1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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19 February 1962
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All 105 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly 53 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 4,942,816 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 51.05% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in February 1962.[1] A total of 409 candidates contested the 105 constituencies.[1] 101 men and four women were elected. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Bimala Prasad Chaliha was appointed as the Chief Minister of Assam.[2] The All Party Hill Leaders Conference won eleven seats and independent contestants won eight seats.
Of the 105 seats in the Legislative Assembly, 77 were general, 23 were for scheduled tribes and five were for scheduled castes.[1]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| INC | 1,179,305 | 48.25 | 79 | ▲ 8 | |
| Praja Socialist Party | 310,093 | 12.69 | 6 | ▼2 | |
| Communist Party of India | 156,153 | 6.39 | 0 | ▼3 | |
| All Party Hill Leaders Conference | 134,591 | 5.51 | 11 | ▲11 | |
| Socialist | 36,672 | 1.50 | 0 |  | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 29,249 | 1.20 | 1 | | |
| Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 10,887 | 0.45 | 0 | | |
| Achik Assona Chilchakgipa Kotak | 5,169 | 0.21 | 0 | | |
| Independent | 582,042 | 23.81 | 8 | ▼17 | |
| Total | 2,444,161 | 100.00 | 105 | – | |
| Valid votes | 2,444,161 | 78.38 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 674,225 | 21.62 | |||
| Total votes | 3,118,386 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,942,816 | 63.09 | |||
| Source: [3] | |||||
Results by constituency
[edit]| Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Lungleh (ST) | Saprawnga | APHLC | 5563 | 45.77 | R. Dengthuama | IND | 4513 | 37.13 | 1050 | ||
| 2 | Aijal East (ST) | Raymond Thanhlira | APHLC | 10321 | 84.18 | Lalsawia | INC | 1939 | 15.82 | 8382 | ||
| 3 | Aijal West (ST) | Ch. Chhunga | APHLC | 16070 | 73.58 | A. Thanglura | INC | 5771 | 26.42 | 10299 | ||
| 4 | Ratabari | Baidyanath Mookerjee | INC | 13403 | 42.71 | Biswanath Upadhyaya | PSP | 12081 | 38.50 | 1322 | ||
| 5 | Patharkandi (SC) | Ramdeb Mallah | INC | 17652 | 65.65 | Gopesh Namasudra | CPI | 9234 | 34.35 | 8418 | ||
| 6 | Karimganj South | Abdul Munim Choudhury | INC | 9881 | 35.47 | Jajneswar Das | CPI | 6914 | 24.82 | 2967 | ||
| 7 | Karimganj North | Rathindra Nath Sen | IND | 12922 | 39.12 | Ranendra Mohan Das | INC | 10601 | 32.09 | 2321 | ||
| 8 | Katigora | Tarapada Bhattacharjee | IND | 15358 | 57.10 | Abdul Hamid Mazumder | INC | 11541 | 42.90 | 3817 | ||
