1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election

1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election
All 105 seats to the Assam Legislative Assembly; 53 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.42%
CM before election; Bishnu Ram Medhi; INC	Elected CM ; Bishnu Ram Medhi; INC

Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952. This election was officially known as the 1951 Assam Legislative Assembly election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952.^[1]

Constituencies

Assam Legislative Assembly, 1952 consisted of 81 single-member constituencies and 13 double-member constituencies. A total of 590 nominations were filed out of which 61 were rejected and 74 withdrew their nominations. So a total of 455 candidates contested the first legislative assembly elections in Assam.^[1]

Political parties

9 National parties along with 10 registered unrecognized parties took part in the assembly election. Indian National Congress contested 92 seats and won 76 of them. Independent candidates won 14 seats while no other party cross double-digit.^[1]

Results

Summary of results of the 1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election^[1]

	Political Party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress		92	76	72.38	10,64,850	43.48
	Socialist Party		61	4	3.81	3,25,690	13.30
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party		40	1	0.95	1,46,792	5.99
	Communist Party of India		18	1	0.95	69,431	2.84
	Garo National Council		4	3	2.86	14,577	0.60
	Khasi-Jaintia Durbar		4	1	0.95	24,248	0.99
	All People's Party (Assam)		3	1	0.95	14,930	0.61
	Mizo Union		3	3	2.86	29,104	1.19
	Khasi Jaintia Federated State National Conference		1	1	0.95	9,441	0.39
	Independent		213	14	13.33	6,93,908	28.34
Total Seats			105	Voters	49,55,390	Turnout	24,48,890 (49.42%)

