1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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]
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BackgroundEdit
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 partiesEdit
| 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 | |||||||
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "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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