1937 Assam Legislative Assembly election

1937 provincial election in British India 1937 Assam Legislative Assembly election British India parliamentary no January 1937 1946 Assam Legislative Assembly election 1946 All 108 seats to the Assam Legislative Assembly 55 Gopinath Bordoloi.jpg Gopinath Bordoloi Indian National Congress New 32 Prime Minister Prime Minister of Assam Office established Muhammed Saadulah Independent politician The first elections for the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 1937 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935. History After the implementation of the Government of India Act 1935 and the 1937 Indian provincial elections, the Indian National Congress won 32 out of the 108 seats in the newly formed Assam Legislative Assembly and formed the largest party. The party had a non-acceptance policy on forming a ministry was a Congress policy, and Muhammed Saadulah subsequently formed a coalition ministry instead.Baruah Amlan https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Assam_State_Gazetteer/xy5uAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Assam State Gazetteer Choudhury S. B. Roy 1999 Editor-in-Chief, District Gazetteers, Government of Assam en Results SourceElections - Hansard - UK Parliament https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1937-03-08/debates/a2f9ed71-ee28-4235-b9cb-58d8dff5ab23/Elections 2026-10-11 hansard.parliament.uk enyes |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Seats won |- | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | 32 |- | Independent politician | Muslim Independents | 30 |- | Independent politician | Non-Congress Hindus | 9 |- | All-India Muslim League | All-India Muslim League | 4 |- | Independent politician | No party affiliation | 33 |- ! colspan="2" | Total ! 108 |} Elected members Source1937 elected members https://aladigitallibrary.in/bitstream/123456789/4065/1/Members%20of%20The%20Assam%20Legislative%20Assembly%20From%201937%20to%20The%20Twelfth%20Assam%20Legislative%20Assembly%20%282006-2011%29.pdf Assam Legislative Assembly ConstituencyMemberKamrup (South)Muhammad SaadullaSylhet Sadar (Central)Abu Nasr Muhammad WaheedShillong (Backward class)J. J. M. Nichols-RayKamrup Sadar (South)Rohini ChaudhuriSouth Sylhet (East)Muhammad Ali Haidar KhanDhubri (North General)Kumar Ajit Narayan DevSunamganj (Reserved)Akshay Kumar DasSilchar (General)Arun Kumar ChandaSurma Valley Indian PlantingBaidyanath MookherjeeSylhet Sadar (South)Basanta Kumar DasKamrup Sadar (South Reserved)Beliram DasSibsagarBhuban Chandra GogoiHabiganj (North Reserved)Bipin Behari DasMangaldai (South Reserved)Bipin Chandra MedhiSouth Sylhet (West)Dakshinaranjan Gupta ChaudhuriJorhat (North General)Debeswar SharmahBarpeta (South General)Ghanasyam DasNalbari (General)Gauri Kanta TalukdarKamrup Sadar (South)Gopinath BordoloiNowgong (General West)Haladhar BhuyanSylhet Sadar (North)Harendra Narayan ChaudhuryHailakandi (General)Hitendra Chandra ChakravartySibsagar (East General)Jadav Prasad ChalihaDhubri (Central General)Jogendra Narayan MandalGoalpara (South-East General)Jogendra Chandra NathKamrup Sadar (Central General)Jogendra Nath BaruaDibrugarh (West General)Jogesh Chandra GohainSilchar (Reserved)Kalachand RoyBarpeta (North General)Kameswar DasKarimganj (East General)Kamini Kumar SenSunamganj (General)Karuna Sindhu RoyIndian Commerce and IndustryKedarmal BrahminJorhat (South General)Krishna Nath SarmaKarimganj (West General)Khirode Chandra DebDibrugarh (Central General)Laksheswar BorooahSouth Sylhet (East)Lalit Mohan KarTezpur (East General)Mahadev SarmaNowgong (General)Mohendra Nath SaikiaNowgong (General South)Mahi Chandra BoraAssam Valley Indian PlantingNaba Kumar DuttaTezpur (West General)Omeo Kumar DasGoalpara (North-West General)Paramananda DasHabiganj (South)Promode Chandra DuttaMangaldai (South General)Purandar SarmaNowgong (General)Purna Chandra SarmaDibrugarh (East General)Rajani Kanta BaruahGolaghat (North)Rajendra Nath BaruahJorhat (North General/Reserved)Ramnath DasGolaghat (South General)Sankar Chandra BaruaDhubri (South)Santosh Kumar BaruaNorth Lakhimpur (General)Sarbeswar BaruaHabiganj (North)Shibendra Chandra BiswasKamrup Sadar (North General)Siddhi Nath SarmaSouth Sylhet (Central)Abdul AzizSunamganj (South Muhammadan)Abdul Bari ChoudhuryDhubri (South)Abdul Hamid KhanKarimganj (Central Muhammadan)Hazi Abdul Majid ChoudhurySylhet Sadar (East)Abdul Matin ChoudhuryHabiganj (South-East)Abdur RahmanBarpeta (Muhammadan)Sayed Abdul RoufSylhet Sadar (North)Md. Abdus SalamSunamganj (East)Dewan MuhammadHabiganj (North-West)Dewan Ali RajaGoalpara (East)Mohammad Amjad AliNowgong (East Muhammadan)Mohammad AmiruddinHabiganj (South-East)Ashrafuddin Md. ChoudhuryDarrang (Muhammadan)Badaruddin AhmedSylhet Sadar (West)Dewan Eclimur Roza ChoudhuryKamrup (North)Fakhruddin Ali AhmedDhubri (West)Ghyasuddin AhmedDhubri (North Muhammadan)Jhanuddin AhmedSibsagar (Muhammadan)Keramet AliGoalpara (West)Matior Rahman MiaSunamganj (West)Muhammad Maqbul Hussain ChoudhurySibsagar (Muhammadan)Mahamud AliKarimganj (West Muhammadan)Mabarak AliHabiganj (North-East)Mudabbir Hussain ChoudhurySylhet Sadar (South)Mafizur RahmanSunamganj (Central Muhammadan)Munawwar AliHailakandi (Muhammadan)Muzarrof Ali LaskarSilchar (Muhammadan)Aanwar Ali BarbhuiyaSouth Sylhet (West)Naziruddin AhmedNowgong (Muhammadan)Sheikh Osman Ali SadagarLakhipur (Muhammadan)Sayidur RahmanEuropean PlantingA. B. BeddowA. F. BendallJ. R. ClaytonEuropean Commerce and IndustryW. R. FaullEuropeanW. FlemingEuropean PlantingL. J. GodwinD. B. H. MooreR. A. PalmerWomen's (Shillong)Mavis DunnGaro Hills (North)Benjamin Chandra MominJorhat (Labour)Bhairab Chandra DasDoom Dooma (East Labour)Bideshi Pan TantiThakurbariBinode Kumar J. SarwanNowgong (Tribal)Dhirsing DeuriJowai (Backward Area)L. GotphohIndian ChristianC. GoldsmithGaro Hills (North)Jobang D. MarakLakhimpur (Tribal)Karka Dalay MiriMikir HillsKhorsing TerangSilchar (Labour)P. ParidaKamrup Backward Tribal (Plains)Rabi Chandra KachariGoalpara (Tribal)Rupnath BrahmaKarimganj (East Reserved General)Balaram SirkarEuropean PlantingF. W. Hockenhull References Category:State Assembly elections in Assam Category:1930s elections in India Category:1937 elections in India Category:Indian National Congress