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
List of Elected MPs
ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1Cachar2Dwarika Nath Tewari (SC)INC2,19,70455.85Dev Dhirendra MohanIND1,73,67544.15Nibaran Chandra LaskarINCReturned Uncontested2Autonomous Districts (ST)1Hoover HynniewtaIND58,42849.86G. Gilbert SwellINC40,58034.6317,84815.233Dhubri1Amjad AliPSP1,01,30357.98Nazmul HaqueINC73,41042.0227,89315.974Goalpara2Dharanidhar Basumauari (ST)INC1,83,77426.40Bishnu Prasad Rabha (ST)CPI98,18014.11Rani Manjula DebiINC1,83,97426.43Bhabananda DattaCPI1,03,15114.825Gauhati1Hem BaruaPSP1,43,49759.76Devendra Nath SarmaINC96,62440.2446,87319.526Darrang1Bijoy Chandra BhagavatiINCReturned Uncontested7Nowgong1Liladhar KatakiINC1,19,00261.74Sukadev GoswamiIND53,94727.9965,05533.758Jorhat1Mofida AhmedINC80,02845.36Syed Abdul MalikCPI33,71319.1146,31526.259Sibsagar1Profulla Chandra BoruaINC92,37456.12Kedarnath Goswami IND32,63319.8359,74136.2910Dibrugarh1Jogendra Nath HazarikaINC95,23869.32Nibaron Chandra BoraPSP25,71218.7169,52650.60
See also
Elections in Assam
Bibliography
Volume I, 1957 Indian general election, 2nd Lok Sabha
External links
Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History