Assam assembly election, Feb 1978
126 assembly constituencies in Assam, 64.78% turnout.
Seats
126
Candidates
938
22 women, 1 elected
Turnout
64.78%
51.7 lakh of 79.7 lakh
Leading party
JNP
53 of 126 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Assam
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JNPJanata Party | 53 | +53 | 117 | 14,23,204 | 27.55% | — |
| INCIndian National Congress | 26 | -69 | 126 | 12,20,189 | 23.62% | -29.57 |
| INDIndependent | 15 | +5 | 485 | 13,25,850 | 25.67% | -4.08 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 11 | +11 | 27 | 2,90,385 | 5.62% | +3.04 |
| INC(I)INC(I) | 8 | +8 | 115 | 4,53,523 | 8.78% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 5 | +2 | 35 | 2,11,384 | 4.09% | -1.55 |
| PTCPTC | 4 | +3 | 9 | 1,34,533 | 2.60% | +0.93 |
| RCIRCI | 4 | +4 | 10 | 72,445 | 1.40% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22,685 | 0.44% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4,839 | 0.09% | +0.03 |
| SUCSUC | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3,711 | 0.07% | — |
| IGLIGL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,305 | 0.04% | — |
- JNP53 (42%)
- INC26 (21%)
- IND15 (12%)
- CPM11 (9%)
- INC(I)8 (6%)
- CPI5 (4%)
- Others8 (6%)
- JNP53
- INC26
- IND15
- CPM11
- INC(I)8
- CPI5
- Others8
- JNP53
- INC26
- IND15
- CPM11
- INC(I)8
- CPI5
- PTC4
- RCI4
Constituency performance
From the 126 results in Assam
Closest contest
DIGBOI
won by 67 (0.21%)
Biggest victory
DHING
won by 27,684 (64.28%)
Highest turnout
MANKACHAR
82.31%
Lowest turnout
DHOLAI
45.47%
Seat change
Against Assam's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1972), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat126 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 126 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Assam, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- JNP
- INC
- IND
- CPM
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 126 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 126
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOHPUR | JNPRAM CHANDRA SARMAH | INCBIPIN KATAKI | 6,05713.46% | 64.9% |
| GOLAGHAT | JNPSONESWAR BORA | INCNOGEN NEOG | 10,46624.87% | 61.5% |
| GOLAKGANJ | CPIALUDDIN SARKAR | JNPSABITA RANI PRADHANI | 4,2308.42% | 80.9% |
| GOSSAIGAON | INCMATHIAS TUDU | JNPMATHIAS MARANDI | 5,19112.54% | 71.0% |
| HAFLONG | JNPSONA RAM THAOSEN | INCS.C.DAOLAGUPU | 2,8139.78% | 62.5% |
| HAILAKANDI | CPMDIPAK BHATTACHARJEE | INDABDUL MUNIB MAJUMDER | 4,00510.49% | 56.8% |
| HAJO | JNPRABINDRA NATH MALAKAR | INC(I)BARKAT ULLA | 6951.64% | 68.4% |
| HOJAI | JNPSANTI RANJAN DAS GUPTA | CPIAFTARUDDIN AHMED | 3,8627.07% | 67.4% |
| HOWRAGHAT | JNPBARELONG TERANG | INCDORSING TERANG | 4,14212.45% | 64.2% |
| JAGIROAD | INCPRASAD CHANDRA DOLOI | JNPMOHAN BANGSHI SARKAR | 4,86110.30% | 70.3% |
| JALESWAR | JNPAFZALUR RAHMAN | INDSULOCHAN RABHA | 12,31431.95% | 71.8% |
| JALUKBARI | JNPLAKHYADHAR CHOUDHURY | CPMKAMAL KRISHNA DAS | 1,2012.93% | 66.4% |
| JAMUNAMUKH | JNPMUJAMIL ALI CHOUDHURY | INDFORMAN ALI | 12,40328.41% | 64.7% |
| JANIA | INC(I)ABDUS SOBHAN | INCATAUR RAHMAN | 7,08716.51% | 72.1% |
| JONAI | JNPROMESH MOHAN KOULI | INCPUSPEDHAR PEGU | 1,0491.88% | 71.4% |
