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1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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The 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh Assam Legislative Assembly. The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbora with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. Jogendra Nath Hazarika was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he existed in CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed President's rule in Assam[1][2]
Background[edit]
The Navnirman Andolan, which erupted in December 1973 started on the issue of hike in fees for an engineering college in Gujarat, Jayaprakash Narayan's movement against corruption, a three week long Bihar rail strike led by socialist leader George Fernandes, had destabilized the political atmosphere of India.[3] The sterilization program, which was tried to be implemented forcefully by Sanjay Gandhi, son of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi also created a lot of public outrage .[4]
Performance of political parties[edit]
| Sl No | Party | Abbreviation | Party-type | Contested | Won | Votes polled % | Vote % in seats contested |
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| 1 | Communist Party of India | CPI | National | 35 | 5 | 4.09 | 14.39 |
| 2 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPM | National | 27 | 11 | 5.62 | 25.87 |
| 3 | Indian National Congress | INC | National | 126 | 26 | 23.62 | 23.62 |
| 4 | Indian National Congress (I) | INC(I) | National | 115 | 8 | 8.78 | 9.84 |
| 5 | Janata Party | JNP | National | 117 | 53 | 27.55 | 29.95 |
| 6 | All India Forward Bloc | FBL | State | 3 | 0 | 0.09 | 4.28 |
| 7 | Plain Tribals Council of Assam | PTC | State | 9 | 4 | 2.60 | 32.54 |
| 8 | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | RSP | State | 6 | 0 | 0.44 | 8.85 |
| 9 | All India Gorkha League | IGL | Registered | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 6.08 |
| 10 | Revolutionary Communist Party of India | RCI | Registered | 10 | 4 | 1.40 | 17.68 |
| 11 | Socialist Unity Centre of India | SUC | Registered | 4 | 0 | 0.07 | 2.29 |
| 12 | Independent | IND | 15 | 25.67 | 26.50 | ||
| Total | 126 | ||||||
| Source: Statistical Report on Legislative Assembly election of Assam, 1978 | |||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORTS OF GENERAL ELECTION TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (VIDHANSABHA) 1978". Election Commission of india. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ↑ "Assam Legislative Assembly - Members 1978-83". Govt. of Assam. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Four reasons why India Gandhi declared emergency". Indian Express. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ Pradhanmantri - Episode 12: Emergency in India, ABP News. ABP News.
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