1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election

1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election
27 March 1952
All 105 seats to the Assam Legislative Assembly
53 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.42%
  First party
 
Leader Bishnu Ram Medhi
Party INC
Leader's seat Hajo
Seats before New -
Seats won 76
Seat change New
Popular vote 10,64,850
Percentage 43.48%
CM before election

Bishnu Ram Medhi
INC

 Elected CM

Bishnu Ram Medhi
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952. This election was officially known as the 1951 Assam Legislative Assembly election, even though actual voting didn't take place until early 1952 because of delays.[1]

Constituencies

The Assam Legislative Assembly in 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 A total of 590 nominations were filed out of which 61 were rejected and 74 were withdrawn, thus a total of 455 candidates contested the first legislative assembly elections in Assam.[1]

Political parties

9 national parties along with 10 registered unrecognized parties took part in the assembly election. The Indian National Congress contested 92 seats and won 76. Independent candidates won 14 seats while no other party crossed double-digits.[1]

Results

Party Popular vote Seats
Vote % Contested Won
Indian National Congress 1,064,850 43.48 92 76
Socialist Party 3,25,690 13.30 61 4
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 1,46,792 5.99 40 1
Communist Party of India 69,431 2.84 18 1
Mizo Union 29,104 1.19 3 3
Khasi-Jaintia Durbar 24,248 0.99 4 1
All People's Party 14,930 0.61 3 1
Garo National Council 14,577 0.60 4 3
Khasi Jaintia Federated State National Conference 9,441 0.39 1 1
Independent 6,93,908 28.34 213 14
Total 49,55,390 100 — 105

The Indian National Congress won a comfortable majority with 76 seats and formed the government under Bishnuram Medhi, who began his first term as Chief Minister.[2] Kuladhar Chaliha was elected the Speaker of the Assembly.[3]

