Elections to the

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 M ...

were held on March 27, 1952. This election was officially known as the 1951

election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952.

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.

Political Parties

9 National parties along with 10 registered unrecognized parties took part in the assembly election.

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

contested 92 seats and won 76 of them.

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candidates won 14 seats while no other party cross double-digit.

Results

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 92 , , 76 , , 72.38 , , 10,64,850 , , 43.48 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, , 61 , , 4 , , 3.81 , , 3,25,690 , , 13.30 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (''Farmer Worker People's Party'') was a political party of India. Established in 1951, it merged with the Socialist Party to form the Praja Socialist Party in the following year. History In June, 1951 Indian ...

, , 40 , , 1 , , 0.95 , , 1,46,792 , , 5.99 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Communist Party of India ,

, 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 , - , , , 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%)

References

{{Assam elections Asssam State Assembly elections in Assam 1950s in Assam March 1952 events in Asia

Constituencies

Political Parties

Results

See also

References