| 9 | Badarpur | Abdul Jalil Choudhury | INC | 13062 | 54.97 | Kumud Ranjan Chakravarty | IND | 8123 | 34.18 | 4939 | ||
| 10 | Hailakandi | Rampirit Rudrapaul | IND | 11681 | 44.52 | Abdul Matlib Mazumdar | INC | 8937 | 34.06 | 2744 | ||
| 11 | Katlicherra | Gouri Shankar Roy | INC | 11700 | 45.05 | Badanmal Surana | IND | 6230 | 23.99 | 5470 | ||
| 12 | Silchar West | Nanda Kishore Sinha | IND | 14240 | 41.97 | Mohitosh Purkayastha | INC | 6481 | 19.10 | 7759 | ||
| 13 | Silchar East | Moinul Hoque Choudhury | INC | 23050 | 58.95 | Jitendra Nath Chowdhury | IND | 16048 | 41.05 | 7002 | ||
| 14 | Sonai | Pulakeshi Singh | INC | 16654 | 56.76 | Jatindra Mohan Barbhuiya | IND | 11685 | 39.83 | 4969 | ||
| 15 | Lakhipur | Ram Prasad Choubey | INC | 14916 | 58.53 | Gour Singh | IND | 5267 | 20.67 | 9649 | ||
| 16 | Udharbond | Dwarika Nath Tewari | INC | 16336 | 73.62 | Anil Kumar Barman | PSP | 5854 | 26.38 | 10482 | ||
| 17 | North Cachar Hills (ST) | Joy Bhadra Hagjer | INC | 5708 | 50.07 | Mohan Hamdhan | APHLC | 5693 | 49.93 | 15 | ||
| 18 | Mikir Hills East (ST) | Sai Sai Terang | INC | 7059 | 43.63 | Barelong Terang | IND | 4750 | 29.36 | 2309 | ||
| 19 | Mikir Hills West (ST) | Chatrasing Teron | INC | 10020 | 65.97 | Basa Ingti Kathar | APHLC | 5169 | 34.03 | 4851 | ||
| 20 | Jowai (ST) | Enowell Pohshna | APHLC | 10762 | 46.70 | Kistobin Rymbai | IND | 4537 | 19.69 | 6225 | ||
| 21 | Nongpoh (ST) | B. B. Lyngdoh | APHLC | 13076 | 73.47 | Ajra Singh Khongphai | INC | 2926 | 16.44 | 10150 | ||
| 22 | Shillong | Wilson Reade | APHLC | 10751 | 49.58 | Aron Alley | INC | 7754 | 35.76 | 2997 | ||
| 23 | Nongstoin (ST) | Hopingstone Lyngdoh | APHLC | 9825 | 67.41 | Bhatiar Syiem | INC | 2827 | 19.40 | 6998 | ||
| 24 | Cherrapunji (ST) | Stanley D. D. Nichols Roy | APHLC | 18786 | 70.87 | Maham Singh | INC | 7721 | 29.13 | 11065 | ||
| 25 | Baghmara (ST) | Williamson A. Sangma | APHLC | 7855 | 60.57 | Dingmin Nengminza | INC | 4796 | 36.98 | 3059 | ||
| 26 | Dainadubi (ST) | Nallindra Sangma | APHLC | 6238 | 69.40 | Aaron Sangma | INC | 2102 | 23.39 | 4136 | ||
| 27 | Tura (ST) | Emerson Momin | APHLC | 7979 | 55.32 | Noho Sangma | INC | 3750 | 26.00 | 4229 | ||
| 28 | Phulbari (ST) | Emonsing M Sangma | INC | 6104 | 51.06 | Bronson Momin | APHLC | 4340 | 36.31 | 1764 | ||
| 29 | Mankachar | Zahirul Islam | IND | 10744 | 49.47 | Kobad Hussain Ahmed | INC | 10492 | 48.31 | 252 | ||
| 30 | South Salmara | Bazlul Basit | INC | 17373 | 60.97 | Maulvi Sahadat Ali Mandal | PSP | 10341 | 36.29 | 7032 | ||
| 31 | Dhubri | Md. Umaruddin | INC | 10643 | 56.15 | Tamizuddin Pradhani | IND | 4515 | 23.82 | 6128 | ||
| 32 | Golakganj | Sarat Chandra Sinha | INC | 12591 | 44.65 | Kabir Chandra Ray | IND | 10374 | 36.79 | 2217 | ||
| 33 | Gauripur | Syed Ahmmad Ali | INC | 10150 | 34.03 | Azad Ali | PSP | 8132 | 27.26 | 2018 | ||
