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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_date = {{Start date|1952|03|27|df=yes}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = parliamentary<br />
| next_election = 1957 Indian general election in Assam<br />
| next_year = 1957<br />
| seats_for_election = 12 of the 489 seats in the Lok Sabha<br />
| image1 = Jawaharlal Nehru stamp (cropped).jpg<br />
| image1_size = 130x130px<br />
| leader1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
| party1 = Indian National Congress<br />
| seats1 = 11<br />
| popular_vote1 = 1,210,707<br />
| percentage1 = 45.74%<br />
| image2 = <br />
| image2_size = 130x130px<br />
| leader2 = [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]<br />
| party2 = Socialist Party (India)<br />
| seats2 = 1<br />
| popular_vote2 = 506,943<br />
| percentage2 = 19.15%<br />
}}<br />
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The [[1951–52 Indian general election]] was the first democratic national election held in [[India]] after [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Independence]], and the polls in [[Assam]] were held for 10 constituencies with 12 seats. The result was a victory for [[Indian National Congress]] winning 11 out of the 12 seats. Only one seat was won by the [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]].<br />
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==Results==<br />
{{Election results<br />
|image=<br />
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1210707|seats1=11<br />
|party2=[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]|votes2=506943|seats2=1<br />
|party3=[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]|votes3=265687|seats3=0<br />
|party4=Tribal Sangha|votes4=116629|seats4=0<br />
|party5=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes5=96303|seats5=0<br />
|party6=[[All People's Party (Assam)|All People's Party]]|votes6=36851|seats6=0<br />
|party7=Khasi-Jaintia Durbar|votes7=32987|seats7=0<br />
|party8=Hill People Party|votes8=17350|seats8=0<br />
|party9=Independents|votes9=363670|seats9=0<br />
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |title=General Election of India 1951, List of Successful Candidate |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date=8 October 2014 |access-date=12 January 2010 |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=90}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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===By constituency===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! #<br />
! Constituency<br />
! Turnout<br />
! Winner<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 August 2018 |title=General Election, 1951 (Vol I, II) |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4111-general-election-1951-vol-i-ii/ |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
! Party<br />
! Runner-up<br />
! Party<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2"| 1<br />
| rowspan="2"| Cachar Lushal Hills<br />
| rowspan="2" | {{Formatnum:627706}}<br />
| [[Nibaran Chandra Laskar|Laskar, Nibaran Chandra]]<br />
| INC<br />
| Ghose, Satyendra Kishore<br />
| KMPP<br />
|-<br />
| [[Suresh Chandra Deb|Deb, Suresh Chandra]]<br />
| INC<br />
| Patni, Nitai Chand<br />
| KMPP<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| [[Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency|Autonomous Districts]]<br />
| {{Formatnum:109663}}<br />
| [[Bonily Khongmen]]<br />
| INC<br />
| Wilson Reade<br />
| KJD<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2"| 3<br />
| rowspan="2"| Goalpara Garo Hills<br />
| rowspan="2"| {{Formatnum:704435}}<br />
| [[Amjad Ali (Assam politician)|Jonab Amjad Ali]]<br />
| SP<br />
| Rani Manjula Devi<br />
| IND<br />
|-<br />
| Sitanath Brahma Chowdhury<br />
| INC<br />
| Satish Chandra Basumatari<br />
| TS<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| [[Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency|Barpeta]]<br />
| {{Formatnum:176868}}<br />
| [[Beli Ram Das|Beliram Das]]<br />
| INC<br />
| Bipin Pal Das<br />
| SP<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| [[Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency|Gauhati]]<br />
| {{Formatnum:202596}}<br />
| [[Rohini Kumar Chaudhuri|Rohini Kumar Chaudhury]]<br />
| INC<br />
| Lakshya Dhar Chaudhury<br />
| SP<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| Darrang<br />
| {{Formatnum:162120}}<br />
| Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi<br />
| INC<br />
| H. C. Barua<br />
| SP<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| [[Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency|Nowgong]]<br />
| {{Formatnum:173832}}<br />
| [[D. K. Barooah|Barooah, Dev Kanta]]<br />
| INC<br />
| Goswami Lakshmi Prasad<br />
| SP<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| Golaghat Jorhat<br />
| {{Formatnum:172180}}<br />
| [[Debeswar Sarmah|Debeswar Sarma]]<br />
| INC<br />
| Bhabesh Chandra Barua<br />
| SP<br />
|-<br />
| 9<br />
| Sibsagar North Lakhimpur<br />
| {{Formatnum:169015}}<br />
| Buragohain, Surendranath<br />
| INC<br />
| Barbarua, Lalit<br />
| IND<br />
|-<br />
| 10<br />
| [[Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency|Dibrugarh]]<br />
| {{Formatnum:148712}}<br />
| [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika|Hazarika, Jogendra Nath]]<br />
| INC<br />
| Sonawal, Parasuram<br />
| SP<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF Volume I, 1951 Indian general election, 1st Lok Sabha]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{URL|https://eci.gov.in|Website of Election Commission of India}}<br />
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