ASSAM · 1978
Seats126
Electors79.74 L
Votes polled53.31 L
Median turnout66.8%
Party standings
Janta Party
53
of 126 seats · 42.1%
11 short of a majority
Janta Party
53
Indian National Congress
26
Independent
15
Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)
11
Indian National Congress (I)
8
Communist Party Of India
5
Plains Tribals Council Of Assam
4
Revolutionary Communist Party Of India
4
Vote share by party
| Party | Seats | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JNP | 53 | 27.6% | |
| OTHERS | 28 | 30.3% | |
| INC | 26 | 23.6% | |
| CPM | 11 | 5.6% | |
| INC(I) | 8 | 8.8% | |
| CPI | — | 4.1% |
Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | Margin | Margin % | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RatabariSC | Lilamoy Das | JP | 41,049 | 2,891 | 7.0 | 54.0 |
| 2 | Patharkandi | Fakrul Islam | IND | 48,978 | 5,485 | 11.2 | 69.8 |
| 3 | Karimganj North | Nishith Ranjan Das | CPIM | 54,214 | 6,554 | 12.1 | 61.4 |
| 4 | Karimganj South | Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury | INC | 47,196 | 6,059 | 12.8 | 60.5 |
| 5 | Badarpur | Ramendra De | CPIM | 42,110 | 557 | 1.3 | 61.8 |
| 6 | Hailakandi | Dipak Bhattacharjee | CPIM | 38,833 | 4,005 | 10.3 | 57.8 |
| 7 | Katlicherra | Gouri Sankar Roy | INC | 43,485 | 2,432 | 5.6 | 62.9 |
| 8 | Algapur | Nepal Chandra Das | INCI | 32,607 | 2,298 | 7.0 | 51.9 |
| 9 | Silchar | Noorul Kuda | CPIM | 46,538 | 5,781 | 12.4 | 61.7 |
| 10 | Sonai | Altaf Hossain Mazumdar | JP | 52,171 | 1,470 | 2.8 | 67.6 |
| 11 | DholaiSC | Sisir Ranjan Das | INCI | 35,933 | 4,542 | 12.6 | 46.8 |
| 12 | Udharbond | Jagannath Singh | JP | 35,448 | 1,225 | 3.5 | 55.7 |
| 13 | Lakhipur | Kazi Kutub Uddin Ahmed | IND | 49,181 | 1,630 | 3.3 | 64.3 |
| 14 | Barkhola | A.F.Golam Osmani | JP | 40,677 | 1,835 | 4.5 | 64.7 |
| 15 | Katigora | Abdul Kiyum Choudhury | INC | 46,972 | 4,191 | 8.9 | 62.9 |
| 16 | HaflongST | Sona Ram Thaosen | JP | 29,545 | 2,813 | 9.5 | 64.2 |
| 17 | BokajanST | Bilton G.Momin | JP | 24,902 | 1,329 | 5.3 | 54.8 |
| 18 | HowraghatST | Barelong Terang | JP | 34,947 | 4,142 | 11.9 | 67.4 |
| 19 | DiphuST | Gandhi Ram Timung | JP | 28,498 | 6,976 | 24.5 | 60.7 |
| 20 | BaithalangsoST | Dhani Ram Rongpi | INC | 36,504 | 2,169 | 5.9 | 50.5 |
| 21 | Mankachar | Zahirul Islam | JP | 48,390 | 14,095 | 29.1 | 83.4 |
| 22 | Salmara South | Dewan Joynal Abedin | IND | 43,896 | 10,927 | 24.9 | 72.9 |
| 23 | Dhubri | Mohammad Umaruddin | INC | 45,370 | 856 | 1.9 | 75.7 |
