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Elections to the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] were held on February 25, 1957. 312 candidates contested for the 94 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 14 two-member constituencies and 80 single-member constituencies.<ref name="AssamECI1957"/><br />
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==Results==<br />
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election<ref name="AssamECI1957">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Assam_1957.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}<br />
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! Political party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats<br />
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote %<br />
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| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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| 101 || 71 || {{decrease}} 5 || 65.74 || 13,21,367 || 52.35 || {{increase}} 8.87<br />
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| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}<br />
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]<br />
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| 36 || 8 || ''New'' || 7.41 || 3,21,569 || 12.74 || ''New''<br />
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| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}<br />
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]<br />
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]<br />
| 22 || 4 || {{increase}} 3 || 3.70 || 2,04,332 || 8.10 || {{increase}} 5.26<br />
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| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}<br />
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| 153 || 25 || {{increase}} 11 || 23.15 || 6,76,698 || 26.81 || N/A<br />
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! style="text-align:center;" |Total seats !! 108 ({{increase}} 3) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 55,53,926 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|25,23,966 (45.44%)<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[1957 elections in India]]<br />
* [[1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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