1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election
← N/A March 1952 1957 →
All 94 seats to the Assam Legislative Assembly
48 seats needed for a majority
  First party
  1931 Flag of India.svg
Leader Bishnu Ram Medhi
Party INC
Leader's seat Nominated
Seats before N/A -
Seats won 76
Seat change N/A
Popular vote 10,64,850
Percentage 43.48%
Chief Minister before election

Bishnu Ram Medhi
INC

Chief Minister


Bishnu Ram Medhi
INC

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.[1]

Constituencies[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

<section begin=Results />

e • d 
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 CPI-banner.svg 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
Template:Party name with colour 213 14 13.33 6,93,908 28.34
Total Seats 105 Voters 49,55,390 Turnout 24,48,890 (49.42%)

<section end=Results />

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named AssamECI1951
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