1946 Assam Provincial Legislative Assembly Election

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1946 Assam Provincial Legislative Assembly Election
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25 October 1951 – 21 February 1952 1952  →
489 of the 499 seats in the Lok Sabha [a]
245 seats needed for a majority
Registered173,212,343
 First partySecond party
 
Leader Gopinath Bordoloi Mohammad Sadulla
Party INC CPI
Seats won36416
Popular vote47,665,9513,487,401
Percentage44.99%3.29%
 Third partyFourth party
 
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Leader Narendra Deva J. B. Kripalani
Party Socialist KMPP
Seats won129
Popular vote11,216,7196,135,978
Percentage10.59%5.79%
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Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

Prime Minister after election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

In Assam, Congress won all of the general seats and most of those were reserved for special interest, thus forming the local government. The Muslim League won all of the Muslim seats. [1]

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Results

Notes

  1. ↑ Ten members were appointed, including six representing Jammu and Kashmir, two representing Anglo-Indians, one representing Part B tribal areas in Assam and one representing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

References

  1. ↑ J., W. W. (1946). "The Indian Elections — 1946". The World Today. 2 (4): 167–175. ISSN   0043-9134. JSTOR   40391905.
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