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1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 312 candidates contested for the 94 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 14 two-member constituencies and 80 single-member constituencies. Subsequently, the Third Medhi ministry was sworn in for office.

Results

<section begin="Results" /> |- !colspan=10| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 101 || 71 || 5 || 65.74 || 13,21,367 || 52.35 || 8.87 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party | | 36 || 8 || New || 7.41 || 3,21,569 || 12.74 || New |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 22 || 4 || 3 || 3.70 || 2,04,332 || 8.10 || 5.26 |- | | | 153 || 25 || 11 || 23.15 || 6,76,698 || 26.81 || N/A |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total seats !! 108 ( 3) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 55,53,926 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|25,23,966 (45.44%) <section end="Results" />

Elected members

See also

References