| JORHAT | JNPDULAL CHANDRA BARUAH | CPMDILIP BHATTACHARYYA | 14,69335.14% | 63.1% |
| KALAIGAON | JNPNAGEN SARMA | INCLAKSHMI KANTA SAIKIA | 16,42835.41% | 70.5% |
| KALIABOR | INDATIL CHANDRA GOSWAMI | INCGOLAP CHANDRA BARROAH | 12,34234.70% | 68.3% |
| KAMALPUR | JNPDAIBASAKTI DEKA | CPIMATHURA DEKA | 9,46923.19% | 64.0% |
| KARIMGANJ NORTH | CPMNISHITH RANJAN DAS | INCABDUL BASIT CHOUDHURY | 6,55412.31% | 60.3% |
| KARIMGANJ SOUTH | INCABDUL MUQTADIR CHOUDHURY | INDNIKHIL KANTI DAS | 6,05913.06% | 59.5% |
| KATIGORA | INCABDUL KIYUM CHOUDHURY | INDTARAPADA BHATTACHARJEE | 4,1919.12% | 61.6% |
| KATLICHERRA | INCGOURI SANKAR ROY | JNPTAJEMUL ALI LASKAR | 2,4325.69% | 61.8% |
| KHUMTAI | JNPNOGEN BORUA | INCAMAL GOSWAMI | 9442.61% | 59.4% |
| KOKRAJHAR EAST | PTCSAMAR BRAHMA CHOUDHURY | INCJAGADISH CHANDRA BRAHMA | 6,70614.20% | 79.6% |
| KOKRAJHAR WEST | INCRANENDRA NARAYAN BASUMATARI | PTCTHANESWAR NARZARY | 4,7319.63% | 79.0% |
| LAHARIGHAT | INCABUL KASHEM | JNPABDUL JALIL | 5051.07% | 71.7% |
| LAHOWAL | INCDIPAK MOORMOO | JNPNAKUL PATNAIK | 2,3707.13% | 55.6% |
| LAKHIMPUR | CPISULO BORA | INDDEBEN KAKATY | 1,3843.91% | 60.0% |
| LAKHIPUR | INDKAZI KUTUB UDDIN AHMED | INDRAKESH CHANDRA PAUL | 1,6303.40% | 62.8% |
| LUMDING | CPMBIRESH MISRA | INDIDRIS ALI | 5,57914.41% | 58.4% |
| MAHMARA | RCIBUDHA BARUA | JNPPABAN GHATUAR | 3380.93% | 58.1% |
| MAJBAT | JNPSILVIUS CONDPAN | INCJOY NATH DEKA | 1050.27% | 70.0% |
| MAJULI | JNPCHAKBHAL KAGYANG | INCMAL CHANDRA PEGU | 11,12026.95% | 71.2% |
| MANGALDOI | JNPANIL DAS | INC(I)KARTIK SARKAR | 5,27611.77% | 61.0% |
| MANKACHAR | JNPZAHIRUL ISLAM | INCNURUL ISLAN | 14,09529.51% | 82.3% |
| MARGHERITA | JNPKUL BAHADUR CHETRI | INC(I)LILADHAR GOGOI | 9242.44% | 60.2% |
| MARIANI | INCGAJEN TANTI | INDPURNA KANTA PHUKAN | 3,4809.79% | 64.5% |
| MARIGAON | INCKALIRAM DEKTA RAJA | JNPPITSING KONWAR | 5271.05% | 70.9% |
| MORAN | INC(I)JOY CHANDRA NAGBANSHI | JNPDAYANANDA BORGOHAIN | 3,0528.31% | 60.6% |
| NAHARKATIA | CPMSASHA KAMAL HANDIQUE | JNPJONARAM NEOG | 4931.28% | 65.1% |
| NALBARI | CPMNARENDRA NATH DUTTA | JNPBADAN CHANDRA TALUKDAR | 1,3552.93% | 61.3% |
| NAOBOICHA | INDAFAZUDDIN AHMED | JNPSARAT KUMAR CHELLENG | 4,79010.70% | 61.6% |
| NAZIRA | INCHITESWAR SAIKIA | JNPKHAGEN SAIKIA | 6,59817.60% | 65.0% |
| NOWGONG | INCMUKUT SARMA | JNPINDRESWAR GOSWAMI | 3570.89% | 62.7% |
| PALASBARI | JNPHARENDRA GOSWAMI | INC(I)HARENDRA NATH TALUKDAR | 3,2207.31% | 65.9% |
| PANERY | INDRAMESH CHANDRA SAHARIA | JNPBIJOYA CHAKRABORTY | 3,7719.19% | 68.2% |
| PATACHARKUCHI | JNPBHUBANESWAR BARMAN | INCKRISHNA KANTA LAHKAR | 3,5398.75% | 59.8% |
| PATHARKANDI | INDFAKRUL ISLAM | INDATUL CHANDRA CHAKRAVORTY | 5,48511.53% | 67.7% |
| RAHA | JNPBALIRAM DAS | INCJAGADISH DAS | 12,89425.37% | 61.3% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Assam alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Assam assembly election, Feb 1978?
Janata Party won 53 of 126 seats in Assam, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Assam assembly election, Feb 1978?
Turnout was 64.78% — 51.7 lakh of 79.7 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Assam have?
Assam has 126 assembly seats.
