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Gauhati, Assam — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Gauhati (Assam) was won by Queen Oja (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 345,606 votes over Bobbeeta Sharma. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Gauhati, Assam, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1951 Rohini Kumar Chaudhury Indian National Congress 96,122 47.4% Lakshya Dhar Chaudhury (Samajwadi Party) 23,569 (11.6 pts)
1957 Barua, Hem Praja Socialist Party 143,497 59.8% Sarma, Devendra Nath (Indian National Congress) 46,873 (19.5 pts)
1962 Hem Borua Praja Socialist Party 133,812 49.9% Tirtha Nath Sarmah (Indian National Congress) 32,062 (12.0 pts)
1967 D. Kalita Communist Party of India 90,208 34.5% R. D. Barkataki (Indian National Congress) 1,550 (0.6 pts)
1971 Dinesh Chandra Goswami Indian National Congress 140,483 63.5% Dhireswar Kalita (Communist Party of India) 96,001 (43.4 pts)
1977 Renuka Devi Barktaki Bharatiya Lok Dal 149,255 52.5% Dinesh Chandra Goswami (Indian National Congress) 36,440 (12.8 pts)
1984-85 (phased) Dinesh Goswami Independent 428,013 60.9% Bhagaban Lahkar (Indian National Congress) 303,506 (43.2 pts)
1991 Kirip Chaliha Indian National Congress 169,628 23.8% Asfaf Ali (NAGP) 44,805 (6.3 pts)
1996 Prabin Chandra Sarmah Asom Gana Parishad 372,833 44.3% Bhubaneswar Kalita (Indian National Congress) 114,397 (13.6 pts)
1998 Bhubaneswar Kalita Indian National Congress 285,482 49.6% Manoranjan Goswami (Bharatiya Janata Party) 128,173 (22.2 pts)
1999 Bijoya Chakravarty Bharatiya Janata Party 384,771 45.9% Bhubaneswar Kalita (Indian National Congress) 75,238 (9.0 pts)
2004 Kirip Chaliha Indian National Congress 353,250 40.1% Bhupen Hazarika (Bharatiya Janata Party) 61,151 (6.9 pts)
2009 Bijoya Chakravarty Bharatiya Janata Party 496,047 44.7% Capt. Robin Bordoloi (Indian National Congress) 11,855 (1.1 pts)
2014 Bijoya Chakravarty Bharatiya Janata Party 764,985 50.6% Manash Borah (Indian National Congress) 315,784 (20.9 pts)
2019 Queen Oja Bharatiya Janata Party 1,008,936 57.5% Bobbeeta Sharma (Indian National Congress) 345,606 (19.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rohini Kumar Chaudhury Indian National Congress 96,122 47.4%
Lakshya Dhar Chaudhury Samajwadi Party 72,553 35.8%
Upendra Nath Navis KMPP 33,921 16.7%

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Barua, Hem Praja Socialist Party 143,497 59.8%
Sarma, Devendra Nath Indian National Congress 96,624 40.2%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Hem Borua Praja Socialist Party 133,812 49.9%
Tirtha Nath Sarmah Indian National Congress 101,750 37.9%
Nandeswar Talukdar Communist Party of India 32,600 12.2%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
D. Kalita Communist Party of India 90,208 34.5%
R. D. Barkataki Indian National Congress 88,658 33.9%
A. R. D. Gupta Independent 35,854 13.7%
B. R. Das Independent 22,086 8.5%
A. K. Thakuria Independent 12,306 4.7%
M. R. Boro Independent 12,227 4.7%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dinesh Chandra Goswami Indian National Congress 140,483 63.5%
Dhireswar Kalita Communist Party of India 44,482 20.1%
Nandeswar Talukdar CPI (Marxist) 15,190 6.9%
Ramesh Chandra Chowdhury Congress (O) 12,002 5.4%
Prof. Achyut Thakuria Independent 4,913 2.2%
Akhil Ranjan Das Gupta Independent 4,121 1.9%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Renuka Devi Barktaki Bharatiya Lok Dal 149,255 52.5%
Dinesh Chandra Goswami Indian National Congress 112,815 39.7%
Dhireswar Kalita Communist Party of India 22,135 7.8%

