1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election

1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election
← 1962 17 February 1967 1972 →
All 126 seats to the Assam Legislative Assembly; 52 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Bimala Prasad Chaliha; INC	Chief Minister ; ; Bimala Prasad Chaliha; INC

The 4th Assam Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases in 1967 to elect members from 126 constituencies in Assam, India.

Constituencies

Assam Legislative Assembly, 126 consisted of 93 Genrael constituencies, 24 Scheduled Tribes and 9 Scheduled Castes constituencies. A total of 492 nominations were filed out of which 486 were men's and 6 were women withdrew their nominations. 4 women were elected to Assam Legislative Assembly.

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.^[1]

Results

Summary of results of the 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election^[1]

	Political Party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress		120	73	44.66%	1354748	43.60%
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference		12	9	57.86%	108447	3.49%
	Communist Party of India		22	7	30.19%	108447	5.15%
	Praja Socialist Party		35	5	23.20%	213094	6.86%
	Samyukta Socialist Party		17	4	26.37%	101802	3.28%
	Swatantra Party		13	2	14.07%	46187	1.49%
	Independent		124	26	36.12%	1004695	32.33%
Total Seats			105	Voters	5449305	Turnout	3369230 (61.83%)

Constituency-wise results

#	Constituency	Leading Candidate	Leading Party	Margin
1	Lungleh	No Nomination Filed
2	Aijal East	A. Thanglura	Indian National Congress	Uncontested
3	Aijal West	A. Thanglura	Indian National Congress	Uncontested
4	Ratabari	Biswanath Upadhyay	Indian National Congress	11,959
5	Patharkandi	Motilal Kanoo	Independent	2,372
6	Karimganj North	Rathindra Nath Sen	Independent	2,298
7	Karimganj South	Praffulla Choudhury	Indian National Congress	3,567
8	Badarpur	Moulana Abdul Jalil Choudhury	Indian National Congress	2,777
9	Hailakandi	Abdul Matlib Mazumdar	Indian National Congress	16,970
10	Katlicherra	Tajamul Ali Laskar	Independent	5,819
11	Silchar	Santosh Mohan Dev	Indian National Congress	3,173
12	Sonai	Moinul Hoque Choudhury	Indian National Congress	11,268
13	Dholai	Jatindra Mohan Barbhuyan	Independent	1,029
14	Lakhipur	Mera Chouba Singha	Indian National Congress	6,062
15	Udharbond	Jagannath Singha	Indian National Congress	16,750
16	Barkhola	Altaf Hussain Mazumdar	Indian National Congress	7,310
17	Katigora	AK Nurul Haque	Indian National Congress	7,916
18	Haflong	Joy Bhadra Hagjer	Indian National Congress	4,627
19	Bokajan	Sai Sai Terang	Indian National Congress	6,240
20	Howraghat	Chatrasing Teron	Indian National Congress	7,605
21	Baithalangso	Dhaniram Rongpi	Indian National Congress	7,639
22	Jowai	Edwingson Barch	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	8,134
23	Shillong	Hoover Hynniewta	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	5,528
24	Nongpoh	B. B. Lyngdoh	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Uncontested
25	Nongstoin	Hopingstone Lyngdoh	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	17,687
26	Cherrapunji	Stanley D.D. Nichols Roy	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Uncontested
27	Baghmara	Capt. Williamson A. Sangma	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	4,449
28	Dainadubi	Mody Marak	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	5,952
29	Tura	Grohonsing Marak	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	7,440
30	Phulbari	Bronson Momin	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	3,694
31	Mankachar	Zahirul Islam	Independent	3,694
32	South Salmara	Bazlul Basit	Indian National Congress	1,496
33	Dhubri	Syed Ahmed Ali	Indian National Congress	243
34	Gauripur	Mohammad Azad Ali	Praja Socialist Party	2,269
35	Golakganj	Kabir Chandra Roy Pradhani	Independent	11,433
36	Bilasipara	Giasuddin Ahmed	Independent	9,097
37	Gossaigaon	Mithius Tudu	Indian National Congress	11,152
38	Kokrajhar West	Ranendra Basumatari	Indian National Congress	5,840
39	Kokrajhar East	Rani Manjula Devi	Indian National Congress	6,686
40	Sidli	Uttan Chandra Brahma	Indian National Congress	2,272
41	Bijni	Golak Chandra Patgiri	Indian National Congress	5,103
42	Abhayapuri	Kandarpa Narayan Banikya	Independent	10,808
43	Bongaigaon	Mothura Mohan Sinha	Indian National Congress	3,455
44	Goalpara West	Benoy Krishna Ghose	Praja Socialist Party	17,725
45	Goalpara East	Shahadat Ali Jotdar	Independent	3,497
46	Dudhnai	Sarat Chandra Rabha	Communist Party of India	4,003
47	Sorbhog	Pranita Talukdar	Indian National Congress	8,834
48	Bhabanipur	Dharanidhar Choudhury	Indian National Congress	4,287
49	Patacharkuchi	Bhubaneswar Barman	Praja Socialist Party	4,561
50	Barpeta	Dr. Surendra Nath Das	Praja Socialist Party	2,307
51	Jania	Ataur Rahman	Indian National Congress	25,678
52	Baghbar	Jalauddin Ahmed	Independent	1,766
53	Sarukhetri	Matilal Nayak	Independent	9,356