| 34 | Bilasipara | Derajuddin Khan | INC | 11583 | 40.74 | Jahanuddin Khan | PSP | 9307 | 32.74 | 2276 | ||
| 35 | Gossalgaon | Mithius Tudu | IND | 7350 | 31.51 | Panchanan Medhi | INC | 4532 | 19.43 | 2818 | ||
| 36 | Sidli (ST) | Rupnath Brahma | INC | 9625 | 58.68 | Birendra Narayan Brahma Patgiri | IND | 5702 | 34.76 | 3923 | ||
| 37 | Kokrajhar | Raja Ajit Narayan Deb | INC | 9508 | 44.99 | Bipin Chandra Daimari | CPI | 5929 | 28.05 | 3579 | ||
| 38 | Bijni | Ram Prasad Das | PSP | 8896 | 39.42 | Hareswar Das | INC | 7661 | 33.94 | 1235 | ||
| 39 | North Salmara (SC) | Ghanasyam Das | INC | 15505 | 56.84 | Kandarpa Narayan Banikya | PSP | 4927 | 18.06 | 10578 | ||
| 40 | Goalpara | Khagendranath Nath | INC | 17854 | 50.41 | Abdul Rahim | PSP | 10974 | 30.99 | 6880 | ||
| 41 | Dudhnai (ST) | Hakim Chandra Rabha | INC | 11469 | 49.66 | Sarat Chandra Rabha | CPI | 7798 | 33.78 | 3671 | ||
| 42 | Boko | Prabin Kumar Chaudhuri | INC | 12800 | 57.27 | Kati Ram Rava | PSP | 7912 | 35.40 | 4888 | ||
| 43 | Rampur | Harendra Nath Talukdar | INC | 14515 | 52.04 | Hareswar Goswami | PSP | 10837 | 38.85 | 3678 | ||
| 44 | Palasbari | Radhika Ram Das | INC | 12494 | 42.57 | Govinda Kalita | IND | 6625 | 22.57 | 5869 | ||
| 45 | Gauhati | Debendra Nath Sarma | INC | 14047 | 39.12 | Gaurishankar Bhattacharyya | CPI | 8560 | 23.84 | 5487 | ||
| 46 | Kamalpur | Sarat Chandra Goswami | INC | 14327 | 56.13 | Abu Bakar Siddique | IND | 4655 | 18.24 | 9672 | ||
| 47 | Hajo | Mahendra Mohan Choudhry | INC | 19038 | 54.04 | Sheikh Chand Mohammad | IND | 11700 | 33.21 | 7338 | ||
| 48 | Tarabari | Tajuddin Ahmed | PSP | 12681 | 43.40 | Ataur Rahman | INC | 11322 | 38.75 | 1359 | ||
| 49 | Bhabanipur (SC) | Mahadeb Das | INC | 8820 | 40.69 | Anil Chandra | IND | 5282 | 24.37 | 3538 | ||
| 50 | Barpeta | Madhusudhan Das | PSP | 18124 | 57.73 | Maulavi Mokhtar Ali | INC | 12345 | 39.32 | 5779 | ||
| 51 | Jania | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | INC | 25208 | 84.56 | Mahiuddin | PSP | 4603 | 15.44 | 20605 | ||
| 52 | Sorbhog | Akshoy Kumar Das | INC | 11338 | 41.40 | Ghanashyam Talukdar | IND | 10573 | 38.60 | 765 | ||
| 53 | Barama (ST) | Surendra Nath Das | INC | 9015 | 56.18 | Birendra Kumar Das | PSP | 4346 | 27.08 | 4669 | ||
| 54 | Patacharkuchi | Homeswar Deb Choudhury | PSP | 13407 | 56.89 | Prasanna Chandra Pathak | INC | 10161 | 43.11 | 3246 | ||
| 55 | Nalbari West | Sriman Prafulla Goswami | INC | 14429 | 49.81 | Tarun Sen Deka | CPI | 8763 | 29.87 | 5666 | ||
| 56 | Nalbari East | Prabin Sarma | INC | 7419 | 29.24 | Hari Charan Pathak | IND | 5358 | 21.12 | 2061 | ||
| 57 | Rangiya | Siddhi Nath Sarma | INC | 12416 | 68.89 | Kamaleswar Buzar Baruah | IND | 4246 | 23.56 | 8170 | ||
