1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly election in Assam, India
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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.
Registered4,942,816
Turnout51.05%
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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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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 | |
| Indian National Congress | 1,179,305 | 48.25 | 79 | |
| Praja Socialist Party | 310,093 | 12.69 | 6 | |
| Communist Party of India | 156,153 | 6.39 | 0 | |
| All Party Hill Leaders Conference | 134,591 | 5.51 | 11 | |
| Socialist | 36,672 | 1.50 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party | 29,249 | 1.20 | 1 | |
| Jan Sangh | 10,887 | 0.45 | 0 | |
| Achik Assona Chilchakgipa Kotak | 5,169 | 0.21 | 0 | |
| Independents | 582,042 | 23.81 | 8 | |
| 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
| 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 | ||