Elected members

Constituency	Member
Ratabari Patharkandi	Baidyanath Mookerjee	Indian National Congress
Ratabari Patharkandi	Ramesh Chandra Das Chowdhury	Indian National Congress
Patharkandi Karimganj	Maulavi Mahmud Ali	Indian National Congress
Badarpur	Maulana Abdul Jalil	Indian National Congress
Katigora	Barbhuiya, Namwar Ali	Indian National Congress
Lakhipur	Dhubi, Raghunandan	Indian National Congress
Lakhipur	Chaubey, Ram Prasad	Indian National Congress
Barkhola	Nath, Raichand	Indian National Congress
Silchar	Laskar, Mehrab Ali	Independent
Silchar Sonai	Choudhury, Moinul Haque	Indian National Congress
Sonai	Sinha, Nanda Kishore	Indian National Congress
Hailakandi Silchar	Hem Chandra Chakravarty	Indian National Congress
Hailakandi	Abdul Matlib Mazumdar	Indian National Congress
Katlicherra	Gourishankar Roy	Indian National Congress
Shillong	J. J. M. Nicholas-roy	Indian National Congress
Jowai	U. Kistobinu Rymbai	Independent
Nongstoin	Ajra Singh Khongphai	Independent
North Cachar Hills	Hagjer, Joy Bhadra	Independent
Mikir Hills West	Rongpher, Nihang	Indian National Congress
Mikir Hills East	Terang, Khorsing	Indian National Congress
Phulbari	Sangma, Emonsing	Independent
Mankachar	Kobad Hussain Ahmed	Indian National Congress
South Salmara	Md. Sahadatali Mandal	Independent
Dhubri	Tamizuddin Prodhani	Independent
Golakganj	Santosh Kumar Barua	Indian National Congress
Gossaigaon	Jatindra Narayan Das	Indian National Congress
Kokrajhar Sidli	Raja Ajit Narayan Deb	Independent
Kokrajhar Sidli	Rupnath Brahma	Indian National Congress
Bilasipara	Md. Umaruddin	Independent
Bijni	Swami Krishnananda Brahmachari	Indian National Congress
North Salmara	Das, Hareswar	Indian National Congress
Goalpara	Hakim Chandra Rabha	Indian National Congress
Goalpara	Nath, Khagendranath	Indian National Congress
Sorbhog	Akshoy Kumar Das	Indian National Congress
Tarabari	Pahar Khan	Independent
Barpeta West	Mukhtar Ali	Independent
Barpeta North East	Mahadeb Das	Indian National Congress
Barpeta North East	Mahendra Mohan Choudhury	Indian National Congress
Patacharkuchi Barama	Homeswar Deb Chaudhuri	Socialist Party of India
Patacharkuchi Barama	Baikunthanath Das	Indian National Congress
Nalbari South	Prafulla Chandra Goswami	Indian National Congress
Nalbari North	Prabhat Chandra Goswami	Indian National Congress
Rangiya	Siddhinath Sarma	Indian National Congress
Rangiya	Dharanidhar Basumatari	Indian National Congress
Kamalpur	Mohendranath Deka	Independent
Hajo	Bishnuram Medhi	Indian National Congress
Pub Bangsar Silasundari Ghopa	Radhikaram Das	Indian National Congress
Mangaldai	Purandar Sarma	Indian National Congress
Panery	Davidson Bhabora	Indian National Congress
Dhekiajuli North	Omeo Kumar Das	Indian National Congress
Dhekiajuli South	Mohi Kanta Das	Indian National Congress
Tezpur North	Biswadev Sarma	Indian National Congress
Tezpur South	Kamla Prasad Agarwalla	Indian National Congress
Sootea	Bijoy Chandra Bhagabati	Indian National Congress
Gohpur	Gahan Chandra Goswami	Indian National Congress
Laharighat	Mohammed Rofique	Independent
Marigaon Dhing	Bora, Motiram	Indian National Congress
Marigaon Dhing	Das, Beliram	Indian National Congress
Nowgong Raha	Sarma, Pratap Chandra	Indian National Congress
Nowgong Raha	Hazarika, Mahendra	Indian National Congress
Jamunamukh	Bara, Bimala Kanta	Indian National Congress
Samaguri	Barthakur Usha	Indian National Congress
Kaliabar	Bara, Lila Kanta	Indian National Congress
Rupahihat	Mohammed Idris	Indian National Congress
Golaghat East	Barua, Rajendranath	Indian National Congress
Golaghat West	Pegu, Mal	Indian National Congress
Golaghat West	Kheria, Chanoo	Indian National Congress
Dergaon	Rajkhowa, Debeswar	Indian National Congress
Jorhat South	Kuladhar, Chaliha	Indian National Congress
Jorhat North	Nilmani Phookan	Indian National Congress
Jorhat North	Ramnath Das	Indian National Congress
Teok	Harinarayan Baruah	Indian National Congress
Amguri	Kakoti, Rabin	Indian National Congress
Sibsagar	Gogoi, Girindranath	Indian National Congress
Nazira	Bezbarua, Ananda Chandra	Indian National Congress
Nazira Sonari	Gogoi, Thanuram	Indian National Congress
Sonari	Chetia, Purnanda	Indian National Congress
Bihpuria	Sarveswar Boruwa	Indian National Congress
North Lakhimpur	Karka Doley	Indian National Congress
North Lakhimpur	Hem Chandra Hazarika	Indian National Congress
Moran	Gogoi, Ghana Kanta	Independent
Dibrugarh West	Ali, Faiznur	Indian National Congress
Dibrugarh East	Barooah, Ramesh Chandra	Indian National Congress
Tinsukia North	Khaund, Indreswar	Indian National Congress
Tinsukia South	Bhuyan, Jadunath	Indian National Congress
Bordubi	Das, Manik Chandra	Indian National Congress
Jaipur	Barua, Jago Kanta	Indian National Congress
Doom Dooma	Chowdhury, Harihar	Indian National Congress
Digboi	Lohar, Dalbir Singh	Indian National Congress
Digboi	Khakhlari, Jadav Chandra	Indian National Congress

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-13.

[AssamECI1951-1] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-13.

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