1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election
25 February 1978
All 126 seats in the Legislature of Assam
64 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
INC
Leader Golap Borbora -
Party Janata Party Indian National Congress
Leader since 1978 -
Leader's seat Tinsukia -
Last election New 95
Seats won 53 34
Seat change New 61
Percentage 27.55% 32.4%
Swing New 20.8pp
CM before election

Sarat Chandra Singha
INC

Elected CM

Golap Borbora
JP

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.

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