1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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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 through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952.

Constituencies

Assam Legislative Assembly, 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 withdrew their nominations. So a total of 455 candidates contested the first legislative assembly elections in Assam.

Political parties

9 National parties along with 10 registered unrecognized parties took part in the assembly election. Indian National Congress contested 92 seats and won 76 of them. Independent candidates won 14 seats while no other party cross double-digit.

Results

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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Template:Party color cell | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | File:Flag of Indian National Congress.png | 92 || 76 || 72.38 || 10,64,850 || 43.48 |- | Template:Party color cell | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party | | 61 || 4 || 3.81 || 3,25,690 || 13.30 |- | Template:Party color cell | style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | | 40 || 1 || 0.95 || 1,46,792 || 5.99 |- | Template:Party color cell | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | File:CPI-banner.svg | 18 || 1 || 0.95 || 69,431 || 2.84 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Garo National Council | | 4 || 3 || 2.86 || 14,577 || 0.60 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Khasi-Jaintia Durbar | | 4 || 1 || 0.95 || 24,248 || 0.99 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |All People's Party (Assam) | | 3 || 1 || 0.95 || 14,930 || 0.61 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Mizo Union | | 3 || 3 || 2.86 || 29,104 || 1.19 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Khasi Jaintia Federated State National Conference | | 1 || 1 || 0.95 || 9,441 || 0.39 |- | Template:Party name with colour | | 213 || 14 || 13.33 || 6,93,908 || 28.34 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total Seats ! 105 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 49,55,390 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 24,48,890 (49.42%) |}<section end=Results />