Elected members

Constituency Member Party
LunglehR. DengthuamaMizo Union
Aijal EastPu. Raymond ThanlihraMizo Union
Aijal WestPu. Ch. SaprawngaMizo Union
Ratabari PatharkandiBaidyanath MookerjeeIndian National Congress
Ramesh Chandra Das ChowdhuryIndian National Congress
Patharkandi KarimganjMaulavi Mahmud AliIndian National Congress
BadarpurMaulana Abdul JalilIndian National Congress
KatigoraBarbhuiya, Namwar AliIndian National Congress
LakhipurDhubi, RaghunandanIndian National Congress
Chaubey, Ram PrasadIndian National Congress
BarkholaNath, RaichandIndian National Congress
SilcharLaskar, Mehrab AliIndependent
Silchar SonaiChoudhury, Moinul HaqueIndian National Congress
SonaiSinha, Nanda KishoreIndian National Congress
Hailakandi SilcharHem Chandra ChakravartyIndian National Congress
HailakandiAbdul Matlib MazumdarIndian National Congress
KatlicherraGourishankar RoyIndian National Congress
ShillongJ. J. M. Nicholas RoyIndian National Congress
JowaiU. Kistobinu RymbaiIndependent
NongstoinAjra Singh KhongphaiIndependent
NongpohA. Alley M.Khasi Jaintia Federated State National Conference
CherraMaham SinghKhasi Jaintia Darbar
North Cachar HillsHagjer, Joy BhadraIndependent
Mikir Hills WestRongpher, NihangIndian National Congress
Mikir Hills EastTerang, KhorsingIndian National Congress
BaghmaraHarison MominGaro National Council
TuraEmerson MominGaro National Council
PhulbariSangma, EmonsingIndependent
DainadubiAaram SangmaGaro National Council
MankacharKobad Hussain AhmedIndian National Congress
South SalmaraMd. Sahadatali MandalIndependent
DhubriTamizuddin ProdhaniIndependent
GolakganjSantosh Kumar BaruaIndian National Congress
GossaigaonJatindra Narayan DasIndian National Congress
Kokrajhar | SidliRaja Ajit Narayan DebIndependent
Rupnath BrahmaIndian National Congress
BilasiparaMd. UmaruddinIndependent
BijniSwami Krishnananda BrahmachariIndian National Congress
North SalmaraDas, HareswarIndian National Congress
GoalparaHakim Chandra RabhaIndian National Congress
Nath, KhagendranathIndian National Congress
SorbhogAkshoy Kumar DasIndian National Congress
TarabariPahar KhanIndependent
Barpeta WestMukhtar AliIndependent
Barpeta North EastMahadeb DasIndian National Congress
Mahendra Mohan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
Patacharkuchi BaramaHomeswar Deb ChaudhuriSocialist Party
Baikunthanath DasIndian National Congress
Nalbari SouthPrafulla Chandra GoswamiIndian National Congress
Nalbari NorthPrabhat Chandra GoswamiIndian National Congress
RangiyaSiddhinath SarmaIndian National Congress
Dharanidhar BasumatariIndian National Congress
KamalpurMohendranath DekaIndependent
HajoBishnuram MedhiIndian National Congress
BokoRadha Charan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
PalasbariHoreswar GoswamiIndian National Congress
Pub Bangsar Silasundari GhopaRadhikaram DasIndian National Congress
GauhatiGaurishankar BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India
MangaldaiPurandar SarmaIndian National Congress
KalaigaonDandi Ram DuttaSocialist Party
PaneryDavidson BhaboraIndian National Congress
Dhekiajuli NorthOmeo Kumar DasIndian National Congress
Dhekiajuli SouthMohi Kanta DasIndian National Congress
Tezpur NorthBiswadev SarmaIndian National Congress
Tezpur SouthKamla Prasad AgarwallaIndian National Congress
SooteaBijoy Chandra BhagabatiIndian National Congress
GohpurGahan Chandra GoswamiIndian National Congress
LaharighatMohammed RofiqueIndependent
Marigaon | DhingBora, MotiramIndian National Congress
Das, BeliramIndian National Congress
Nowgong | RahaSarma, Pratap ChandraIndian National Congress
Hazarika, MahendraIndian National Congress
JamunamukhBara, Bimala KantaIndian National Congress
SamaguriBarthakur, UshaIndian National Congress
KaliabarBara, Lila KantaIndian National Congress
RupahihatMohammed IdrisIndian National Congress
Golaghat EastBarua, RajendranathIndian National Congress
Golaghat WestPegu, MalIndian National Congress
Kheria, ChanooIndian National Congress
DergaonRajkhowa, DebeswarIndian National Congress
Jorhat SouthChaliha, KuladharIndian National Congress
Jorhat NorthNilmani PhookanIndian National Congress
Ramnath DasIndian National Congress
TitaborSarju Prasad SinghAll People's Party
TeokHarinarayan BaruahIndian National Congress
AmguriKakoti, RabinIndian National Congress
SibsagarGogoi, GirindranathIndian National Congress
NaziraBezbarua, Ananda ChandraIndian National Congress
Nazira SonariGogoi, ThanuramIndian National Congress
SonariChetia, PurnanandaIndian National Congress
BihpuriaSarveswar BoruwaIndian National Congress
North LakhimpurKarka DoleyIndian National Congress
Hem Chandra HazarikaIndian National Congress
MoranGogoi, Ghana KantaIndependent
Dibrugarh WestAli, FaiznurIndian National Congress
Dibrugarh EastBarooah, Ramesh ChandraIndian National Congress
Tinsukia NorthKhaund, IndreswarIndian National Congress
Tinsukia SouthBhuyan, JadunathIndian National Congress
BordubiDas, Manik ChandraIndian National Congress
JaipurBarua, Jago KantaIndian National Congress
Doom DoomaChowdhury, HariharIndian National Congress
DigboiLohar, Dalbir SinghIndian National Congress
Khakhlari, Jadav ChandraIndian National Congress

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951: To the Legislative Assembly of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  2. ↑ "Assam Assembly Election Results in 1951". www.elections.in. Archived from the original on 2025-11-06. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  3. ↑ "List of Speakers | Assam Legislative Assembly". Assam Bidhan Sabha. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
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