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Elections to the
Contested !! Won !! Net change
in seats !! % of
Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,
, 22 , , 4 , , 3 , , 3.70 , , 2,04,332 , , 8.10 , , 5.26
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, 153 , , 25 , , 11 , , 23.15 , , 6,76,698 , , 26.81 , , N/A
, - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3,
! style="text-align:center;" , Total seats !! 108 ( 3) !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 55,53,926 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! colspan = 2, 25,23,966 (45.44%)
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 25 February 1957. 312 candidates contested for the 94 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 14 two-member constituencies and 80 single-member constituencies.
Results
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political party !! Flag !! SeatsContested !! Won !! Net change
in seats !! % of
Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,
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 ...
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, 101 , , 71 , , 5 , , 65.74 , , 13,21,367 , , 52.35 , , 8.87
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, style="text-align:left;" , Praja Socialist Party
The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazd ...
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, 36 , , 8 , , ''New'' , , 7.41 , , 3,21,569 , , 12.74 , , ''New''
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, style="text-align:left;" , Communist Party of India
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, 22 , , 4 , , 3 , , 3.70 , , 2,04,332 , , 8.10 , , 5.26
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, 153 , , 25 , , 11 , , 23.15 , , 6,76,698 , , 26.81 , , N/A
, - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3,
! style="text-align:center;" , Total seats !! 108 ( 3) !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 55,53,926 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! colspan = 2, 25,23,966 (45.44%)
Elected members
See also
* 1957 elections in India * 1952 Assam Legislative Assembly electionReferences
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1957
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...