1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election

The 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh Assam Legislative Assembly on February 25 1978. The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbora with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. Jogendra Nath Hazarika was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he held the CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed President's rule in Assam.

Background

The Navnirman Andolan, which erupted in December 1973 started on the issue of hike in fees for an engineering college in Gujarat, Jayaprakash Narayan's movement against corruption, a three week long Bihar rail strike led by socialist leader George Fernandes, had destabilized the political atmosphere of India. The sterilization program, which was tried to be implemented forcefully by Sanjay Gandhi, son of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi also created a lot of public outrage .

Results

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S. No	Party		Party-type	Contested	Won	Votes polled %	Vote % in seats contested
1	Template:Full party name with color	National	35	5	4.09	14.39
2	Template:Full party name with color	National	27	11	5.62	25.87
3	Template:Full party name with color	National	126	26	23.62	23.62
4	Template:Full party name with color	National	115	8	8.78	9.84
5	Template:Full party name with color	National	117	53	27.55	29.95
6	Template:Full party name with color	State	3	0	0.09	4.28
7	Template:Full party name with color	State	9	4	2.60	32.54
8	Template:Full party name with color	State	6	0	0.44	8.85
9	Template:Full party name with color	Registered	1	0	0.04	6.08
10	Template:Full party name with color	Registered	10	4	1.40	17.68
11	Template:Full party name with color	Registered	4	0	0.07	2.29
12	Template:Full party name with color			15	25.67	26.50
Total	126
Source: ECI

