1951–52 Indian general election in Assam explained

Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Next Election:1957 Indian general election in Assam
Next Year:1957
Seats For Election:12 of the 489 seats in the Lok Sabha
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Leader1:Jawaharlal Nehru
Party1:Indian National Congress
Seats1:11
Popular Vote1:1,210,707
Percentage1:45.74%
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Leader2:Jayaprakash Narayan
Party2:Socialist Party (India)
Seats2:1
Popular Vote2:506,943
Percentage2:19.15%

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

By constituency

ConstituencyTurnoutWinner[1] PartyRunner UpParty
1Cachar Lushal HillsLaskar, Nibaran ChandraINCGhose, Satyendra KishoreKMPP
Deb, Suresh ChandraINCPatni, Nitai ChandKMPP
2Autonomous DistrictsBonily KhongmenINCWilson ReadeKJD
3Goalpara Garo HillsJonab Amjad AliSPRani Manjula DeviIND
Sitanath Brahma ChowdhuryINCSatish Chandra BasumatariTS
4BarpetaBeliram DasINCBipin Pal DasSP
5GauhatiRohini Kumar ChaudhuryINCLakshya Dhar ChaudhurySP
6DarrangKamakhya Prasad TripathiINCH. C. BaruaSP
7NowgongBarooah, Dev KantaINCGoswami Lakshmi PrasadSP
8Golaghat JorhatDebeswar SarmaINCBhabesh Chandra BaruaSP
9Sibsagar North LakhimpurBuragohain, SurendranathINCBarbarua, LalitIND
10DibrugarhHazarika, Jogendra NathINCSonawal, ParasuramSP

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 21 August 2018 . General Election, 1951 (Vol I, II) . 19 November 2023 . Election Commission of India.