1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election

1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election
All 126 seats to the Assam Legislative Assembly; 52 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Bimala Prasad Chaliha; INC	Chief Minister ; ; Bimala Prasad Chaliha; INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

The 4th Assam Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases in 1967 to elect members from 126 constituencies in Assam, India.

Constituencies[]

Assam Legislative Assembly, 126 consisted of 93 Genrael constituencies, 24 Scheduled Tribes and 9 Scheduled Castes constituencies. A total of 492 nominations were filed out of which 486 were men's and 6 were women withdrew their nominations. 4 women were elected to Assam Legislative Assembly.

Political Parties[]

9 National parties along with 10 registered unrecognized parties took part in the assembly election. Indian National Congress contested 92 seats and won 76 of them. Independent candidates won 14 seats while no other party cross double-digit.^[1]

Results[]

Summary of results of the 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election^[1]
	Political Party	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress	120	73	44.66%	1354748	43.60%
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	12	9	57.86%	108447	3.49%
	Communist Party of India	22	7	30.19%	108447	5.15%
	Praja Socialist Party	35	5	23.20%	213094	6.86%
	Samyukta Socialist Party	17	4	26.37%	101802	3.28%
	Swatantra Party	13	3	14.07%	46187	1.49%
	Independent	124	26	36.12%	1004695	32.33%
Total Seats		105	Voters	5449305	Turnout	3369230 (61.83%)

Constituency-wise results[]