| 58 | Tamalpur (ST) | Haladhar Uzir | PSP | 8371 | 48.87 | Baikuntha Nath Das | INC | 7993 | 46.66 | 7993 | ||
| 59 | Panery (ST) | Bahadur Basumatary | INC | 14961 | 63.31 | Balsing Baglari | IND | 5800 | 24.54 | 9161 | ||
| 60 | Kalaigaon | Dandi Ram Dutta | INC | 17169 | 65.26 | Hiralal Patowary | IND | 8298 | 31.54 | 8871 | ||
| 61 | Mangaldai | Sibaprasad Sarmah | INC | 13448 | 51.54 | Keshab Chandra Bhuyan | IND | 12643 | 48.46 | 805 | ||
| 62 | Dalgaon | Md. Matlebuddin | INC | 16698 | 83.41 | Samser Ali | IND | 2794 | 13.96 | 13904 | ||
| 63 | Dhekiajuli | Omeo Kumar Das | INC | 15915 | 70.14 | Purna Narayan Sinha | PSP | 6776 | 29.86 | 9139 | ||
| 64 | Barchalla | Mohi Kanta Das | INC | 12731 | 51.51 | Bharat Hazarika | IND | 8019 | 32.45 | 4712 | ||
| 65 | Balipara | Biswadev Sarma | INC | 16012 | 60.41 | Michael Lugun | IND | 4314 | 16.27 | 11698 | ||
| 66 | Tezpur | Kamala Prasad Agarwala | INC | 10763 | 49.47 | Golok Kakati | PSP | 8784 | 40.37 | 1979 | ||
| 67 | Biswanath | Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy | INC | 20490 | 69.19 | Cheni Ram Das | IND | 6274 | 21.19 | 14216 | ||
| 68 | Gohpur | Bishnulal Upadhyaya | INC | 18231 | 61.29 | Bharat Chandra Das | IND | 6614 | 22.24 | 11617 | ||
| 69 | Morigaon (ST) | Bali Ram Das | INC | 12361 | 64.62 | Pit Sing Konwar | PSP | 5165 | 27.00 | 7196 | ||
| 70 | Laharighat | Lakshmi Prasad Goswami | PSP | 14141 | 53.45 | Faizuddin Ahmed | INC | 11114 | 42.01 | 3027 | ||
| 71 | Dhing | Mohammad Idris | INC | 18734 | 84.18 | Samsul Huda | IND | 3522 | 15.82 | 15212 | ||
| 72 | Rupohihat | Abu Nasar Md. Ohid | INC | 12670 | 71.44 | Abdur Ruf | IND | 2943 | 16.60 | 9727 | ||
| 73 | Kaliabor | Lila Kanta Bora | INC | 8465 | 42.00 | Laduram Rathi | IND | 6814 | 33.81 | 1651 | ||
| 74 | Samaguri | D. K. Barooah | INC | 12257 | 56.51 | Liladhar Borkakaty | PSP | 7855 | 36.22 | 4402 | ||
| 75 | Nowgong | Moti Ram Bora | INC | 25102 | 70.76 | Phani Bora | CPI | 9586 | 27.02 | 15516 | ||
| 76 | Raha (SC) | Mahendra Nath Hazarika | INC | 16921 | 61.34 | Bali Ram Das | PSP | 10663 | 38.66 | 6258 | ||
| 77 | Jamunamukh | Begum Afia Ahmed | INC | 14687 | 50.55 | Phani Bora | ABJS | 4770 | 16.42 | 9917 | ||
| 78 | Lumding | Santi Ranjan Das Gupta | IND | 18359 | 49.77 | Ram Nath Sarma | INC | 15882 | 43.05 | 2477 | ||
| 79 | Marangi | Chanoo Kheria | INC | 8672 | 63.02 | Sankor Chandra Barua | PSP | 2437 | 17.71 | 6235 | ||
| 80 | Golaghat | Dandeswar Hazarika | INC | 7136 | 36.68 | Bedabrata Barua | PSP | 4282 | 22.01 | 2854 | ||
| 81 | Bokakhat | Narendranath Sarma | INC | 9905 | 59.39 | Sagar Chandra Bora | PSP | 2733 | 16.39 | 7172 | ||
| 82 | Dergaon (SC) | Ramnath Das | INC | 7862 | 54.72 | Moneswar Bharali | PSP | 3968 | 27.62 | 3894 | ||
