1957 Indian general election in Assam

For State Assembly election, see 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election.
1957 Indian general election in Assam
12 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered44,95,359
Turnout20,74,158 (46.14%) 1.82%
  First party Second party
 
INC
PSP
Party INC PSP
Seats won 9 2
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 11,84,708 4,57,643
Percentage 51.68% 19.96%
Swing 5.94% new party
Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

Prime Minister after election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

The 1957 Indian general election in Assam were held to elect the 12 members from 10 constituencies in the state. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 9 out of the 12 seats. And 2 seats were won by the Praja Socialist Party. The remaining seat was won by an Independent politician.

Voting and results

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Indian National Congress1,184,70851.685.94%92
Praja Socialist Party457,64319.9622
Communist Party of India235,04410.250–
Independents415,21718.114.37%11
Total2,292,612100.00–12
Registered voters/turnout2,074,158–

List of Elected MPs

Constituency NoS Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Cachar 2 Dwarika Nath Tewari (SC) INC 2,19,704 55.85 Dev Dhirendra Mohan IND 1,73,675 44.15 N/A
Nibaran Chandra Laskar INC Returned Uncontested[a]
2 Autonomous Districts (ST) 1 Hoover Hynniewta IND 58,428 49.86 G. Gilbert Swell INC 40,580 34.63 17,848 15.23
3 Dhubri 1 Amjad Ali PSP 1,01,303 57.98 Nazmul Haque INC 73,410 42.02 27,893 15.97
4 Goalpara 2 Dharanidhar Basumauari (ST) INC 1,83,774 26.40 Bishnu Prasad Rabha (ST)[b] CPI 98,180 14.11 N/A
Rani Manjula Debi INC 1,83,974 26.43 Bhabananda Datta[c] CPI 1,03,151 14.82 N/A
5 Gauhati 1 Hem Barua PSP 1,43,497 59.76 Devendra Nath Sarma INC 96,624 40.24 46,873 19.52
6 Darrang 1 Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati INC Returned Uncontested
7 Nowgong 1 Liladhar Kataki INC 1,19,002 61.74 Sukadev Goswami IND 53,947 27.99 65,055 33.75
8 Jorhat 1 Mofida Ahmed INC 80,028 45.36 Syed Abdul Malik CPI 33,713 19.11 46,315 26.25
9 Sibsagar 1 Profulla Chandra Borua INC 92,374 56.12 Kedarnath Goswami IND 32,633 19.83 59,741 36.29
10 Dibrugarh 1 Jogendra Nath Hazarika INC 95,238 69.32 Nibaron Chandra Bora PSP 25,712 18.71 69,526 50.60
  1. ^ The reserved seat was won by election, and the unreserved seat was won unopposed
  2. ^ Runner up for reserved seat
  3. ^ Runner up for unreserved seat

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