| 24 | Gauripur | Mohammad Azad Ali | JP | 47,211 | 4,102 | 8.7 | 79.6 |
| 25 | Golakganj | Aluddin Sarkar | CPI | 51,635 | 4,230 | 8.2 | 83.1 |
| 26 | Bilasipara West | Gaisuddin Ahmed | IND | 40,373 | 3,401 | 8.4 | 81.4 |
| 27 | Bilasipara East | Surat Chanddra Sinha | INC | 50,898 | 7,337 | 14.4 | 79.3 |
| 28 | Gossaigaon | Mathias Tudu | INC | 43,597 | 5,191 | 11.9 | 74.8 |
| 29 | Kokrajhar WestST | Ranendra Narayan Basumatari | INC | 50,800 | 4,731 | 9.3 | 81.7 |
| 30 | Kokrajhar EastST | Samar Brahma Choudhury | PTCA | 48,628 | 6,706 | 13.8 | 81.9 |
| 31 | SidliST | Panchanan Brahma | PTCA | 58,105 | 4,641 | 8.0 | 80.8 |
| 32 | Bongaigaon | Mathura Mohan Sinha | JP | 32,532 | 246 | 0.8 | 71.4 |
| 33 | Bijni | Padmalochan Boro | IND | 46,312 | 4,012 | 8.7 | 79.6 |
| 34 | Abhayapuri North | Pani Medhi | IND | 42,376 | 1,779 | 4.2 | 75.0 |
| 35 | Abhayapuri SouthSC | Rabindra Nath Choudhury | JP | 42,591 | 6,838 | 16.1 | 69.3 |
| 36 | DudhnaiST | Jagat Chandra Patgiri | JP | 37,524 | 1,671 | 4.5 | 63.5 |
| 37 | Goalpara East | Birendra Nath Choudhury | CPIM | 35,228 | 2,104 | 6.0 | 66.8 |
| 38 | Goalpara West | Nazmul Haque | IND | 38,234 | 496 | 1.3 | 66.6 |
| 39 | Jaleswar | Afzalur Rahman | JP | 39,217 | 12,314 | 31.4 | 73.0 |
| 40 | Sorbhog | Hemen Das | CPIM | 51,476 | 16,907 | 32.8 | 73.9 |
| 41 | Bhabanipur | Tarini Charan Das | JP | 41,546 | 3,929 | 9.5 | 71.3 |
| 42 | Patacharkuchi | Bhubaneswar Barman | JP | 41,268 | 3,539 | 8.6 | 61.1 |
| 43 | Barpeta | A. Latif | IND | 49,525 | 1,016 | 2.1 | 67.6 |
| 44 | Jania | Abdus Sobhan | INCI | 43,688 | 7,087 | 16.2 | 73.4 |
| 45 | Baghbar | Ibrahim Ali | INC | 38,716 | 5,334 | 13.8 | 69.5 |
| 46 | Sarukhetri | Sirajul Haque | IND | 50,547 | 8,130 | 16.1 | 69.7 |
| 47 | Chenga | Danes Ali Ahmed | INC | 39,980 | 623 | 1.6 | 77.2 |
| 48 | BokoSC | Umesh Chandra Das | JP | 49,454 | 8,965 | 18.1 | 72.2 |
| 49 | Chaygaon | A. N. Akram Hussain | INCI | 43,061 | 1,934 | 4.5 | 69.9 |
| 50 | Palasbari | Harendra Goswami | JP | 45,046 | 3,220 | 7.1 | 67.4 |
| 51 | Jalukbari | Lakhyadhar Choudhury | JP | 41,844 | 1,201 | 2.9 | 67.9 |
| 52 | Dispur | Tarini Mohan Barua | JP | 38,787 | 4,642 | 12.0 | 66.9 |
| 53 | Gauhati East | Ajoy Kumar Dutta | JP | 44,085 | 2,499 | 5.7 | 60.0 |
| 54 | Gauhati West | Kiran Chandra Bezbarua | JP | 39,239 | 596 | 1.5 | 63.5 |
| 55 | Hajo | Rabindra Nath Malakar | JP | 43,260 | 695 | 1.6 | 69.7 |
| 56 | Kamalpur | Daibasakti Deka | JP | 42,044 | 9,469 | 22.5 | 65.9 |
| 57 | Rangiya | Purna Boro | CPIM | 42,504 | 1,553 | 3.7 | 69.1 |