1984-85 (phased)

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dinesh Goswami Independent 428,013 60.9%
Bhagaban Lahkar Indian National Congress 124,507 17.7%
Md. Faiznur Ali Independent 110,398 15.7%
Kamini Mohan Sarma Communist Party of India 21,527 3.1%
Pankaj Bora ICS 6,555 0.9%
Anowar Hussain Independent 4,260 0.6%
Abdul Sattar Independent 4,100 0.6%
Krishna Kanta Baruah Independent 3,148 0.4%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kirip Chaliha Indian National Congress 169,628 23.8%
Asfaf Ali NAGP 124,823 17.5%
Jonardan Bezbarua Asom Gana Parishad 117,930 16.6%
Nibaran Bora SLP 101,196 14.2%
Hiranya Bhattacharjya Bharatiya Janata Party 53,750 7.6%
Dhireswar Kalita Communist Party of India 29,928 4.2%
Sabya Sachi Rabha URC 26,694 3.8%
Medini Mohan Choudhury Independent 24,721 3.5%
Sailen Medhi Independent 23,688 3.3%
Satyendra Prasad Deka Janata Party 8,202 1.2%
Pabitra Kumar Chaudhury Independent 7,701 1.1%
Kuntala Deka (W) AJD 5,249 0.7%
Ramani Kanta Barua Independent 4,907 0.7%
Rambilash Independent 3,633 0.5%
Achyut Kumar Thakuria Independent 3,211 0.5%
Binoy Kumar Tamuly Independent 2,919 0.4%
Sasadhar Das Independent 2,314 0.3%
Mahabir Singh Independent 1,016 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prabin Chandra Sarmah Asom Gana Parishad 372,833 44.3%
Bhubaneswar Kalita Indian National Congress 258,436 30.7%
Hiranya Kumar Bhattacharyya Bharatiya Janata Party 163,471 19.4%
Achyut Kumar Goswami Thakuria Independent 11,429 1.4%
Putul Keleng Independent 7,750 0.9%
Bhubaneswar Bhuyan Independent 6,229 0.7%
Jiban Das AIIC(T) 5,649 0.7%
Nawazis Ara Begum Samajwadi Party 4,387 0.5%
Prabin Das Independent 4,384 0.5%
Bapuji Deka Independent 2,402 0.3%
Manoranjan Basumatari Independent 2,278 0.3%
Bijay Krishna Ghosh Independent 1,390 0.2%
Sujit Ranjan Chanda Shiv Sena 952 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhubaneswar Kalita Indian National Congress 285,482 49.6%
Manoranjan Goswami Bharatiya Janata Party 157,309 27.3%
Dr. Prabin Chandra Sarma Asom Gana Parishad 123,453 21.4%
Dilip Chakravorty Samajwadi Party 4,452 0.8%
Gautam Uzir Independent 2,889 0.5%
Biren Chandra Rabha Independent 1,746 0.3%
Manish Baruah Independent 608 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bijoya Chakravarty Bharatiya Janata Party 384,771 45.9%
Bhubaneswar Kalita Indian National Congress 309,533 37.0%
Durga Das Boro Asom Gana Parishad 119,034 14.2%
Suniti Sonowal Nationalist Congress Party 13,241 1.6%
Biren Rabha Independent 4,293 0.5%
Dr Phukan Chandra Boro Independent 1,987 0.2%
Nawazis Ara Begum Samajwadi Party 1,933 0.2%
Jiten Deka Independent 1,822 0.2%
Mrinal Kanti Chowdhury AJBP 481 0.1%
Bhumidhar Pathak Independent 333 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kirip Chaliha Indian National Congress 353,250 40.1%
Bhupen Hazarika Bharatiya Janata Party 292,099 33.1%
Bhrigu Kumar Phukan Asom Gana Parishad 180,856 20.5%
Deven Dutta TNGP 14,933 1.7%
Rajat Chandra Rabha Independent 14,489 1.6%
Sumitra Das Independent 11,240 1.3%
Kazi Nekib Ahmed Independent 3,089 0.4%
Dhwajen Brahma Independent 2,586 0.3%
Bhabani Boro Independent 2,554 0.3%
Bhubaneswar Barman Samajwadi Party 2,466 0.3%
Nipon Dholua SAP 2,299 0.3%
Umesh Chandra Das Independent 1,914 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bijoya Chakravarty Bharatiya Janata Party 496,047 44.7%
Capt. Robin Bordoloi Indian National Congress 484,192 43.7%
Sonabor Ali AUDF 73,316 6.6%
Akshay Rajkhowa Nationalist Congress Party 11,093 1.0%
Rina Gayary Das Independent 11,083 1.0%
Ambu Bora RCPI(R) 7,788 0.7%
