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 |
Image1: | Jawaharlal Nehru stamp (cropped).jpg |
Image1 Size: | 130x130px |
Leader1: | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Party1: | Indian National Congress |
Seats1: | 11 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,210,707 |
Percentage1: | 45.74% |
Image2 Size: | 130x130px |
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.
Constituency | Turnout | Winner[1] | Party | Runner Up | Party | |
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1 | Cachar Lushal Hills | Laskar, Nibaran Chandra | INC | Ghose, Satyendra Kishore | KMPP | |
Deb, Suresh Chandra | INC | Patni, Nitai Chand | KMPP | |||
2 | Autonomous Districts | Bonily Khongmen | INC | Wilson Reade | KJD | |
3 | Goalpara Garo Hills | Jonab Amjad Ali | SP | Rani Manjula Devi | IND | |
Sitanath Brahma Chowdhury | INC | Satish Chandra Basumatari | TS | |||
4 | Barpeta | Beliram Das | INC | Bipin Pal Das | SP | |
5 | Gauhati | Rohini Kumar Chaudhury | INC | Lakshya Dhar Chaudhury | SP | |
6 | Darrang | Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi | INC | H. C. Barua | SP | |
7 | Nowgong | Barooah, Dev Kanta | INC | Goswami Lakshmi Prasad | SP | |
8 | Golaghat Jorhat | Debeswar Sarma | INC | Bhabesh Chandra Barua | SP | |
9 | Sibsagar North Lakhimpur | Buragohain, Surendranath | INC | Barbarua, Lalit | IND | |
10 | Dibrugarh | Hazarika, Jogendra Nath | INC | Sonawal, Parasuram | SP | |