1946 Assam Legislative Assembly election

1946 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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All 108 seats to the Assam Legislative Assembly
55 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Gopinath Bordoloi Muhammed Saadulah
Party INC AIML
Leader's seat Kamrup Sadar (South) Kamrup (South)
Last election 33 4
Seats won 58 31
Seat change Increase 25 Increase 27

Premier before election

Muhammed Saadulah
AIML

Premier

Gopinath Bordoloi
INC

Elections were held to the Assam Legislative Assembly in 1946.

History

After Congress won a majority of seats in the election, Gopinath Bordoloi formed a ministry.

Results

Source

Party or group Seats won
Indian National Congress 58
All-India Muslim League 31
Europeans 9
Independents 7
Others 3
Total 108

Elected members

Source

Constituency Member
South Sylhet (West) Abala Kanta Gupta
Dhubri (North) Raja Ajit Narayan Dev
Sunamganj (Reserved) Akshay Kumar Das
Indian Planting (Surma Valley) Baidyanath Mookerjee
Sylhet Sadar (South Reserved) Basanta Kumar Das
Kamrup Sadar (South) Beliram Das
Mangaldoi (North Reserved) Bipin Chandra Medhi
Dibrugarh (Central) Bhadra Kanta Gogoi
Hailakandi Bidyapati Singha
Tezpur (East) Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati
Dibrugarh (West) Bijoy Chandra Saikia
Sibsagar (West) Bimala Prasad Chaliha
Kamrup Sadar (Central) Bishnuram Medhi
Golaghat (South) Dandeswar Hazarika
Jorhat (North) Debeswar Sarmah
Nalbari Gauri Kanta Talukdar
Sylhet Sadar (North) Gopesh Chandra Pal
Kamrup Sadar (South) Gopinath Bordoloi
Nowgong (West) Haladhar Bhuyan
Indian Planting (Assam Valley) Harendra Nath Sarma
Goalpara (North-West) Hareswar Das
Jorhat (South) Harinarayan Baruah
North Lakhimpur Hem Chandra Hazarika
Habiganj (North Reserved) Jagat Bandhu Sircar
Sunamganj Jatindra Nath Bhadra
Barpeta (North) Kameswar Das
Karimganj (East) Kamini Kumar Sen
Nowgaon (North-East Reserved) Khagendra Nath Samaddar
Dibrugarh (East) Laksheswar Borooah
Kamrup Sadar (South) Lakshmidhar Borah
Barpeta Mahendra Mohan Choudhury
Nowgong (South-East) Motiram Bora
Goalpara (South-East) Manisankar Basumatari
Silchar (Reserved) Nibaran Chandra Laskar
Habiganj (South) Nirendra Nath Dev
Tezpur (West) Omeo Kumar Das
Indian Commerce and Industry Prabhudayal Himatsingka
Mangaldoi (North-East) Purandar Sarma
Nowgong (North-East) Purna Chandra Sarma
Sibsagar (East) Purnananda Chetia
South Sylhet (East) Pur­nendu Kishore Sen Gupta
Karimganj (West) Rabindra Nath Aditya
Golaghat (North) Rajendra Nath Barua
Jorhat (North Reserved) Ram Nath Das
Karimganj (East Reserved) Ramesh Chandra Das Choudhury
Dhubri (South) Santosh Kumar Barua
Dhubri (Central) Sarat Chandra Sinha
Silchar Satindra Mohan Dev
Kamrup Sadar (North) Siddhi Nath Sarma
Habiganj (North) Suresh Chandra Biswas
Habiganj (South-East) Muhammad Abdullah
Dhubri (West) Abdul Majid Ziaosh Shams
Dhubri (South) Muhammad Abdul Kasham
Sunamganj (South) Abdul Bari Choudhury
South Sylhet (Central) Dewan Abdul Basith
Kamrup (North) Abdul Hai
Sylhet Sadar (Central) Abdul Hamid
Sunamganj (West) Abdul Khaleque Ahmed
Goalpara (East) Abdul Kuddus Khan
Karimganj (Central) Md. Abdul Latif
Darrang Abdul Matin Chaudhuri
Hailakandi Abdul Matlib Mazumdar
Sylhet Sadar (East) Abdur Rasheed
Sylhet Sadar (South) Dewan Abdur Rob Choudhury
Barpeta Syed Abdur Rouf
Nowgong (East) Afazuddin Ahmed
South Sylhet (East) Md. Ali Haidar Khan
Sibsagar Emran Husain Choudhury
Sylhet Sadar (North) Ibrahim Ali
Karimganj (West) M. Idris Ali
Sunamganj (West) Md. Mafiz Choudhury
Silchar Makabbir Ali Mazumdar
South Sylhet (West) Mayeenuddin Ahamed Choudhury
Dhubri (North) Md. Mased Ali
Habiganj (South-West) Mudabbir Hussain Choudhuri
Karimganj (South) Md. Mufazzal Hussin
Sunamganj (Central) Munawwar Ali
Habiganj (South-West) Nasir-ud-Din Ahmed
Goalpara (West) Md. Nazmal Haque
Habiganj (South-West) Nurul Hussain Khan
Nowgong (West) Muhammad Roufique
Kamrup (South) Muhammad Saadulla
Lakhimpur Sayidur Rahman
Sylhet Sadar (West) Dewan Taimur Raza Choudhury
European Planting J. C. Horwood
European Commerce and Industry E. S. Kaye
European Planting E. W. B. Kenny
G. Kydd
H. A. Munro
R. A. Palmer
W. D. Rutherfurd
C. G. Terrell
European A. Whittaker
Women's (Shillong) Bonely Khongmen
Biswanath (Labour, Darrang District) Binode Kumar J. Sarwan
Nazira (Labour, Sibsagar District) Chanoo Kheria
Tinsukia (Labour, Lakhimpur District) Dalbir Singh Lohar
Kamrup (Tribal, Plains) Dharanidhar Basumatari
Nowgong (Tribal, Plains) Dhirsingh Deuri
Srimangal (South Sylhet) Jiban Santal Labou
Backward Areas (Hills) J. J. M. Nichols Roy
Lakhimpur and Majuli (Tribal, Plains) Karka Doley Miri
Mikir Hills (Backward Areas, Hills) Khorsing Terang
Jowai (Backward Areas, Hills) Larsingh Khyrien
Garo Hills (South, Backward Areas, Hills) Mody Marak
Garo Hills (South, Backward Areas, Hills) Moniram Marak
Indian Christian P. M. Sarwan
Goalpara (Tribal, Plains) Rupnath Brahma

References

  1. ↑ Rao, V. Venkata; Hazarika, Niru (1983). A Century of Government and Politics in North East India, 1874-1980: Assam. S. Chand.
  2. ↑ "The Annual Register". Nature. 158 (4008). Nature Publishing Group: 254–254. 1946. doi:10.1038/158254d0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  3. ↑ "1946 elected members" (PDF). Assam Legislative Assembly.