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

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	Flag	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	2	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
Aijal East	1	A . Thanglura	Indian National Congress	Uncontested
Aijal West	2	A . Thanglura	Indian National Congress	Uncontested
Ratabari	3	Biswanath Upadhyay	Indian National Congress	11,959
Patharkandi	4	Motilal Kanoo	Independent	2,372
Karimganj North	5	Rathindra Nath Sen	Independent	2,298
Karimganj South	6	Praffulla Choudhury	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	Tajamul Ali Laskar	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	Jatindra Mohan Barbhuyan	Independent	1,029
Lakhipur	13	Mera Chouba Singha	Indian National Congress	6,062
Udharbond	14	Jagannath Singha	Indian National Congress	16,750
Barkhola	15	Altaf Hussain Mazumdar	Indian National Congress	7,310
Katigora	16	AK Nurul Haque	Indian National Congress	7,916
Haflong	17	Joy Bhadra Hagjer	Indian National Congress	4,627
Bokajan	18	Sai Sai Terang	Indian National Congress	6,240
Howraghat	19	Chatrasing Teron	Indian National Congress	7,605
Baithalangso	20	Dhaniram Rongpi	Indian National Congress	7,639
Jowai	21	Edwingson Barch	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	8,134
Shillong	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
Cherrapunji	25	Stanley D.D. Nichols Roy	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Uncontested
Baghmara	26	Capt. Williamson A. Sangma	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	4,449
Dainadubi	27	Mody Marak	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	5,952
Tura	28	Grohonsing Marak	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	7,440
Phulbari	29	Bronson Momin	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	3,694
Mankachar	30	Zahirul Islam	Independent	3,694
South Salmara	31	Bazlul Basit	Indian National Congress	1,496
Dhubri	32	Syed Ahmed Ali	Indian National Congress	243
Gauripur	33	Mohammad Azad Ali	Praja Socialist Party	2,269
Golakganj	34	Kabir Chandra Roy Pradhani	Independent	11,433
Bilasipara	35	Giasuddin Ahmed	Independent	9,097
Gossaigaon	36	Mithius Tudu	Indian National Congress	11,152
Kokrajhar West	37	Ranendra Basumatari	Indian National Congress	5,840
Kokrajhar East	38	Rani Manjula Devi	Indian National Congress	6,686
Sidli	39	Uttan Chandra Brahma	Indian National Congress	2,272
Bijni	40	Golak Chandra Patgiri	Indian National Congress	5,103
Abhayapuri	41	Kandarpa Narayan Banikya	Independent	10,808
Bongaigaon	42	Mothura Mohan Sinha	Indian National Congress	3,455
Goalpara West	43	Benoy Krishna Ghose	Praja Socialist Party	17,725
Goalpara East	44	Shahadat Ali Jotdar	Independent	3,497
Dudhnai	45	Sarat Chandra Rabha	Communist Party of India	4,003
Sorbhog	46	Pranita Talukdar	Indian National Congress	8,834
Bhabanipur	47	Dharanidhar Choudhury	Indian National Congress	4,287
Patacharkuchi	48	Bhubaneswar Barman	Praja Socialist Party	4,561
Barpeta	49	Dr. Surendra Nath Das	Praja Socialist Party	2,307
Jania	50	Ataur Rahman	Indian National Congress	25,678
Baghbar	51	Jalauddin Ahmed	Independent	1,766
Sarukhetri	52	Matilal Nayak	Independent	9,356
Chenga	53	Ataur Rahman	Indian National Congress	10,537
Boko	54	Prabin Kumar Choudhury	Indian National Congress	8,243
Chaygaon	55	Hareswar Goswami	Indian National Congress	6,385
Palasbari	56	Abala Kanta Goswami	Independent	5,878
Gauhati East	57	Mohendra Mohan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	7,721
Gauhati West	58	Govinda Kalita	Communist Party of India	1,084
Jalukbari	59	Sailen Medhi	Independent	5,417
Hajo	60	Bishnuram Medhi	Indian National Congress	Uncontested
Nalbari West	61	Dr. Bhumidhar Barman	Indian National Congress	1,028
Nalbari East	62	Prabhat Narayan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	6,641
Borbhag	63	Gourisankar Bhattacharyya	Independent	4,346
