1951–52 elections in India

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The Indian Republic held its first elections in 1951–52.

Presidential election[edit]

Main article: 1952 Indian presidential election

The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 670000 votes over his nearest rival K.T. Shah who got 92,827 votes.

General election[edit]

Main article: Indian general election, 1951–52

General elections to the first Lok Sabha since independence were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power, winning 364 of the 489 seats. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country.[1]

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress47,665,95144.99364
Socialist Party11,216,71910.5912
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party6,135,9785.799
Communist Party of India3,487,4013.2916
Bharatiya Jana Sangh3,246,3613.063
Scheduled Castes Federation2,521,6952.382
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad2,091,8981.973
Krishikar Lok Party1,489,6151.411
People's Democratic Front1,367,4041.297
Shiromani Akali Dal1,047,6110.994
Hindu Mahasabha1,003,0340.954
Peasants and Workers Party of India992,1870.942
Forward Bloc (Marxist)963,0580.911
All India Ganatantra Parishad959,7490.916
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party889,2920.844
Jharkhand Party749,7020.713
Revolutionary Socialist Party468,1080.443
Commonweal Party325,3980.313
Lok Sewak Sangh309,9400.292
Zamindar Party291,3000.270
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party236,0940.221
Uttar Pradesh Praja Party213,6560.200
S.K. Paksha137,3430.130
All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)133,9360.130
Kamgar Kisan Paksha132,5740.130
Tribal Sangha116,6290.110
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress115,8930.111
Kerala Socialist Party102,0980.100
Indian Union Muslim League79,4700.081
Revolutionary Communist Party of India67,2750.060
Justice Party63,2540.060
All India United Kisan Sabha60,2540.060
All India Republican Party (RPP)57,8150.050
All India Republican Party (REP)44,2860.040
All People's Party36,8510.030
Tamil Nadu Congress Party36,1580.030
Khasi-Jaintia Durbar32,9870.030
Saurashtra Khedut Sangh29,7660.030
Bolshevik Party of India25,7920.020
All Manipur National Union22,0830.020
Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party20,6650.020
Hill People Party17,3500.020
Praja Party16,9550.020
Kuki National Association12,1550.010
Punjab Depressed Class League11,7890.010
Pursharathi Panchayat10,7780.010
Cochin Party8,9470.010
Kisan Mazdoor Mandal8,8080.010
Hyderabad State Praja Party7,6460.010
Gandhi Sebak Seva7,1960.010
Kisan Janta Sanyukta Party6,3900.010
National Party of India3,2320.000
Historical Research1,4680.000
Independents16,850,08915.9037
Appointed members[a]10
Total105,950,083100.00499
Registered voters/turnout173,212,34344.87
Source: ECI
  1. ^ Six representing Jammu and Kashmir, two representing Anglo-Indians, one representing Part B tribal areas in Assam and one representing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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Legislative Assembly elections[edit]

Ajmer*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election[2]
Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 30 20 66.67 1,04,411 44.47
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 15 3 10.00 28,057 11.95
Pursharathi Panchayat 6 3 10.00 15,781 7.72
Communist Party of India 2 0 3,494 1.49
Socialist Party 2 0 1,055 0.45
Independent politician 79 4 13.33 81,990 34.92
Total Seats 30 Voters 4,62,810 Turnout 2,34,788 (50.73%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Ajmer State was merged into Rajasthan under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

Assam[edit]

Main article: 1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election[4]
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 92 76 72.38 10,64,850 43.48
Socialist Party 61 4 3.81 3,25,690 13.30
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 40 1 0.95 1,46,792 5.99
Communist Party of India 18 1 0.95 69,431 2.84
Garo National Council 4 3 2.86 14,577 0.60
Khasi-Jaintia Durbar 4 1 0.95 24,248 0.99
All People's Party (Assam) 3 1 0.95 14,930 0.61
Mizo Union 3 3 2.86 29,104 1.19
Khasi Jaintia Federated State National Conference 1 1 0.95 9,441 0.39
Independent 213 14 13.33 6,93,908 28.34
Total Seats 105 Voters 49,55,390 Turnout 24,48,890 (49.42%)

Bhopal*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election[5]
Political Party Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 28 25 83.33 1,17,656 52.01
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 9 1 3.33 31,684 14.01
Independent politician 32 4 13.33 51,736 22.87
Total Seats 30 Voters 6,10,182 Turnout 2,26,210 (37.07%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Bhopal State was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3] Bhopal states 1955

