Polling percentage for last three years:
The polling percentage in 2019 Lok Sabha Election was 78.44% and it was 81.12% in the 2016 Assembly Election.
|
Polling percentage in 2019 Lok Sabha Election. |
78.44% |
|
Polling Percentage in 2016 Assembly Election. |
81.12% |
Result of last five election:
|
Year |
Candidate |
Party |
Total Vote |
|
1996 |
Ramendra Narayan Kalita |
AGP |
38786 |
|
2001 |
Hemanta Talukdar |
INC |
36471 |
|
2006 |
Ramendra Narayan Kalita |
AGP |
51785 |
|
2011 |
Hemanta Talukdar |
INC |
54343 |
|
2016 |
Ramendra Narayan Talukdar |
AGP |
132184 |
Percentage vote share of political party in last election:
|
Sl.no. |
Candidate |
Party |
% of votes. |
|
1. |
Ramendra Nath Kalita |
AGP |
64.07% |
|
2. |
Dr Jury Sharma Bordoloi |
INC |
20.49% |
|
3. |
Hemanta Talukdar |
IND |
6.01% |
|
4. |
Pranab Sarmah |
IND |
2.83% |
|
5. |
Deba Kumar Barman |
AITC |
2.07% |
|
6. |
None of the Above |
NOTA |
1.11% |
|
7. |
Jayanta Boro |
IND |
0.86% |
|
8. |
Javed Hussain Tanwar |
TNRMPI |
0.84% |
|
9. |
Iftazur Rahman |
IND |
0.37% |
|
10. |
Subimal Biswas |
BGANP |
0.33% |
|
11. |
Mitan Sarkar |
LJP |
0.3% |
|
12. |
Pulak Ranjan Chakrabarty |
SHS |
0.3% |
|
13. |
Hasnur Ali |
RPP |
0.24% |
|
14. |
Manas Pratim Das |
RAJPA |
0.19% |
Candidates in the last election and result:
|
Candidate |
Party |
|
1. |
Ramendra Nath Kalita |
AGP |
|
2. |
Dr Jury Sharma Bordoloi |
INC |
|
3. |
Hemanta Talukdar |
IND |
|
4. |
Pranab Sarmah |
IND |
|
5. |
Deba Kumar Barman |
AITC |
|
6. |
None of the Above |
NOTA |
|
7. |
Jayanta Boro |
IND |
|
8. |
Javed Hussain Tanwar |
TNRMPI |
|
9. |
Iftazur Rahman |
IND |
|
10. |
Subimal Biswas |
BGANP |
|
11. |
Mitan Sarkar |
LJP |
|
12. |
Pulak Ranjan Chakrabarty |
SHS |
|
13. |
Hasnur Ali |
RPP |
|
14. |
Manas Pratim Das |
RAJPA |
Finally, Ramendra Narayab Kalita of AGP won with 64.07% of votes.