54	Chenga	Ataur Rahman	Indian National Congress	10,537
55	Boko	Prabin Kumar Choudhury	Indian National Congress	8,243
56	Chaygaon	Hareswar Goswami	Indian National Congress	6,385
57	Palasbari	Abala Kanta Goswami	Independent	5,878
58	Gauhati East	Mohendra Mohan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	7,721
59	Gauhati West	Govinda Kalita	Communist Party of India	1,084
60	Jalukbari	Sailen Medhi	Independent	5,417
61	Hajo	Bishnuram Medhi	Indian National Congress	Uncontested
62	Nalbari West	Dr. Bhumidhar Barman	Indian National Congress	1,028
63	Nalbari East	Prabhat Narayan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	6,641
64	Borbhag	Gourisankar Bhattacharyya	Independent	4,346
65	Barama	Surendra Nath Das	Indian National Congress	1,046
66	Tamulpur	Maneswar Boro	Independent	1,314
67	Rangiya	Kamini Mohon Sarma	Communist Party of India	82
68	Kamalpur	Lakshyadhar Chaudhury	Praja Socialist Party	274
69	Panery	Hiralal Patwary	Independent	8,310
70	Kalaigaon	Dandi Ram Dutta	Indian National Congress	172
71	Rangamati	Nakul Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	7,648
72	Mangaldai	Mohammad Matlibuddin	Independent	6,140
73	Dalgaon	Surendra Chandra Baruah	Indian National Congress	1,697
74	Udalguri	Bahadur Basumatary	Indian National Congress	7,460
75	Dhekiajuli	Pushpalata Das	Indian National Congress	8,868
76	Missamari	Mohi Kanta Das	Indian National Congress	6,880
77	Tezpur	Bishnu Prasad Rava	Independent	373
78	Balipara	Biswadev Sarma	Indian National Congress	11,519
79	Sootea	Narayan Chandra Bhuyan	Indian National Congress	4,909
80	Biswanath	Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi	Indian National Congress	7,253
81	Gohpur	Bishnulal Upadhyaya	Indian National Congress	744
82	Marigaon	Pitsing Konwar	Indian National Congress	7,240
83	Bokani	Mohendra Nath Hazarika	Indian National Congress	9,487
84	Laharighat	Mohammad Abul Kasem	Indian National Congress	13,170
85	Raha	Sarat Chandra Goswami	Indian National Congress	2,138
86	Dhing	Mohammad Samsul Huda	Indian National Congress	1,005
87	Rupohihat	Musawir Chowdhury	Independent	2,173
88	Nowgong	Phani Bora	Communist Party of India	5,153
89	Darhampur	Kehoram Hazarika	Communist Party of India	3,292
90	Kaliabor	Atul Chandra Goswami	Samyukta Socialist Party	3078
91	Samaguri	Dev Kant Baruah	Indian National Congress	2971
92	Jamunamukh	Lakshmi Prasad Goswami	Indian National Congress	6,846
93	Hojai	Jonab Rahimuddin Ahmed	Swatantra Party	419
94	Lumding	Sadhan Ranjan Sarkar	Indian National Congress	3734
95	Bokakhat	Lakheswar Das	Indian National Congress	4506
96	Sarupathar	C. G. Karmakar	Indian National Congress	6096
97	Golaghat	Soneswar Bora	Indian National Congress	6379
98	Dergaon	Narendra Nath Sarma	Indian National Congress	3149
99	Majuli	Mohidhar Pegu	Indian National Congress	1964
100	Jorhat	Jogen Saikia	Indian National Congress	672
101	Charaibahit	Dulal Baruah	Indian National Congress	7340
102	Titabar	Dulal Baruah	Indian National Congress	4776
103	Mariani	Gojen Tanti	Indian National Congress	5457
104	Teok	Tilok Gogoi	Indian National Congress	3374
105	Amguri	Pushpadhar Chaliha	Indian National Congress	913
106	Sibsagar	Promode Gogoi	Communist Party of India	3530
107	Thowra	Durgeswar Saikia	Indian National Congress	2758
108	Nazira	Karuna Kanta Gogoi	Indian National Congress	7380
109	Mahmara	Ratneswar Konger	Indian National Congress	817
110	Sonari	Bimala Prasad Chaliha	Indian National Congress	9786
111	Bihpuria	Premadhar Bora	Independent	87
112	Naoboicha	Dr. Bhupen Hazarika	Independent	5717
113	North Lakhimpur	Govinda Chandra Bora	Indian National Congress	3140
114	Dhakuakhana	Nameswar Pegu	Indian National Congress	6858
115	Dhemaji	Ramesh Mohan Kouli	Swatantra Party	274
116	Moran	Padma Kumari Gohain	Indian National Congress	5855
117	Dibrugarh	Ramesh Chandra Brooah	Indian National Congress	2532
118	Lahowal	Lily Sen Gupta	Indian National Congress	3110
119	Tengakhat	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	789
120	Tingkhong	Bhadreswar Gogoi	Samyukta Socialist Party	1992
121	Joypur	Manik Chandra Das	Samyukta Socialist Party	3140
122	Bogdung	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	2225
123	Tinsukia	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	6568
124	Digboi	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	2029
125	Doom Dooma	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	12106
126	Saikhowa	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	7259

References

1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

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↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam" (PDF). Election Awaaz. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 July 2026.

[AssamECI1951-1] 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam" (PDF). Election Awaaz. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 July 2026.

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