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1951–52 Indian general election in Assam
27 March 1952 (1952-03-27) 1957 →
12 of the 489 seats in the Lok Sabha
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Jayaprakash Narayan
Party INC Socialist
Seats won 11 1
Popular vote 1,210,707 506,943
Percentage 45.74% 19.15%

The 1951–52 Indian general election was the first democratic national election held in India after 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. And 1 won by Socialist Party.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress1,210,70745.7411
Socialist Party506,94319.151
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party265,68710.040
Tribal Sangha116,6294.410
Bharatiya Jana Sangh96,3033.640
All People's Party36,8511.390
Khasi-Jaintia Durbar32,9871.250
Hill People Party17,3500.660
Independents363,67013.740
Total2,647,127100.0012
Source: ECI

By constituency

# Constituency Turnout Winner Party Runner Up Party
1 Cachar Lushal Hills 627,706 Laskar, Nibaran Chandra INC Ghose, Satyendra Kishore KMPP
Deb, Suresh Chandra INC Patni, Nitai Chand KMPP
2 Autonomous Districts 109,663 Bonily Khongmen INC Wilson Reade KJD
3 Goalpara Garo Hills 704,435 Jonab Amjad Ali SP Rani Manjula Devi IND
Sitanath Brahma Chowdhury INC Satish Chandra Basumatari TS
4 Barpeta 176,868 Beliram Das INC Bipin Pal Das SP
5 Gauhati 202,596 Rohini Kumar Chaudhury INC Lakshya Dhar Chaudhury SP
6 Darrang 162,120 Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi INC H. C. Barua SP
7 Nowgong 173,832 Barooah, Dev Kanta INC Goswami Lakshmi Prasad SP
8 Golaghat Jorhat 172,180 Debeswar Sarma INC Bhabesh Chandra Barua SP
9 Sibsagar North Lakhimpur 169,015 Buragohain, Surendranath INC Barbarua, Lalit IND
10 Dibrugarh 148,712 Hazarika, Jogendra Nath INC Sonawal, Parasuram SP

References

  1. "General Election of India 1951, List of Successful Candidate" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  2. "General Election, 1951 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

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