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Ratabari	SC	Lilamoy Das	Template:Full party name with color
Patharkandi	None	Fakrul Islam	Template:Full party name with color
Karimganj North	None	Nishith Ranjan Das	Template:Full party name with color
Karimganj South	None	Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Badarpur	None	Ramendra De	Template:Full party name with color
Hailakandi	None	Dipak Bhattacharjee	Template:Full party name with color
Katlicherra	None	Gouri Sankar Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Algapur	None	Nepal Chandra Das	Template:Full party name with color
Silchar	None	Noorul Kuda	Template:Full party name with color
Sonai	None	Altaf Hossain Mazumdar	Template:Full party name with color
Dholai	SC	Sisir Ranjan Das	Template:Full party name with color
Udharbond	None	Jagannath Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Lakhipur	None	Kazi Kutub Uddin Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
Barkhola	None	A.f.golam Osmani	Template:Full party name with color
Katigora	None	Abdul Kiyum Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Haflong	ST	Sona Ram Thaosen	Template:Full party name with color
Bokajan	ST	Bilton G.momin	Template:Full party name with color
Howraghat	ST	Barelong Terang	Template:Full party name with color
Diphu	ST	Gandhi Ram Timung	Template:Full party name with color
Baithalangso	ST	Dhani Ram Rongpi	Template:Full party name with color
Mankachar	None	Zahirul Islam	Template:Full party name with color
Salmara South	None	Dewan Joynal Abedin	Template:Full party name with color
Dhubri	None	Mohammad Umaruddin	Template:Full party name with color
Gauripur	None	Mohammad Azad Ali	Template:Full party name with color
Golakganj	None	Aluddin Sarkar	Template:Full party name with color
Bilasipara West	None	Gaisuddin Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
Bilasipara East	None	Surat Chanddra Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Gossaigaon	None	Mathias Tudu	Template:Full party name with color
Kokrajhar West	ST	Ranendra Narayan Basumatari	Template:Full party name with color
Kokrajhar East	ST	Samar Brahma Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Sidli	ST	Panchanan Brahma	Template:Full party name with color
Bongaigaon	None	Mathura Mohan Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Bijni	None	Padmalochan Boro	Template:Full party name with color
Abhayapuri North	None	Pani Medhi	Template:Full party name with color
Abhayapuri South	SC	Rabindra Nath Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Dudhnai	ST	Jagat Chandra Patgiri	Template:Full party name with color
Goalpara East	None	Birendra Nath Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Goalpara West	None	Nazmul Haque	Template:Full party name with color
Jaleswar	None	Afzalur Rahman	Template:Full party name with color
Sorbhog	None	Hemen Das	Template:Full party name with color
Bhabanipur	None	Tarini Charan Das	Template:Full party name with color
Patacharkuchi	None	Bhubaneswar Barman	Template:Full party name with color
Barpeta	None	A. Latif	Template:Full party name with color
Jania	None	Abdus Sobhan	Template:Full party name with color
Baghbar	None	Ibrahim Ali	Template:Full party name with color
Sarukhetri	None	Sirajul Haque	Template:Full party name with color
Chenga	None	Danes Ali Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
Boko	SC	Umesh Chandra Das	Template:Full party name with color
Chaygaon	None	A. N. Akram Hussain	Template:Full party name with color
Palasbari	None	Harendra Goswami	Template:Full party name with color
Jalukbari	None	Lakhyadhar Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Dispur	None	Tarini Mohan Barua	Template:Full party name with color
Gauhati East	None	Ajoy Kumar Dutta	Template:Full party name with color
Gauhati West	None	Kiran Chandra Bezbarua	Template:Full party name with color
Hajo	None	Rabindra Nath Malakar	Template:Full party name with color
Kamalpur	None	Daibasakti Deka	Template:Full party name with color
Rangiya	None	Purna Boro	Template:Full party name with color
Tamulpur	None	Padam Bahadur Chouhan	Template:Full party name with color
Nalbari	None	Narendra Nath Dutta	Template:Full party name with color
Barkhetry	None	Seikh Chand Mahammad	Template:Full party name with color
Dharmapur	None	Ramani Barman	Template:Full party name with color
Barama	ST	Baikuntha Nath Das	Template:Full party name with color
Chapaguri	ST	Manik Chandra Das	Template:Full party name with color
Panery	None	Ramesh Chandra Saharia	Template:Full party name with color
Kalaigaon	None	Nagen Sarma	Template:Full party name with color
Sipajhar	None	Madhab Rajbanshi	Template:Full party name with color
Mangaldoi	SC	Anil Das	Template:Full party name with color
Dalgaon	None	Syeda Anwara Taimur	Template:Full party name with color
Udalguri	ST	Binoy Kumar Basumatary	Template:Full party name with color
Majbat	None	Silvius Condpan	Template:Full party name with color
Dhekiajuli	None	Pratap Kalita	Template:Full party name with color
Barchalla	None	Kamal Chandra Basumatari	Template:Full party name with color
Tezpur	None	Jiban Bora	Template:Full party name with color
Rangapara	None	Golok Rajbanshi	Template:Full party name with color
Sootea	None	Golok Kakati	Template:Full party name with color
Biswanath	None	Kosheswar Bora	Template:Full party name with color
Behali	None	Bishnulal Upadhaya	Template:Full party name with color
Gohpur	None	Ram Chandra Sarmah	Template:Full party name with color
Jagiroad	SC	Prasad Chandra Doloi	Template:Full party name with color
Marigaon	None	Kaliram Dekta Raja	Template:Full party name with color
Laharighat	None	Abul Kashem	Template:Full party name with color
Raha	SC	Baliram Das	Template:Full party name with color
Dhing	None	Md. Samsul Huda	Template:Full party name with color
Batadroba	None	Baneswar Saikia	Template:Full party name with color
Rupohihat	None	Mohammad Idris	Template:Full party name with color
Nowgong	None	Mukut Sarma	Template:Full party name with color
Barhampur	None	Lakeshwar Gohain	Template:Full party name with color
Samaguri	None	Bhabendra Kumar Saikia	Template:Full party name with color
Kaliabor	None	Atil Chandra Goswami	Template:Full party name with color
Jamunamukh	None	Mujamil Ali Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Hojai	None	Santi Ranjan Das Gupta	Template:Full party name with color
Lumding	None	Biresh Misra	Template:Full party name with color
Bokakhat	None	Chatra Gopal Karmakar	Template:Full party name with color
Sarupathar	None	Aklius Tirkey	Template:Full party name with color
Golaghat	None	Soneswar Bora	Template:Full party name with color
Khumtai	None	Nogen Borua	Template:Full party name with color
Dergaon	SC	Ramesh Das	Template:Full party name with color
Jorhat	None	Dulal Chandra Baruah	Template:Full party name with color
Majuli	ST	Chakbhal Kagyang	Template:Full party name with color
Titabar	None	Giridhar Thengal	Template:Full party name with color
Mariani	None	Gajen Tanti	Template:Full party name with color
Teok	None	Devananda Boara	Template:Full party name with color
Amguri	None	Khagen Borbarua	Template:Full party name with color
Nazira	None	Hiteswar Saikia	Template:Full party name with color
Mahmara	None	Budha Barua	Template:Full party name with color
Sonari	None	Satya Tati	Template:Full party name with color
Thowra	None	Jogen Gogoi	Template:Full party name with color
Sibsagar	None	Promode Gogoi	Template:Full party name with color
Bihpuria	None	Premadhar Bora	Template:Full party name with color
Naoboicha	None	Afazuddin Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
Lakhimpur	None	Sulo Bora	Template:Full party name with color
Dhakuakhana	ST	Lakhya Nath Doley	Template:Full party name with color
Dhemaji	ST	Purna Chandra Bora	Template:Full party name with color
Jonai	ST	Romesh Mohan Kouli	Template:Full party name with color
Moran	None	Joy Chandra Nagbanshi	Template:Full party name with color
Dibrugarh	None	Keshab Chandra Gogoi	Template:Full party name with color
Lahowal	None	Dipak Moormoo	Template:Full party name with color
Duliajan	None	Jogen Hazarika	Template:Full party name with color
Tingkhong	None	Bhadreswar Gogoi	Template:Full party name with color
Naharkatia	None	Sasha Kamal Handique	Template:Full party name with color
Chabua	None	Jnan Gogoi	Template:Full party name with color
Tinsukia	None	Golap Borborah	Template:Full party name with color
Digboi	None	Rameswar Dhanowar	Template:Full party name with color
Margherita	None	Kul Bahadur Chetri	Template:Full party name with color
Doom Dooma	None	Dileswar Tanti	Template:Full party name with color
Sadiya	None	Bipin Hazarika	Template:Full party name with color