| 58 | Tamulpur | Padam Bahadur Chouhan | JP | 44,234 | 286 | 0.6 | 73.5 |
| 59 | Nalbari | Narendra Nath Dutta | CPIM | 47,355 | 1,355 | 2.9 | 62.9 |
| 60 | Barkhetry | Seikh Chand Mahammad | JP | 45,620 | 15,935 | 34.9 | 64.6 |
| 61 | Dharmapur | Ramani Barman | JP | 40,167 | 3,363 | 8.4 | 62.6 |
| 62 | BaramaST | Baikuntha Nath Das | INC | 38,473 | 597 | 1.6 | 65.6 |
| 63 | ChapaguriST | Manik Chandra Das | IND | 41,431 | 217 | 0.5 | 71.3 |
| 64 | Panery | Ramesh Chandra Saharia | IND | 43,959 | 3,771 | 8.6 | 73.1 |
| 65 | Kalaigaon | Nagen Sarma | JP | 48,319 | 16,428 | 34.0 | 73.4 |
| 66 | Sipajhar | Madhab Rajbanshi | JP | 39,220 | 9,408 | 24.0 | 63.0 |
| 67 | MangaldoiSC | Anil Das | JP | 46,028 | 5,276 | 11.5 | 62.6 |
| 68 | Dalgaon | Syeda Anwara Taimur | INCI | 44,913 | 9,206 | 20.5 | 70.8 |
| 69 | UdalguriST | Binoy Kumar Basumatary | PTCA | 42,921 | 2,939 | 6.8 | 69.0 |
| 70 | Majbat | Silvius Condpan | JP | 40,598 | 105 | 0.3 | 73.9 |
| 71 | Dhekiajuli | Pratap Kalita | INC | 42,726 | 2,209 | 5.2 | 76.7 |
| 72 | Barchalla | Kamal Chandra Basumatari | PTCA | 44,899 | 1,486 | 3.3 | 74.0 |
| 73 | Tezpur | Jiban Bora | JP | 34,985 | 9,061 | 25.9 | 66.1 |
| 74 | Rangapara | Golok Rajbanshi | INC | 39,400 | 5,798 | 14.7 | 75.5 |
| 75 | Sootea | Golok Kakati | JP | 38,841 | 4,072 | 10.5 | 74.4 |
| 76 | Biswanath | Kosheswar Bora | JP | 37,567 | 13,087 | 34.8 | 75.3 |
| 77 | Behali | Bishnulal Upadhaya | INC | 32,773 | 3,605 | 11.0 | 68.5 |
| 78 | Gohpur | Ram Chandra Sarmah | JP | 46,910 | 6,057 | 12.9 | 67.7 |
| 79 | JagiroadSC | Prasad Chandra Doloi | INC | 48,987 | 4,861 | 9.9 | 73.1 |
| 80 | Marigaon | Kaliram Dekta Raja | INC | 51,660 | 527 | 1.0 | 73.1 |
| 81 | Laharighat | Abul Kashem | INC | 48,273 | 505 | 1.0 | 73.6 |
| 82 | RahaSC | Baliram Das | JP | 52,204 | 12,894 | 24.7 | 63.0 |
| 83 | Dhing | Md. Samsul Huda | RCPI | 43,964 | 27,684 | 63.0 | 63.4 |
| 84 | Batadroba | Baneswar Saikia | RCPI | 46,105 | 4,551 | 9.9 | 68.4 |
| 85 | Rupohihat | Mohammad Idris | INC | 43,812 | 18,851 | 43.0 | 69.2 |
| 86 | Nowgong | Mukut Sarma | INC | 41,196 | 357 | 0.9 | 64.0 |
| 87 | Barhampur | Lakeshwar Gohain | JP | 42,375 | 11,574 | 27.3 | 62.7 |
| 88 | Samaguri | Bhabendra Kumar Saikia | JP | 37,757 | 3,729 | 9.9 | 65.4 |
| 89 | Kaliabor | Atil Chandra Goswami | IND | 37,030 | 12,342 | 33.3 | 71.1 |
| 90 | Jamunamukh | Mujamil Ali Choudhury | JP | 44,694 | 12,403 | 27.8 | 66.2 |
| 91 | Hojai | Santi Ranjan Das Gupta | JP | 56,137 | 3,862 | 6.9 | 69.3 |