Bihar*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election[6]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 322 239 72.42 39,51,145 41.38
Socialist Party 266 23 6.97 17,29,750 18.11
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 98 1 0.30 2,68,416 2.81
Jharkhand Party 53 32 9.70 7,65,272 8.01
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party 38 11 3.33 3,01,691 3.16
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 34 1 0.30 1,07,386 1.12
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 29 1 0.30 60,360 0.63
Lok Sewak Sangh 12 7 2.12 1,48,921 1.56
All India Ganatantra Parishad 1 1 0.30 14,237 0.15
Independent 638 14 4.24 18,77,236 19.66
Total seats 330 Voters 2,41,65,389 Turnout 95,48,835 (39.51%)

Party wise votes polled

  Indian National Congress (41.38%)
  Jharkhand Party (8.01%)
  Socialist Party (18.11%)
  CNSPJP (3.16%)
  Lok Sewak Sangh (1.56%)
  Independent (19.66%)
  Others (8.12%)

* : Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

Bombay*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election[7]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress
270 / 315 (86%)
 313 270 55,56,334 49.95%
Peasants and Workers Party of India
14 / 315 (4%)
 87 14 7,17,963 6.45%
Socialist Party
9 / 315 (3%)
 182 9 13,30,246 11.96%
Kamgar Kisan Paksha
2 / 315 (0.6%)
 33 2 2,48,130 2.23%
Scheduled Castes Federation
1 / 315 (0.3%)
 37 1 3,44,718 3.10%
Communist Party of India
1 / 315 (0.3%)
 25 1 1,59,994 1.44%
Krishikar Lok Party
1 / 315 (0.3%)
 16 1 1,07,408 0.97%
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 67 0 5,59,492 5.03%
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 37 0 1,24,466 1.12%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 9 0 35,194 0.32%
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 8 0 16,847 0.15%
Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh 2 0 4,876 0.04%
Independent
19 / 315 (6%)
 427 19 19,17,574 17.24%
Total 1243 317 Turnout (Voters) 1,11,23,242 (2,19,04,595) 50.78%

*: On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was re-organized by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost districts of Bombay were transferred to Mysore State while Abu Road taluka of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan.[3]

Coorg*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election[8]
Political party Flag Candidates Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 24 15 62.50 48,845 55.54
Independent 34 9 37.50 37,716 42.88
Communist Party of India 2 0 1,386 1.58
Total 24 Voters: 138,440 Turnout 87,947 (63.53%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Coorg State was merged into Mysore State as per the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

Delhi*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election[9]
Party Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 47 39 81.25 2,71,812 52.09
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31 5 10.42 1,14,207 21.89
Socialist Party 6 2 4.17 12,396 2.38
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 5 1 2.08 6,891 1.32
Independent 78 1 2.08 82,972 15.90
Total Seats 48 Voters 7,44,668 Turnout 5,21,766 (58.52%)

* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.[3] Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution.[10]

Himachal Pradesh*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[11]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 35 24 66.67 84,819 47.25
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 22 3 8.33 26,371 14.69
Scheduled Caste Federation 9 1 2.78 10,352 5.77
Independent 36 8 22.22 47,746 26.6
Total seats 36 Voters 7,13,554 Turnout 1,79,515 (25.16%)

* : Under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory on 1 November 1956, under the direct administration of the President of India and the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.[3] Under Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, it became a state and the next legislative elections were held in 1967.

Hyderabad*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election[12]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 173 93 53.14 21,77,716 41.86
Socialist Party 97 11 6.29 5,90,209 11.35
People's Democratic Front 77 42 24.00 10,80,092 20.76
Scheduled Castes Federation 24 5 2.86 2,66,482 5.12
Peasants and Workers Party of India 21 10 5.71 2,15,992 4.15
Independent 136 14 8.00 7,58,318 14.58
Total seats 175 Voters 1,21,14,635 Turnout 52,02,214 (42.94%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State, except the districts of Raichur, Gulbarga, Bidar and Marathwada, was merged into Andhra State to form a single state, Andhra Pradesh, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The districts of Raichur, Bidar and Gulbarga were transferred to the Mysore State, while the Marathwada district was merged with the Bombay State.[3]

