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The first elections for the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 1937 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935.
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The first elections for the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 1937 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935.
After the implementation of the Government of India Act 1935 and the 1937 Indian provincial elections, the Indian National Congress won 32 out of the 108 seats in the newly formed Assam Legislative Assembly and formed the largest party. The party had a non-acceptance policy on forming a ministry was a Congress policy, and Muhammed Saadulah subsequently formed a coalition ministry instead.
Source
| Party | Seats won | |
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| Indian National Congress | 32 | |
| Muslim Independents | 30 | |
| Non-Congress Hindus | 9 | |
| All-India Muslim League | 4 | |
| No party affiliation | 33 | |
| Total | 108 | |
Source
| Constituency | Member |
|---|---|
| Kamrup (South) | Muhammad Saadulla |
| Sylhet Sadar (Central) | Abu Nasr Muhammad Waheed |
| Shillong (Backward class) | J. J. M. Nichols-Ray |
| Kamrup Sadar (South) | Rohini Chaudhuri |
| South Sylhet (East) | Muhammad Ali Haidar Khan |
| Dhubri (North General) | Kumar Ajit Narayan Dev |
| Sunamganj (Reserved) | Akshay Kumar Das |
| Silchar (General) | Arun Kumar Chanda |
| Surma Valley Indian Planting | Baidyanath Mookherjee |
| Sylhet Sadar (South) | Basanta Kumar Das |
| Kamrup Sadar (South Reserved) | Beliram Das |
| Sibsagar | Bhuban Chandra Gogoi |
| Habiganj (North Reserved) | Bipin Behari Das |
| Mangaldai (South Reserved) | Bipin Chandra Medhi |
| South Sylhet (West) | Dakshinaranjan Gupta Chaudhuri |
| Jorhat (North General) | Debeswar Sharmah |
| Barpeta (South General) | Ghanasyam Das |
| Nalbari (General) | Gauri Kanta Talukdar |
| Kamrup Sadar (South) | Gopinath Bordoloi |
| Nowgong (General West) | Haladhar Bhuyan |
| Sylhet Sadar (North) | Harendra Narayan Chaudhury |
| Hailakandi (General) | Hitendra Chandra Chakravarty |
| Sibsagar (East General) | Jadav Prasad Chaliha |
| Dhubri (Central General) | Jogendra Narayan Mandal |
| Goalpara (South-East General) | Jogendra Chandra Nath |
| Kamrup Sadar (Central General) | Jogendra Nath Barua |
| Dibrugarh (West General) | Jogesh Chandra Gohain |
| Silchar (Reserved) | Kalachand Roy |
| Barpeta (North General) | Kameswar Das |
| Karimganj (East General) | Kamini Kumar Sen |
| Sunamganj (General) | Karuna Sindhu Roy |
| Indian Commerce and Industry | Kedarmal Brahmin |
| Jorhat (South General) | Krishna Nath Sarma |
| Karimganj (West General) | Khirode Chandra Deb |
| Dibrugarh (Central General) | Laksheswar Borooah |
| South Sylhet (East) | Lalit Mohan Kar |
| Tezpur (East General) | Mahadev Sarma |
| Nowgong (General) | Mohendra Nath Saikia |
| Nowgong (General South) | Mahi Chandra Bora |
| Assam Valley Indian Planting | Naba Kumar Dutta |
| Tezpur (West General) | Omeo Kumar Das |
| Goalpara (North-West General) | Paramananda Das |
| Habiganj (South) | Promode Chandra Dutta |
| Mangaldai (South General) | Purandar Sarma |
| Nowgong (General) | Purna Chandra Sarma |
| Dibrugarh (East General) | Rajani Kanta Baruah |
| Golaghat (North) | Rajendra Nath Baruah |
| Jorhat (North General/Reserved) | Ramnath Das |
| Golaghat (South General) | Sankar Chandra Barua |
| Dhubri (South) | Santosh Kumar Barua |
| North Lakhimpur (General) | Sarbeswar Barua |
| Habiganj (North) | Shibendra Chandra Biswas |
| Kamrup Sadar (North General) | Siddhi Nath Sarma |
| South Sylhet (Central) | Abdul Aziz |
| Sunamganj (South Muhammadan) | Abdul Bari Choudhury |
| Dhubri (South) | Abdul Hamid Khan |
| Karimganj (Central Muhammadan) | Hazi Abdul Majid Choudhury |
| Sylhet Sadar (East) | Abdul Matin Choudhury |
| Habiganj (South-East) | Abdur Rahman |
| Barpeta (Muhammadan) | Sayed Abdul Rouf |
| Sylhet Sadar (North) | Md. Abdus Salam |
| Sunamganj (East) | Dewan Muhammad |
| Habiganj (North-West) | Dewan Ali Raja |
| Goalpara (East) | Mohammad Amjad Ali |
| Nowgong (East Muhammadan) | Mohammad Amiruddin |
| Habiganj (South-East) | Ashrafuddin Md. Choudhury |
| Darrang (Muhammadan) | Badaruddin Ahmed |
| Sylhet Sadar (West) | Dewan Eclimur Roza Choudhury |
| Kamrup (North) | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| Dhubri (West) | Ghyasuddin Ahmed |
| Dhubri (North Muhammadan) | Jhanuddin Ahmed |
| Sibsagar (Muhammadan) | Keramet Ali |
| Goalpara (West) | Matior Rahman Mia |
| Sunamganj (West) | Muhammad Maqbul Hussain Choudhury |
| Sibsagar (Muhammadan) | Mahamud Ali |
| Karimganj (West Muhammadan) | Mabarak Ali |
| Habiganj (North-East) | Mudabbir Hussain Choudhury |
| Sylhet Sadar (South) | Mafizur Rahman |
| Sunamganj (Central Muhammadan) | Munawwar Ali |
| Hailakandi (Muhammadan) | Muzarrof Ali Laskar |
| Silchar (Muhammadan) | Aanwar Ali Barbhuiya |
| South Sylhet (West) | Naziruddin Ahmed |
| Nowgong (Muhammadan) | Sheikh Osman Ali Sadagar |
| Lakhipur (Muhammadan) | Sayidur Rahman |
| European Planting | A. B. Beddow |
| A. F. Bendall | |
| J. R. Clayton | |
| European Commerce and Industry | W. R. Faull |
| European | W. Fleming |
| European Planting | L. J. Godwin |
| D. B. H. Moore | |
| R. A. Palmer | |
| Women's (Shillong) | Mavis Dunn |
| Garo Hills (North) | Benjamin Chandra Momin |
| Jorhat (Labour) | Bhairab Chandra Das |
| Doom Dooma (East Labour) | Bideshi Pan Tanti |
| Thakurbari | Binode Kumar J. Sarwan |
| Nowgong (Tribal) | Dhirsing Deuri |
| Jowai (Backward Area) | L. Gotphoh |
| Indian Christian | C. Goldsmith |
| Garo Hills (North) | Jobang D. Marak |
| Lakhimpur (Tribal) | Karka Dalay Miri |
| Mikir Hills | Khorsing Terang |
| Silchar (Labour) | P. Parida |
| Kamrup Backward Tribal (Plains) | Rabi Chandra Kachari |
| Goalpara (Tribal) | Rupnath Brahma |
| Karimganj (East Reserved General) | Balaram Sirkar |
| European Planting | F. W. Hockenhull |