1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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  1972 25 February 1978 1983  

All 126 seats in the Legislature of Assam
64 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Golap Borbora (denoised).jpg
INC
Leader Golap Borbora -
Party Janata Party Indian National Congress
Leader since1978-
Leader's seat Tinsukia -
Last electionNew95
Seats won5334
Seat changeNewDecrease2.svg 61
Percentage27.55%32.4%
SwingNewDecrease2.svg 20.8pp

CM before election

Sarat Chandra Singha
INC

Elected CM

Golap Borbora
JP

The 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh Assam Legislative Assembly on February 25 1978. [1] The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbora with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. Jogendra Nath Hazarika was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he held the CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed President's rule in Assam. [2] [3]

Contents

Background

The Navnirman Andolan, which erupted in December 1973 started on the issue of hike in fees for an engineering college in Gujarat, Jayaprakash Narayan's movement against corruption, a three week long Bihar rail strike led by socialist leader George Fernandes, had destabilized the political atmosphere of India. [4] The sterilization program, which was tried to be implemented forcefully by Sanjay Gandhi, son of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi also created a lot of public outrage . [5]

Results

India Assam Legislative Assembly 1978.svg
S. NoPartyParty-typeContestedWonVotes polled %Vote % in seats contested
1 Communist Party of India National3554.0914.39
2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) National27115.6225.87
3 Indian National Congress National1262623.6223.62
4 Indian National Congress National11588.789.84
5 Janata Party National1175327.5529.95
6 All India Forward Bloc State300.094.28
7 Plain Tribals Council of Assam State942.6032.54
8 Revolutionary Socialist Party State600.448.85
9 All India Gorkha League Registered100.046.08
10 Revolutionary Communist Party of India Registered1041.4017.68
11 Socialist Unity Centre of India Registered400.072.29
12 Independent politician 1525.6726.50
Total126
Source: ECI [2]

