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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = N/A
| previous_year = N/A
| election_date = March 1952
| next_election = 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1957
| seats_for_election= All 94 seats to the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 48
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =

| image2 =
| leader2 =
| party2 =
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 = -
| seats2 =
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =

| image1 = [[File:1931 Flag of India.svg|140px]]
| leader1 = [[Bishnu Ram Medhi]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since1 =
| leaders_seat1 = ''Nominated''
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 = N/A
| seats1 = 76
| seat_change1 = N/A
| popular_vote1 = 10,64,850
| percentage1 = 43.48%
| swing1 =

| title = Chief Minister
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Assam|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Bishnu Ram Medhi]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = <br /> [[Bishnu Ram Medhi]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

[[File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg|thumb|Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951]]

Elections to the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] were held on March 27, 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.<ref name="AssamECI1951"/>

==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.<ref name="AssamECI1951"/>

==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 (politician)|Independent]] candidates won 14 seats while no other party cross double-digit.<ref name="AssamECI1951"/>

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election<ref name="AssamECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_ASSAM.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-13}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| 92 || 76 || 72.38 || 10,64,850 || 43.48
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]
|
| 61 || 4 || 3.81 || 3,25,690 || 13.30
|-
| {{party color cell|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
|
| 40 || 1 || 0.95 || 1,46,792 || 5.99
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]
| 18 || 1 || 0.95 || 69,431 || 2.84
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Garo National Council]]
|
| 4 || 3 || 2.86 || 14,577 || 0.60
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Khasi-Jaintia Durbar]]
|
| 4 || 1 || 0.95 || 24,248 || 0.99
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[All People's Party (Assam)]]
|
| 3 || 1 || 0.95 || 14,930 || 0.61
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Mizo Union]]
|
| 3 || 3 || 2.86 || 29,104 || 1.19
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Khasi Jaintia Federated State National Conference]]
|
| 1 || 1 || 0.95 || 9,441 || 0.39
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 213 || 14 || 13.33 || 6,93,908 || 28.34
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total Seats
! 105 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 49,55,390 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 24,48,890 (49.42%)
|}<section end=Results />

==See also==
* [[1951–52 elections in India]]
* [[1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Assam elections}}

[[Category:1952 State Assembly elections in India|Asssam]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Assam]]
[[Category:1950s in Assam]]
[[Category:March 1952 events]]

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