1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 1962.[1] A total of 409 candidates contested the 105 constituencies.[1] 101 men and four women were elected. The Indian National Congress won 79 seats, the All Party Hill Leaders Conference won eleven seats and independent contestants won eight seats.

Of the 105 seats in the Legislative Assembly, 77 were general, 23 were for scheduled tribes and five were for scheduled castes.[1]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	1,179,305	48.25	79
	Praja Socialist Party	310,093	12.69	6
	Communist Party of India	156,153	6.39	0
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	134,591	5.51	11
	Socialist	36,672	1.50	0
	Revolutionary Communist Party	29,249	1.20	1
	Jan Singh	10,887	0.45	0
	Achik Assona Chilchakgipa Kotak	5,169	0.21	0
	Independents	582,042	23.81	8
Total		2,444,161	100.00	105
Registered voters/turnout		4,942,816	–
Source: ECI

References

1. "Assam Election Results, 1962".