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
RatabariSCLilamoy Das Janata Party
PatharkandiNoneFakrul Islam Independent
Karimganj NorthNoneNishith Ranjan Das Communist Party of India
Karimganj SouthNoneAbdul Muqtadir Choudhury Indian National Congress
BadarpurNoneRamendra De Communist Party of India
HailakandiNoneDipak Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India
KatlicherraNoneGouri Sankar Roy Indian National Congress
AlgapurNoneNepal Chandra Das Indian National Congress
SilcharNoneNoorul Kuda Communist Party of India
SonaiNoneAltaf Hossain Mazumdar Janata Party
DholaiSCSisir Ranjan Das Indian National Congress
UdharbondNoneJagannath Singh Janata Party
LakhipurNoneKazi Kutub Uddin Ahmed Independent
BarkholaNoneA.f.golam Osmani Janata Party
KatigoraNoneAbdul Kiyum Choudhury Indian National Congress
HaflongSTSona Ram Thaosen Janata Party
BokajanSTBilton G.momin Janata Party
HowraghatSTBarelong Terang Janata Party
DiphuSTGandhi Ram Timung Janata Party
BaithalangsoSTDhani Ram Rongpi Indian National Congress
MankacharNoneZahirul Islam Janata Party
Salmara SouthNoneDewan Joynal Abedin Independent
DhubriNoneMohammad Umaruddin Indian National Congress
GauripurNoneMohammad Azad Ali Janata Party
GolakganjNoneAluddin Sarkar Communist Party of India
Bilasipara WestNoneGaisuddin Ahmed Independent
Bilasipara EastNoneSurat Chanddra Sinha Indian National Congress
GossaigaonNoneMathias Tudu Indian National Congress
Kokrajhar WestSTRanendra Narayan Basumatari Indian National Congress
Kokrajhar EastSTSamar Brahma Choudhury Plain Tribals Council of Assam
SidliSTPanchanan Brahma Plain Tribals Council of Assam
BongaigaonNoneMathura Mohan Sinha Janata Party
BijniNonePadmalochan Boro Independent
Abhayapuri NorthNonePani Medhi Independent
Abhayapuri SouthSCRabindra Nath Choudhury Janata Party
DudhnaiSTJagat Chandra Patgiri Janata Party
Goalpara EastNoneBirendra Nath Choudhury Communist Party of India
Goalpara WestNoneNazmul Haque Independent
JaleswarNoneAfzalur Rahman Janata Party
SorbhogNoneHemen Das Communist Party of India
BhabanipurNoneTarini Charan Das Janata Party
PatacharkuchiNoneBhubaneswar Barman Janata Party
BarpetaNoneA. Latif Independent
JaniaNoneAbdus Sobhan Indian National Congress
BaghbarNoneIbrahim Ali Indian National Congress
SarukhetriNoneSirajul Haque Independent
ChengaNoneDanes Ali Ahmed Indian National Congress
BokoSCUmesh Chandra Das Janata Party
ChaygaonNoneA. N. Akram Hussain Indian National Congress
PalasbariNoneHarendra Goswami Janata Party
JalukbariNoneLakhyadhar Choudhury Janata Party
DispurNoneTarini Mohan Barua Janata Party
Gauhati EastNoneAjoy Kumar Dutta Janata Party
Gauhati WestNoneKiran Chandra Bezbarua Janata Party
HajoNoneRabindra Nath Malakar Janata Party
KamalpurNoneDaibasakti Deka Janata Party
RangiyaNonePurna Boro Communist Party of India
TamulpurNonePadam Bahadur Chouhan Janata Party
NalbariNoneNarendra Nath Dutta Communist Party of India
BarkhetryNoneSeikh Chand Mahammad Janata Party
DharmapurNoneRamani Barman Janata Party
BaramaSTBaikuntha Nath Das Indian National Congress
ChapaguriSTManik Chandra Das Independent
PaneryNoneRamesh Chandra Saharia Independent
KalaigaonNoneNagen Sarma Janata Party
SipajharNoneMadhab Rajbanshi Janata Party
MangaldoiSCAnil Das Janata Party
DalgaonNoneSyeda Anwara Taimur Indian National Congress
UdalguriSTBinoy Kumar Basumatary Plain Tribals Council of Assam
MajbatNoneSilvius Condpan Janata Party
DhekiajuliNonePratap Kalita Indian National Congress
BarchallaNoneKamal Chandra Basumatari Plain Tribals Council of Assam
TezpurNoneJiban Bora Janata Party
RangaparaNoneGolok Rajbanshi Indian National Congress
SooteaNoneGolok Kakati Janata Party
BiswanathNoneKosheswar Bora Janata Party
BehaliNoneBishnulal Upadhaya Indian National Congress
GohpurNoneRam Chandra Sarmah Janata Party
JagiroadSCPrasad Chandra Doloi Indian National Congress
MarigaonNoneKaliram Dekta Raja Indian National Congress
LaharighatNoneAbul Kashem Indian National Congress
RahaSCBaliram Das Janata Party
DhingNoneMd. Samsul Huda Revolutionary Communist Party of India
BatadrobaNoneBaneswar Saikia Revolutionary Communist Party of India
RupohihatNoneMohammad Idris Indian National Congress
NowgongNoneMukut Sarma Indian National Congress
BarhampurNoneLakeshwar Gohain Janata Party
SamaguriNoneBhabendra Kumar Saikia Janata Party
KaliaborNoneAtil Chandra Goswami Independent
JamunamukhNoneMujamil Ali Choudhury Janata Party
HojaiNoneSanti Ranjan Das Gupta Janata Party
LumdingNoneBiresh Misra Communist Party of India
BokakhatNoneChatra Gopal Karmakar Indian National Congress
SarupatharNoneAklius Tirkey Indian National Congress
GolaghatNoneSoneswar Bora Janata Party
KhumtaiNoneNogen Borua Janata Party
DergaonSCRamesh Das Janata Party
JorhatNoneDulal Chandra Baruah Janata Party
MajuliSTChakbhal Kagyang Janata Party
TitabarNoneGiridhar Thengal Communist Party of India
MarianiNoneGajen Tanti Indian National Congress
TeokNoneDevananda Boara Janata Party
AmguriNoneKhagen Borbarua Revolutionary Communist Party of India
NaziraNoneHiteswar Saikia Indian National Congress
MahmaraNoneBudha Barua Revolutionary Communist Party of India
SonariNoneSatya Tati Indian National Congress
ThowraNoneJogen Gogoi Communist Party of India
SibsagarNonePromode Gogoi Communist Party of India
BihpuriaNonePremadhar Bora Independent
NaoboichaNoneAfazuddin Ahmed Independent
LakhimpurNoneSulo Bora Communist Party of India
DhakuakhanaSTLakhya Nath Doley Indian National Congress
DhemajiSTPurna Chandra Bora Independent
JonaiSTRomesh Mohan Kouli Janata Party
MoranNoneJoy Chandra Nagbanshi Indian National Congress
DibrugarhNoneKeshab Chandra Gogoi Janata Party
LahowalNoneDipak Moormoo Indian National Congress
DuliajanNoneJogen Hazarika Janata Party
TingkhongNoneBhadreswar Gogoi Janata Party
NaharkatiaNoneSasha Kamal Handique Communist Party of India
ChabuaNoneJnan Gogoi Janata Party
TinsukiaNoneGolap Borborah Janata Party
DigboiNoneRameswar Dhanowar Indian National Congress
MargheritaNoneKul Bahadur Chetri Janata Party
Doom DoomaNoneDileswar Tanti Indian National Congress
SadiyaNoneBipin Hazarika Communist Party of India

References

  1. The Times of India (24 February 1978). "Janata upswing in Assam and Arunachal". ProQuest   594712550 . Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "STATISTICAL REPORTS OF GENERAL ELECTION TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (VIDHANSABHA) 1978". Election Commission of india. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. "Assam Legislative Assembly - Members 1978-83". Govt. of Assam. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. "Four reasons why India Gandhi declared emergency". Indian Express. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. Pradhanmantri - Episode 12: Emergency in India, ABP News. ABP News.