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.[1]
Results
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! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net change
in seats !! % of
Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote %
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| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress
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| 101 || 71 || Template:Decrease 5 || 65.74 || 13,21,367 || 52.35 || Template:Increase 8.87
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| style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party
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| 36 || 8 || New || 7.41 || 3,21,569 || 12.74 || New
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| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India
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| 22 || 4 || Template:Increase 3 || 3.70 || 2,04,332 || 8.10 || Template:Increase 5.26
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| 153 || 25 || Template:Increase 11 || 23.15 || 6,76,698 || 26.81 || N/A
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! style="text-align:center;" |Total seats !! 108 (Template:Increase 3) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 55,53,926 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|25,23,966 (45.44%)
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See also
References
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