Congress won Assam's first assembly election in a landslide, forming the state's first elected government.

The Indian National Congress won 76 of the 108 seats on offer.

That was 21 seats more than it needed for a majority.

Its nearest rival, the Independent, took just 14 seats.

This was also Assam's very first assembly election, using a design where some constituencies elected more than one member.

14 of the 94 constituencies worked this way.

Altogether the house seated 108 members that year.

The contest drew 458 candidates in all, an average of about 4.9 per constituency.

A few numbers from that founding election stand out.

Patacharkuchi Barama, Assam saw the tightest finish anywhere in the state, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 16 votes.

At the other extreme, Aijal West, Assam was the most one-sided contest of the year, won by a margin of 69.8%.

Hajo, Assam recorded the best turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — anywhere that year, at 74.8%.

The most crowded field was in Ratabari Patharkandi, Assam, where 12 candidates contested a single seat.

Assam's first election drew a crowded field of parties and independent candidates alongside Congress.

In all, 10 parties won at least one seat, independents included — they alone took 14.