Madhya Bharat*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election[13]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 99 75 75.76 9,38,918 47.24
Socialist Party 59 4 4.04 1,45,845 7.34
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 42 4 4.04 1,93,627 9.74
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 39 2 2.02 1,43,132 7.20
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 33 11 11.11 2,36,824 11.92
Independent 131 3 3.03 2,58,157 12.99
Total seats 99 Voters 57,23,673 Turnout 19,87,410 (34.72%)

* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district) was merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district of Madhya Bharat was merged in Rajasthan.[3]

Madhya Pradesh*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[14]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 225 194 83.62 34,34,058 49.07
Socialist Party 143 2 0.86 6,61,874 9.46
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 71 8 3.45 3,65,371 5.22
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 35 3 1.29 1,75,324 2.51
S. K. Paksha 19 2 0.86 1,01,670 1.45
Independent 469 23 9.91 16,01,565 22.89
Total seats 232 Voters 1,55,13,592 Turnout 69,97,588 (45.11%)

* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district), Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal State and the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan were merged into Madhya Pradesh while the Nagpur Division was transferred to Bombay State.[3]

Madras*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election[15]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote % Govt.
Formation
Indian National Congress 367 152 40.53 69,88,701 34.88 Leading Party
Socialist Party 163 13 3.47 12,99,282 6.48
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 148 35 9.33 18,03,377 9.00 **Full support
Communist Party of India 131 62 16.53 26,40,337 13.18
Krishikar Lok Party# 63 15 4.00 6,29,893 3.14 *Outside support,
joined the cabinet
in 1954
Republican Party of India 37 2 0.53 3,39,680 1.70
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party* 34 19 5.07 8,52,330 4.25
Commonweal Party** 13 6 1.60 2,18,288 1.09
Madras State Muslim League Party** 13 5 1.33 1,86,546 0.93 #3 KLP legislators
and
15 Independents
joined Congress
Justice Party 9 1 0.27 82,231 0.41
All India Forward Bloc 6 3 0.80 1,38,203 0.69
Independent# 667 62 16.53 47,58,768 23.75
Total seats 375 Voters 3,66,00,615 Turnout 2,00,38,423 (54.75%)

* : On 1 November 1956, the southern part of Travancore-Cochin (Kanyakumari district) was added to the Madras State while the Malabar district of the state was transferred to the new state of Kerala, and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was created.[3]

Mysore*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election[16]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 99 74 74.75 12,76,318 46.35
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 59 8 8.08 3,91,653 14.22
Socialist Party 47 3 3.03 240390 8.73
Scheduled Caste Federation 7 2 2.02 47,916 1.74
Communist Party of India 5 1 1.01 25,116 0.91
Independent 154 11 11.11 7,10,359 25.79
Total seats 99 Voters 54,66,487 Turnout 27,53,870 (50.38%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of Coorg State, the Kollegal taluk of the Coimbatore district and the South Kanara district (except the Kasaragod taluk) of Madras State, and the Kannada speaking districts from southern Bombay state and western Hyderabad State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.[3]

Orissa[edit]

Main article: 1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election[17]
Parties Flag Seats Contested Seats Won Votes % of Votes
National Parties
Communist Party of India 33 7 2,06,757 5.62%
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 2 1 12,874 0.35%
Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group) 1 0 2,779 0.08%
Indian National Congress 135 67 13,92,501 37.87%
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 7 0 16,948 0.46%
Socialist Party 79 10 4,32,731 11.77%
State Parties
All India Ganatantra Parishad 58 31 7,53,685 20.50%
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
Peoples Independent Party 1 0 11,895 0.32%
Pursharathi Panchayat 1 0 1,841 0.05%
Radical Democrat Party 1 0 1,589 0.04%
Independents
Independent 204 24 8,43,446 22.94%
Total 140 36,77,046 100%


Patiala & East Punjab States Union[edit]

Main article: 1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Patiala & East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election[18]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 51 26 43.33 3,88,185 28.66
Akali Dal 41 19 31.67 3,17,502 23.44
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 23 2 3.33 43,809 3.23
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 15 1 1.67 20,179 1.49
Communist Party of India 14 2 3.33 64,652 4.77
Lal Communist Party Hind Union 5 1 1.67 21,539 1.59
Scheduled Caste Federation 7 1 1.67 47,216 3.49
Independent 188 8 13.33 3,96,956 29.31
Total seats 60 Voters 22,98,385 Turnout 13,54,476 (58.93%)