| 83 | Titabar | Sarbeswar Bordoloi | INC | 11736 | 44.96 | Giridhar Thengal | CPI | 8043 | 30.81 | 3693 | ||
| 84 | Katonigaon | Komol Kumari Barua | INC | 8112 | 35.62 | P. M. Sarwan | IND | 4835 | 21.23 | 3277 | ||
| 85 | Jorhat | Dulal Chandra Baruah | IND | 7848 | 30.04 | Bangshidhar Dutta | PSP | 7188 | 27.51 | 660 | ||
| 86 | Majuli (ST) | Malchandra Pegu | INC | 8917 | 44.37 | Mohidhar Pegoo | IND | 5177 | 25.76 | 3740 | ||
| 87 | Teok | Tilok Gogoi | INC | 9570 | 47.87 | Sonaram Chutia | PSP | 5329 | 26.66 | 4241 | ||
| 88 | Amguri | Khagen Barbarua | RCPI | 8798 | 42.80 | Thanoram Gogoi | INC | 7798 | 37.94 | 1000 | ||
| 89 | Nazira | Tankeswar Chetia | INC | 9957 | 45.88 | Karuna Gogoi | PSP | 8393 | 38.67 | 1564 | ||
| 90 | Sonari | Bimala Prasad Chaliha | INC | 10319 | 61.87 | Sashidhar Phukan | PSP | 2758 | 16.54 | 7561 | ||
| 91 | Thowra | Durgeswar Saikia | INC | 14875 | 54.79 | Buddha Barua | RCPI | 7574 | 27.90 | 7301 | ||
| 92 | Sibsagar | Girindra Nath Gogoi | INC | 12282 | 50.90 | Promode Gogoi | CPI | 7061 | 29.26 | 5221 | ||
| 93 | Bihpuria | Mohananda Bora | INC | 8152 | 33.97 | Premadhar Bora | IND | 5237 | 21.82 | 2915 | ||
| 94 | North Lakhimpur (ST) | Lokhyanath Doley | INC | 10633 | 47.18 | Nameswar Pegu | CPI | 9601 | 42.60 | 1032 | ||
| 95 | Dhakuakhana (ST) | Lalit Kumar Doley | INC | 10972 | 40.62 | Lilaram Borsaikia | CPI | 5692 | 21.07 | 5280 | ||
| 96 | Moran | Padma Kumari Gohain | INC | 9796 | 47.11 | Madanchandra Barua | IND | 5208 | 25.05 | 4588 | ||
| 97 | Dibrugarh | Ramesh Chandra Barooah | INC | 11588 | 57.51 | Binoy Bhushan Chakravarty | CPI | 6438 | 31.95 | 5150 | ||
| 98 | Lahowal | Lily Sen Gupta | INC | 6231 | 44.07 | Nibaran Chandra Bora | IND | 5567 | 39.38 | 664 | ||
| 99 | Tengakhat | Manik Chandra Das | INC | 7969 | 48.68 | Jonaram Neog | SOC | 3513 | 21.46 | 4456 | ||
| 100 | Jaipur | Indreswar Khaund | INC | 8361 | 48.44 | Tholok Gogoy | SOC | 5546 | 32.13 | 2815 | ||
| 101 | Bogdung | Upendra Nath Santan | INC | 8586 | 56.43 | Golap Borbora | SOC | 6628 | 43.57 | 1958 | ||
| 102 | Tinsukia | Radhakishan Khemka | INC | 15228 | 51.62 | Barin Chowdhury | CPI | 8353 | 28.31 | 6875 | ||
| 103 | Digboi | Dwijesh Chandra Deb Sarma | INC | 12417 | 46.73 | Mohanlal Mukherjee | CPI | 5437 | 20.46 | 6980 | ||
| 104 | Doom Dooma | Malia Tanti | INC | 13745 | 84.75 | Vincen Bhengra | IND | 2473 | 15.25 | 11272 | ||
| 105 | Saikhowa | Devendra Nath Hazarika | INC | 7777 | 54.67 | Robin Moran | IND | 3236 | 22.75 | 4541 | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Assam Election Results, 1962". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ↑ "Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937". assamassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 February 2022.