Constituency	Constituency No.	Leading Candidate	Leading Party	Margin
	1		Indian National Congress	Uncontested
Aijal West	2		Indian National Congress	Uncontested
Ratabari	3		Indian National Congress	11,959
Patharkandi	4		Independent	2,372
Karimganj North	5		Independent	2,298
Karimganj South	6		Indian National Congress	3,567
Badarpur	7	Moulana Abdul Jalil Choudhury	Indian National Congress	2,777
Hailakandi	8	Abdul Matlib Mazumdar	Indian National Congress	16,970
Katlicherra	9		Independent	5,819
Silchar	10	Santosh Mohan Dev	Indian National Congress	3,173
Sonai	11	Moinul Hoque Choudhury	Indian National Congress	11,268
Dholai	12		Independent	1,029
Lakhipur	13		Indian National Congress	6,062
Udharbond	14		Indian National Congress	16,750
Barkhola	15		Indian National Congress	7,310
	16		Indian National Congress	7,916
	17	Joy Bhadra Hagjer	Indian National Congress	4,627
Bokajan	18		Indian National Congress	6,240
Howraghat	19		Indian National Congress	7,605
Baithalangso	20		Indian National Congress	7,639
Jowai	21		All Party Hill Leaders Conference	8,134
	22	Hoover Hynniewta	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	5,528
Nongpoh	23	B. B. Lyngdoh	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Uncontested
Nongstoin	24	Hopingstone Lyngdoh	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	17,687
	25		All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Uncontested
Baghmara	26	Capt. Williamson A. Sangma	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	4,449
	27		All Party Hill Leaders Conference	5,952
	28		All Party Hill Leaders Conference	7,440
Phulbari	29		All Party Hill Leaders Conference	3,694
Mankachar	30	Zahirul Islam	Independent	3,694
	31		Indian National Congress	1,496
Dhubri	32		Indian National Congress	243
Gauripur	33		Praja Socialist Party	2,269
Golakganj	34		Independent	11,433
	35		Independent	9,097
Gossaigaon	36		Indian National Congress	11,152
Kokrajhar West	37		Indian National Congress	5,840
Kokrajhar East	38	Rani Manjula Devi	Indian National Congress	6,686
Sidli	39		Indian National Congress	2,272
Bijni	40		Indian National Congress	5,103
	41		Independent	10,808
Bongaigaon	42		Indian National Congress	3,455
Goalpara West	43		Praja Socialist Party	17,725
Goalpara East	44		Independent	3,497
Dudhnai	45		Communist Party of India	4,003
Sorbhog	46	Pranita Talukdar	Indian National Congress	8,834
Bhabanipur	47		Indian National Congress	4,287
Patacharkuchi	48		Praja Socialist Party	4,561
Barpeta	49	Dr.	Praja Socialist Party	2,307
Jania	50	Ataur Rahman	Indian National Congress	25,678
Baghbar	51		Independent	1,766
Sarukhetri	52		Independent	9,356
Chenga	53	Ataur Rahman	Indian National Congress	10,537
Boko	54		Indian National Congress	8,243
Chaygaon	55		Indian National Congress	6,385
Palasbari	56		Independent	5,878
Gauhati East	57		Indian National Congress	7,721
Gauhati West	58	Govinda Kalita	Communist Party of India	1,084
Jalukbari	59		Independent	5,417
Hajo	60	Bishnuram Medhi	Indian National Congress	Uncontested
	61	Dr. Bhumidhar Barman	Indian National Congress	1,028
	62		Indian National Congress	6,641
	63		Independent	4,346
Barama	64		Indian National Congress	1,046
Tamulpur	65		Independent	1,314
Rangiya	66		Communist Party of India	82
Kamalpur	67		Praja Socialist Party	274
Panery	68		Independent	8,310
Kalaigaon	69	Dandi Ram Dutta	Indian National Congress	601
	70		Indian National Congress	7,648
Mangaldoi	71		Independent	6,140
Dalgaon	72		Indian National Congress	1,697
Udalguri	73		Indian National Congress	7,460
Dhekiajuli	74	Pushpalata Das	Indian National Congress	8,868
	75		Indian National Congress	6,880
Tezpur	76		Indian National Congress	373
	77		Indian National Congress	11,519
Sootea	78		Indian National Congress	4,909
Biswanath	79		Indian National Congress	7,253
Gohpur	80		Indian National Congress	744
Marigaon	81		Indian National Congress	7,240
	82		Indian National Congress	9,487
Laharighat	83		Indian National Congress	13,170
Raha	84	Sarat Chandra Goswami	Indian National Congress	2,138
Dhing	85		Indian National Congress	1,005
Rupohihat	86		Independent	2,173
Nowgong	87	Phani Bora	Communist Party of India	5,153
	88		Communist Party of India	3,292
Kaliabor	89		Samyukta Socialist Party	3078
Samaguri	90	Dev Kant Baruah	Indian National Congress	2971
Jamunamukh	91		Indian National Congress	6,846
Hojai	92		Swatantra Party	419
Lumding	93		Indian National Congress	3734
Bokakhat	94		Indian National Congress	4506
Sarupathar	95		Indian National Congress	6096
Golaghat	96		Indian National Congress	6379
Dergaon	97		Indian National Congress	3149
Majuli	98		Indian National Congress	1964
Jorhat	99		Indian National Congress	672
	100	Dulal Baruah	Indian National Congress	7340
Titabar	101	Dulal Baruah	Indian National Congress	4776
Mariani	101		Indian National Congress	5457
Teok	102	Tilok Gogoi	Indian National Congress	3374
Amguri	103		Indian National Congress	913
Sibsagar	104	Promode Gogoi	Communist Party of India	3530
Thowra	105		Indian National Congress	2758
Nazira	106		Indian National Congress	7380
Mahmara	107		Indian National Congress	817
Sonari	108	Bimala Prasad Chaliha	Indian National Congress	9786
Bihpuria	109		Independent	87
Naoboicha	110	Dr. Bhupen Hazarika	Independent	5717
	111		Indian National Congress	3140
Dhakuakhana	112		Indian National Congress	6858
Dhemaji	113		Swatantra Party	274
Moran	114		Indian National Congress	5855
Dibrugarh	115		Indian National Congress	2532
Lahowal	116		Indian National Congress	3110
	117		Indian National Congress	789
	118		Indian National Congress	789
Tingkhong	119		Samyukta Socialist Party	1992
	120		Samyukta Socialist Party	3140
	121		Indian National Congress	2225
Tinsukia	122		Indian National Congress	6568
Digboi	123		Indian National Congress	2029
Doom Dooma	124		Indian National Congress	12106
	125		Indian National Congress	7259

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

[AssamECI1951-1] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

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