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1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

26 March 1952 1957 →

All 60 seats in the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout28.37%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC Socialist
Seats won 40 11
Popular vote 2,70,013 1,28,187
Percentage 39.60% 18.80%
Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh were held on March 26, 1952. 252 candidates contested for the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 12 two-member constituencies and 36 single-member constituencies.[1]

Results

Template:Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference VPECI1951 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.