Brijesh Roy Independent 6,109 0.6%
Deva Kanta Ramchiary Independent 4,590 0.4%
Kazi Nekib Ahmed Independent 3,839 0.3%
Amit Barua Independent 3,698 0.3%
Deepak Kalita Samajwadi Party 3,613 0.3%
Shimanta Brahma RWS 3,459 0.3%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bijoya Chakravarty Bharatiya Janata Party 764,985 50.6%
Manash Borah Indian National Congress 449,201 29.7%
Gopi Nath Das AIUDF 137,254 9.1%
Birendra Prasad Baishya Asom Gana Parishad 86,546 5.7%
Benedict Alok Areng Independent 12,432 0.8%
Biju Phukan All India Trinamool Congress 8,162 0.5%
Pradip Kalita Independent 7,345 0.5%
None Of The Above Independent 6,720 0.4%
Kazi Nekib Ahmed RDSC 6,636 0.4%
Anil Bhagawati Independent 5,782 0.4%
Pranjal Bordoloy Aam Aadmi Party 4,809 0.3%
Dr. Faruk Aahammed Bhuyan Independent 3,540 0.2%
Bandana Barman Baruah Samajwadi Party 3,240 0.2%
Dhiraj Medhi Independent 2,845 0.2%
Padmeshwar Phukan Independent 2,629 0.2%
Khargeswar Das Independent 2,532 0.2%
Gopi Baruah LB 2,411 0.2%
Ajad Ali Independent 2,385 0.2%
Md. Zakir Hussain Independent 2,275 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Queen Oja Bharatiya Janata Party 1,008,936 57.5%
Bobbeeta Sharma Indian National Congress 663,330 37.8%
Upamanyu Hazarika Independent 21,193 1.2%
Manoj Sharma All India Trinamool Congress 10,141 0.6%
Faruk Ahmed Bhuyan Independent 9,044 0.5%
Shankha Sinha Independent 7,849 0.4%
Junmoni Devi Khaund Independent 5,483 0.3%
Pankaj Das SBP 4,110 0.2%
Sadek Ali RPI(A) 3,650 0.2%
Alimuddin Ahmed Independent 2,836 0.2%
Utpal Borgohain Independent 2,753 0.2%
Partha Pratim Baruah VPI 2,590 0.1%
Mamoni Sarma PJP(S) 2,456 0.1%
Ratul Kumar Choudhury Samajwadi Party 2,383 0.1%
Avijit Chakraborty BGP 2,351 0.1%
Rajib Kakati HND 2,122 0.1%
Rubi Neog NRC 2,064 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1951: Indian National Congress margin 11.6 pts 1957: Praja Socialist Party margin 19.5 pts 1962: Praja Socialist Party margin 12.0 pts 1967: Communist Party of India margin 0.6 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 43.4 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 12.8 pts 1984-85 (phased): Independent margin 43.2 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 6.3 pts 1996: Asom Gana Parishad margin 13.6 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 22.2 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 9.0 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 6.9 pts 2009: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.1 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 20.9 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 19.7 pts 1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1984-85 (phased) 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Gauhati has been contested at 15 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Independent, Asom Gana Parishad, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Gauhati in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Queen Oja (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Gauhati, Assam, in 2019 with 1,008,936 votes (57.5%), a margin of 345,606 votes over Bobbeeta Sharma.

Which parties have won Gauhati since 1951?

Since 1951, Gauhati has been won by: Asom Gana Parishad, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Independent, Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Gauhati?

The closest result on record for Gauhati was 1967, when Communist Party of India beat Indian National Congress by just 1,550 votes (0.6 percentage points).

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