1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election

The 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh Assam Legislative Assembly on February 25 1978. The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbora with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. Jogendra Nath Hazarika was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he held the CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed President's rule in Assam.

Background The Navnirman Andolan, which erupted in December 1973 started on the issue of hike in fees for an engineering college in Gujarat, Jayaprakash Narayan's movement against corruption, a three week long Bihar rail strike led by socialist leader George Fernandes, had destabilized the political atmosphere of India. The sterilization program, which was tried to be implemented forcefully by Sanjay Gandhi, son of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi also created a lot of public outrage .

Results S. NoPartyParty-typeContested WonVotes polled % Vote % in seats contested 1 National 35 5 4.09 14.39 2 National 27 11 5.62 25.87 3 National 126 26 23.6223.62 4 National 115 88.789.84 5 National 1175327.5529.95 6 State3 00.09 4.28 7 State 942.60 32.54 8 State 60 0.448.85 9 Registered10 0.04 6.08 10 Registered 1041.40 17.68 11 Registered 400.07 2.29 12 15 25.6726.50Total 126 Source: ECI

Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberParty Ratabari SC Lilamoy Das Patharkandi None Fakrul Islam Karimganj North None Nishith Ranjan Das Karimganj South None Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury Badarpur None Ramendra De Hailakandi None Dipak Bhattacharjee Katlicherra None Gouri Sankar Roy Algapur None Nepal Chandra Das Silchar None Noorul Kuda Sonai None Altaf Hossain Mazumdar Dholai SC Sisir Ranjan Das Udharbond None Jagannath Singh Lakhipur None Kazi Kutub Uddin Ahmed Barkhola None A.f.golam Osmani Katigora None Abdul Kiyum Choudhury Haflong ST Sona Ram Thaosen Bokajan ST Bilton G.momin Howraghat ST Barelong Terang Diphu ST Gandhi Ram Timung Baithalangso ST Dhani Ram Rongpi Mankachar None Zahirul Islam Salmara South None Dewan Joynal Abedin Dhubri None Mohammad Umaruddin Gauripur None Mohammad Azad Ali Golakganj None Aluddin Sarkar Bilasipara West None Gaisuddin Ahmed Bilasipara East None Surat Chanddra Sinha Gossaigaon None Mathias Tudu Kokrajhar West ST Ranendra Narayan Basumatari Kokrajhar East ST Samar Brahma Choudhury Sidli ST Panchanan Brahma Bongaigaon None Mathura Mohan Sinha Bijni None Padmalochan Boro Abhayapuri North None Pani Medhi Abhayapuri South SC Rabindra Nath Choudhury Dudhnai ST Jagat Chandra Patgiri Goalpara East None Birendra Nath Choudhury Goalpara West None Nazmul Haque Jaleswar None Afzalur Rahman Sorbhog None Hemen Das Bhabanipur None Tarini Charan Das Patacharkuchi None Bhubaneswar Barman Barpeta None A. Latif Jania None Abdus Sobhan Baghbar None Ibrahim Ali Sarukhetri None Sirajul Haque Chenga None Danes Ali Ahmed Boko SC Umesh Chandra Das Chaygaon None A. N. Akram Hussain Palasbari None Harendra Goswami Jalukbari None Lakhyadhar Choudhury Dispur None Tarini Mohan Barua Gauhati East None Ajoy Kumar Dutta Gauhati West None Kiran Chandra Bezbarua Hajo None Rabindra Nath Malakar Kamalpur None Daibasakti Deka Rangiya None Purna Boro Tamulpur None Padam Bahadur Chouhan Nalbari None Narendra Nath Dutta Barkhetry None Seikh Chand Mahammad Dharmapur None Ramani Barman Barama ST Baikuntha Nath Das Chapaguri ST Manik Chandra Das Panery None Ramesh Chandra Saharia Kalaigaon None Nagen Sarma Sipajhar None Madhab Rajbanshi Mangaldoi SC Anil Das Dalgaon None Syeda Anwara Taimur Udalguri ST Binoy Kumar Basumatary Majbat None Silvius Condpan Dhekiajuli None Pratap Kalita Barchalla None Kamal Chandra Basumatari Tezpur None Jiban Bora Rangapara None Golok Rajbanshi Sootea None Golok Kakati Biswanath None Kosheswar Bora Behali None Bishnulal Upadhaya Gohpur None Ram Chandra Sarmah Jagiroad SC Prasad Chandra Doloi Marigaon None Kaliram Dekta Raja Laharighat None Abul Kashem Raha SC Baliram Das Dhing None Md. Samsul Huda Batadroba None Baneswar Saikia Rupohihat None Mohammad Idris Nowgong None Mukut Sarma Barhampur None Lakeshwar Gohain Samaguri None Bhabendra Kumar Saikia Kaliabor None Atil Chandra Goswami Jamunamukh None Mujamil Ali Choudhury Hojai None Santi Ranjan Das Gupta Lumding None Biresh Misra Bokakhat None Chatra Gopal Karmakar Sarupathar None Aklius Tirkey Golaghat None Soneswar Bora Khumtai None Nogen Borua Dergaon SC Ramesh Das Jorhat None Dulal Chandra Baruah Majuli ST Chakbhal Kagyang Titabar None Giridhar Thengal Mariani None Gajen Tanti Teok None Devananda Boara Amguri None Khagen Borbarua Nazira None Hiteswar Saikia Mahmara None Budha Barua Sonari None Satya Tati Thowra None Jogen Gogoi Sibsagar None Promode Gogoi Bihpuria None Premadhar Bora Naoboicha None Afazuddin Ahmed Lakhimpur None Sulo Bora Dhakuakhana ST Lakhya Nath Doley Dhemaji ST Purna Chandra Bora Jonai ST Romesh Mohan Kouli Moran None Joy Chandra Nagbanshi Dibrugarh None Keshab Chandra Gogoi Lahowal None Dipak Moormoo Duliajan None Jogen Hazarika Tingkhong None Bhadreswar Gogoi Naharkatia None Sasha Kamal Handique Chabua None Jnan Gogoi Tinsukia None Golap Borborah Digboi None Rameswar Dhanowar Margherita None Kul Bahadur Chetri Doom Dooma None Dileswar Tanti Sadiya None Bipin Hazarika

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