1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 1962.[1] A total of 409 candidates contested the 105 constituencies.[1] 101 men and four women were elected. The Indian National Congress won 79 seats, the All Party Hill Leaders Conference won eleven seats and independent contestants won eight seats.

Of the 105 seats in the Legislative Assembly, 77 were general, 23 were for scheduled tribes and five were for scheduled castes.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress1,179,30548.2579
Praja Socialist Party310,09312.696
Communist Party of India156,1536.390
All Party Hill Leaders Conference134,5915.5111
Socialist36,6721.500
Revolutionary Communist Party29,2491.201
Jan Singh10,8870.450
Achik Assona Chilchakgipa Kotak5,1690.210
Independents582,04223.818
Total2,444,161100.00105
Registered voters/turnout4,942,816
Source: ECI

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Assam Election Results, 1962".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)