| 92 | Lumding | Biresh Misra | CPIM | 40,101 | 5,579 | 13.9 | 60.5 |
| 93 | Bokakhat | Chatra Gopal Karmakar | INC | 37,236 | 2,542 | 6.8 | 68.6 |
| 94 | Sarupathar | Aklius Tirkey | INC | 43,906 | 786 | 1.8 | 64.7 |
| 95 | Golaghat | Soneswar Bora | JP | 43,429 | 10,466 | 24.1 | 63.4 |
| 96 | Khumtai | Nogen Borua | JP | 37,504 | 944 | 2.5 | 61.5 |
| 97 | DergaonSC | Ramesh Das | JP | 36,221 | 7,051 | 19.5 | 54.0 |
| 98 | Jorhat | Dulal Chandra Baruah | JP | 42,546 | 14,693 | 34.5 | 64.2 |
| 99 | MajuliST | Chakbhal Kagyang | JP | 42,076 | 11,120 | 26.4 | 72.6 |
| 100 | Titabar | Giridhar Thengal | CPI | 39,306 | 2,427 | 6.2 | 59.8 |
| 101 | Mariani | Gajen Tanti | INC | 37,120 | 3,480 | 9.4 | 67.3 |
| 102 | Teok | Devananda Boara | JP | 40,029 | 2,345 | 5.9 | 63.0 |
| 103 | Amguri | Khagen Borbarua | RCPI | 34,254 | 859 | 2.5 | 58.4 |
| 104 | Nazira | Hiteswar Saikia | INC | 38,629 | 6,598 | 17.1 | 67.0 |
| 105 | Mahmara | Budha Barua | RCPI | 37,780 | 338 | 0.9 | 60.6 |
| 106 | Sonari | Satya Tati | INCI | 39,958 | 207 | 0.5 | 59.2 |
| 107 | Thowra | Jogen Gogoi | CPI | 34,562 | 6,435 | 18.6 | 63.3 |
| 108 | Sibsagar | Promode Gogoi | CPI | 47,551 | 1,532 | 3.2 | 67.7 |
| 109 | Bihpuria | Premadhar Bora | IND | 41,907 | 549 | 1.3 | 66.2 |
| 110 | Naoboicha | Afazuddin Ahmed | IND | 46,550 | 4,790 | 10.3 | 64.1 |
| 111 | Lakhimpur | Sulo Bora | CPI | 36,602 | 1,384 | 3.8 | 62.1 |
| 112 | DhakuakhanaST | Lakhya Nath Doley | INC | 48,136 | 543 | 1.1 | 65.5 |
| 113 | DhemajiST | Purna Chandra Bora | IND | 56,967 | 804 | 1.4 | 66.5 |
| 114 | JonaiST | Romesh Mohan Kouli | JP | 57,188 | 1,049 | 1.8 | 73.3 |
| 115 | Moran | Joy Chandra Nagbanshi | INCI | 38,299 | 3,052 | 8.0 | 63.2 |
| 116 | Dibrugarh | Keshab Chandra Gogoi | JP | 39,059 | 11,930 | 30.5 | 65.6 |
| 117 | Lahowal | Dipak Moormoo | INC | 35,441 | 2,370 | 6.7 | 59.3 |
| 118 | Duliajan | Jogen Hazarika | JP | 36,633 | 1,118 | 3.1 | 59.0 |
| 119 | Tingkhong | Bhadreswar Gogoi | JP | 43,012 | 3,611 | 8.4 | 65.2 |
| 120 | Naharkatia | Sasha Kamal Handique | CPIM | 39,909 | 493 | 1.2 | 67.7 |
| 121 | Chabua | Jnan Gogoi | JP | 36,039 | 3,941 | 10.9 | 57.8 |
| 122 | Tinsukia | Golap Borborah | JP | 38,611 | 10,577 | 27.4 | 60.8 |
| 123 | Digboi | Rameswar Dhanowar | INCI | 33,527 | 67 | 0.2 | 64.9 |
| 124 | Margherita | Kul Bahadur Chetri | JP | 40,228 | 924 | 2.3 | 63.8 |
| 125 | Doom Dooma | Dileswar Tanti | INC | 35,753 | 4,209 | 11.8 | 62.9 |
| 126 | Sadiya | Bipin Hazarika | CPIM | 40,813 | 1,102 | 2.7 | 68.6 |