Elected members

Constituency	Member	Party
Ratabari Patharkandi	Baidyanath Mookerjee	Template:Full party name with color
	Ramesh Chandra Das Chowdhury	Template:Full party name with color
Patharkandi Karimganj	Maulavi Mahmud Ali	Template:Full party name with color
Badarpur	Maulana Abdul Jalil	Template:Full party name with color
Katigora	Barbhuiya, Namwar Ali	Template:Full party name with color
Lakhipur	Dhubi, Raghunandan	Template:Full party name with color
	Chaubey, Ram Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Barkhola	Nath, Raichand	Template:Full party name with color
Silchar	Laskar, Mehrab Ali	Template:Full party name with color
Silchar Sonai	Choudhury, Moinul Haque	Template:Full party name with color
Sonai	Sinha, Nanda Kishore	Template:Full party name with color
Hailakandi Silchar	Hem Chandra Chakravarty	Template:Full party name with color
Hailakandi	Abdul Matlib Mazumdar	Template:Full party name with color
Katlicherra	Gourishankar Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Shillong	J. J. M. Nicholas-roy	Template:Full party name with color
Jowai	U. Kistobinu Rymbai	Template:Full party name with color
Nongstoin	Ajra Singh Khongphai	Template:Full party name with color
North Cachar Hills	Hagjer, Joy Bhadra	Template:Full party name with color
Mikir Hills West	Rongpher, Nihang	Template:Full party name with color
Mikir Hills East	Terang, Khorsing	Template:Full party name with color
Phulbari	Sangma, Emonsing	Template:Full party name with color
Mankachar	Kobad Hussain Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
South Salmara	Md. Sahadatali Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Dhubri	Tamizuddin Prodhani	Template:Full party name with color
Golakganj	Santosh Kumar Barua	Template:Full party name with color
Gossaigaon	Jatindra Narayan Das	Template:Full party name with color
Kokrajhar Sidli	Raja Ajit Narayan Deb	Template:Full party name with color
	Rupnath Brahma	Template:Full party name with color
Bilasipara	Md. Umaruddin	Template:Full party name with color
Bijni	Swami Krishnananda Brahmachari	Template:Full party name with color
North Salmara	Das, Hareswar	Template:Full party name with color
Goalpara	Hakim Chandra Rabha	Template:Full party name with color
	Nath, Khagendranath	Template:Full party name with color
Sorbhog	Akshoy Kumar Das	Template:Full party name with color
Tarabari	Pahar Khan	Template:Full party name with color
Barpeta West	Mukhtar Ali	Template:Full party name with color
Barpeta North East	Mahadeb Das	Template:Full party name with color
	Mahendra Mohan Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Patacharkuchi Barama	Homeswar Deb Chaudhuri	Template:Full party name with color
	Baikunthanath Das	Template:Full party name with color
Nalbari South	Prafulla Chandra Goswami	Template:Full party name with color
Nalbari North	Prabhat Chandra Goswami	Template:Full party name with color
Rangiya	Siddhinath Sarma	Template:Full party name with color
	Dharanidhar Basumatari	Template:Full party name with color
Kamalpur	Mohendranath Deka	Template:Full party name with color
Hajo	Bishnuram Medhi	Template:Full party name with color
Pub Bangsar Silasundari Ghopa	Radhikaram Das	Template:Full party name with color
Mangaldai	Purandar Sarma	Template:Full party name with color
Panery	Davidson Bhabora	Template:Full party name with color
Dhekiajuli North	Omeo Kumar Das	Template:Full party name with color
Dhekiajuli South	Mohi Kanta Das	Template:Full party name with color
Tezpur North	Biswadev Sarma	Template:Full party name with color
Tezpur South	Kamla Prasad Agarwalla	Template:Full party name with color
Sootea	Bijoy Chandra Bhagabati	Template:Full party name with color
Gohpur	Gahan Chandra Goswami	Template:Full party name with color
Laharighat	Mohammed Rofique	Template:Full party name with color
Marigaon Dhing	Bora, Motiram	Template:Full party name with color
	Das, Beliram	Template:Full party name with color
Nowgong Raha	Sarma, Pratap Chandra	Template:Full party name with color
	Hazarika, Mahendra	Template:Full party name with color
Jamunamukh	Bara, Bimala Kanta	Template:Full party name with color
Samaguri	Barthakur Usha	Template:Full party name with color
Kaliabar	Bara, Lila Kanta	Template:Full party name with color
Rupahihat	Mohammed Idris	Template:Full party name with color
Golaghat East	Barua, Rajendranath	Template:Full party name with color
Golaghat West	Pegu, Mal	Template:Full party name with color
	Kheria, Chanoo	Template:Full party name with color
Dergaon	Rajkhowa, Debeswar	Template:Full party name with color
Jorhat South	Kuladhar, Chaliha	Template:Full party name with color
Jorhat North	Nilmani Phookan	Template:Full party name with color
	Ramnath Das	Template:Full party name with color
Teok	Harinarayan Baruah	Template:Full party name with color
Amguri	Kakoti, Rabin	Template:Full party name with color
Sibsagar	Gogoi, Girindranath	Template:Full party name with color
Nazira	Bezbarua, Ananda Chandra	Template:Full party name with color
Nazira Sonari	Gogoi, Thanuram	Template:Full party name with color
Sonari	Chetia, Purnanda	Template:Full party name with color
Bihpuria	Sarveswar Boruwa	Template:Full party name with color
North Lakhimpur	Karka Doley	Template:Full party name with color
	Hem Chandra Hazarika	Template:Full party name with color
Moran	Gogoi, Ghana Kanta	Template:Full party name with color
Dibrugarh West	Ali, Faiznur	Template:Full party name with color
Dibrugarh East	Barooah, Ramesh Chandra	Template:Full party name with color
Tinsukia North	Khaund, Indreswar	Template:Full party name with color
Tinsukia South	Bhuyan, Jadunath	Template:Full party name with color
Bordubi	Das, Manik Chandra	Template:Full party name with color
Jaipur	Barua, Jago Kanta	Template:Full party name with color
Doom Dooma	Chowdhury, Harihar	Template:Full party name with color
Digboi	Lohar, Dalbir Singh	Template:Full party name with color
	Khakhlari, Jadav Chandra	Template:Full party name with color

See also

• 1951–52 elections in India
• Elections in Assam