Punjab*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election[19]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 121 96 76.19 18,30,601 36.69
Shiromani Akali Dal 48 13 10.32 6,20,455 12.44
Zamindar Party 31 2 1.59 3,72,126 7.46
Communist Party of India 26 4 3.17 1,93,974 3.89
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 19 1 0.79 69,694 1.40
Lal Communist Party Hind Union 9 1 0.79 57,739 1.16
Independent 446 9 7.14 11,92,896 23.91
Total seats 126 Voters 86,23,498 Turnout 49,89,077 (57.85%)

* : Punjab was enlarged by the addition of Patiala & East Punjab States Union in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act of 1956.[3]

Rajasthan*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election[20]
Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 156 82 51.25 12,86,953 39.46
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 59 24 15.00 3,99,958 12.26
Socialist Party 51 1 0.63 1,35,971 4.17
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 50 8 5.00 1,93,532 5.93
Krishikar Lok Party 46 7 43.75 2,70,807 8.30
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 6 2 1.25 28,183 0.86
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 6 1 0.63 16,411 0.50
Independent 230 35 21.88 8,96,671 27.49
Total seats 160 Voters 92,68,215 Turnout 32,61,442 (35.19%)

* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district of Bombay State, the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the Punjab was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to Madhya Pradesh.[3]

Saurashtra*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election[21]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 59 55 91.67 606,934 63.79
Saurashtra Khedut Sangh 37 1 1.67 139,449 14.66
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 25 0 43,043 4.52
Socialist Party 28 2 3.33 34,778 3.66
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 16 0 30,907 3.25
Communist Party of India 3 0 7,791 0.82
Scheduled Castes Federation 3 0 4,977 0.52
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 0 4,346 0.46
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 1 0 3,660 0.38
Independent 50 2 3.33 75,624 7.95
Total seats 60 Voters 20,81,140 Turnout 9,51,509 (45.72%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Saurashtra State was merged into Bombay State as per the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

Travancore-Cochin[edit]

Main article: 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election[22]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 105 44 40.74 12,04,364 35.44
Socialist Party 70 11 10.19 4,85,194 14.28
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress 15 8 7.41 2,01,118 5.92
Cochin Party 12 1 0.93 59,535 1.75
Revolutionary Socialist Party 11 6 5.56 1,18,333 3.48
Kerala Socialist Party 10 1 0.93 73,981 2.18
Independent 199 37 34.26 11,51,555 33.89
Total seats 108 Voters 50,54,733 Turnout 33,98,193 (67.23%)

$ : In 1952 elections of legislative assembly, no party found the majority. Indian National Congress formed a coalition government with the help of Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress, Kerala Socialist Party and a nominated member.[23]

Uttar Pradesh[edit]

Main article: 1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress8,032,47547.93388
Socialist Party2,015,32012.0320
Bharatiya Jana Sangh1,081,3956.452
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party955,7085.701
Uttar Pradesh Praja Party301,3221.801
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad291,2471.741
Hindu Mahasabha239,1101.431
Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party57,2840.341
Others (6 parties)490,2582.930
Independents3,294,50019.6615
Total16,758,619100.00430
Source: [24]


Vindhya Pradesh*[edit]

Main article: 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[25]
Political party Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 56 40 66.67 2,70,013 39.60
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 49 3 5.00 1,10,465 16.2
Socialist Party 46 11 18.33 1,28,187 18.80
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 33 2 3.33 67,330 9.88
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 17 2 3.33 30,817 4.52
Independent politician 42 2 3.33 62,102 9.11
Total Seats 60 Voters 24,03,588 Turnout 6,81,799 (28.37%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

West Bengal*[edit]

Main article: 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election[26]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 236 150 63.56 2,889,994 38.82
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 129 15 6.36 667,446 8.97
Communist Party of India 86 28 11.86 800,951 10.76
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 85 9 3.81 415,458 5.58
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 48 11 4.66 393,591 5.29
Socialist Party 63 0 215,382 2.89
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 33 4 1.69 1,76,762 2.37
Forward Bloc (Ruikar) 32 2 0.85 1,07,905 1.45
Revolutionary Socialist Party 16 0 63,173 0.85
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore) 10 0 32,859 0.44
Bolshevik Party of India 8 0 20117 0.27
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 14 0 7,100 0.10
Independent (India) 614 19 8.05 1,653,165 22.21
Total seats 238 Voters 17,628,239 Turnout 7,443,903 (42.23%)

* : West Bengal was enlarged slightly by the transfer of minor territories from Bihar in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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