Barama	64	Surendra Nath Das	Indian National Congress	1,046
Tamulpur	65	Maneswar Boro	Independent	1,314
Rangiya	66	Kamini Mohon Sarma	Communist Party of India	82
Kamalpur	67	Lakshyadhar Chaudhury	Praja Socialist Party	274
Panery	68	Hiralal Patwary	Independent	8,310
Kalaigaon	69	Dandi Ram Dutta	Indian National Congress	601
Rangamati	70	Nakul Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	7,648
Mangaldoi	71	Mohammad Matlibuddin	Independent	6,140
Dalgaon	72	Surendra Chandra Baruah	Indian National Congress	1,697
Udalguri	73	Bahadur Basumatary	Indian National Congress	7,460
Dhekiajuli	74	Pushpalata Das	Indian National Congress	8,868
Missamari	75	Mohi Kanta Das	Indian National Congress	6,880
Tezpur	76	Bishnu Prasad Rava	Independent	373
Balipara	77	Biswadev Sarma	Indian National Congress	11,519
Sootea	78	Narayan Chandra Bhuyan	Indian National Congress	4,909
Biswanath	79	Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi	Indian National Congress	7,253
Gohpur	80	Bishnulal Upadhyaya	Indian National Congress	744
Marigaon	81	Pitsing Konwar	Indian National Congress	7,240
Bokani	82	Mohendra Nath Hazarika	Indian National Congress	9,487
Laharighat	83	Mohammad Abul Kasem	Indian National Congress	13,170
Raha	84	Sarat Chandra Goswami	Indian National Congress	2,138
Dhing	85	Mohammad Samsul Huda	Indian National Congress	1,005
Rupohihat	86	Musawir Chowdhury	Independent	2,173
Nowgong	87	Phani Bora	Communist Party of India	5,153
Barhampur	88	Kehoram Hazarika	Communist Party of India	3,292
Kaliabor	89	Atul Chandra Goswami	Samyukta Socialist Party	3078
Samaguri	90	Dev Kant Baruah	Indian National Congress	2971
Jamunamukh	91	Lakshmi Prasad Goswami	Indian National Congress	6,846
Hojai	92	Jonab Rahimuddin Ahmed	Swatantra Party	419
Lumding	93	Sadhan Ranjan Sarkar	Indian National Congress	3734
Bokakhat	94	Lakheswar Das	Indian National Congress	4506
Sarupathar	95	C. G. Karmakar	Indian National Congress	6096
Golaghat	96	Soneswar Bora	Indian National Congress	6379
Dergaon	97	Narendra Nath Sarma	Indian National Congress	3149
Majuli	98	Mohidhar Pegu	Indian National Congress	1964
Jorhat	99	Jogen Saikia	Indian National Congress	672
Charaibahit	100	Dulal Baruah	Indian National Congress	7340
Titabar	101	Dulal Baruah	Indian National Congress	4776
Mariani	101	Gojen Tanti	Indian National Congress	5457
Teok	102	Tilok Gogoi	Indian National Congress	3374
Amguri	103	Pushpadhar Chaliha	Indian National Congress	913
Sibsagar	104	Promode Gogoi	Communist Party of India	3530
Thowra	105	Durgeswar Saikia	Indian National Congress	2758
Nazira	106	Karuna Kanta Gogoi	Indian National Congress	7380
Mahmara	107	Ratneswar Konger	Indian National Congress	817
Sonari	108	Bimala Prasad Chaliha	Indian National Congress	9786
Bihpuria	109	Premadhar Bora	Independent	87
Naoboicha	110	Dr. Bhupen Hazarika	Independent	5717
North Lakhimpur	111	Govinda Chandra Bora	Indian National Congress	3140
Dhakuakhana	112	Nameswar Pegu	Indian National Congress	6858
Dhemaji	113	Ramesh Mohan Kouli	Swatantra Party	274
Moran	114	Padma Kumari Gohain	Indian National Congress	5855
Dibrugarh	115	Ramesh Chandra Brooah	Indian National Congress	2532
Lahowal	116	Lily Sen Gupta	Indian National Congress	3110
Tengakhat	117	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	789
Tengakhat	118	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	789
Tingkhong	119	Bhadreswar Gogoi	Samyukta Socialist Party	1992
Joypur	120	Manik Chandra Das	Samyukta Socialist Party	3140
Bogdung	121	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	2225
Tinsukia	122	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	6568
Digboi	123	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	2029
Doom Dooma	124	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress	12106
Saikhowa	125	Manik Chandra Das	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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