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{{Short description|Elections in India in 1951-52}}
{{Politics of India}}

This artilce is about the first election held in Independent India in 1951-52.

==Presidential election==
{{main|1952 Indian presidential election}}
The Election Commission of India held the first [[President of India|presidential elections of India]] on May 2, 1952. [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] won his first election with 507,400 votes over his nearest rival K.T. Shah who got 92,827 votes.

==General election==
{{main|Indian general election, 1951–52}}
'''General elections''' to the [[1st Lok Sabha|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. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p572 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}}</ref>
* Total Seats : 489
* [[Indian National Congress]] : 364
* [[Communist Party of India]] : 16
* [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]] : 12
* [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]] : 9
* [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] : 3 , BJS was the 1950s avatar of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)

==Legislative Assembly elections==

===Ajmer*===
{{Main|1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Ajmer Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Ajmer State]] was merged into [[Rajasthan]] under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates">{{cite web | url=http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1955_7/42/reorganisation_of_statesthe_approach_and_arrangements.pdf | title=Reorganisation of States, 1955 | publisher=The Economic Weekly | date=October 15, 1955 | access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

===Assam===
{{Main|1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Assam Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

===Bhopal*===
{{Main|1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Bhopal Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Bhopal State]] was merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]] under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>
Bhopal states 1955

===Bihar*===
{{Main|1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

'''*''' : Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to [[West Bengal]] in 1956 under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Bombay*===
{{Main|1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Bombay Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

*: On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], [[Bombay State|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]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Coorg*===
{{Main|1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Coorg Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Coorg State]] was merged into [[Mysore State]] as per the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Delhi*===
{{Main|1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : 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.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/> Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in [[1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1993]], when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the [[Constitution of India|Indian constitution]].<ref name=" Sixty-ninth amendment ">{{cite news|title= Sixty-ninth amendment|publisher=[[Delhi Assembly]] official website|access-date=25 August 2016|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm}}</ref>

===Himachal Pradesh*===
{{Main|1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : 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.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/> Under Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, it became a state and the next legislative elections were held in [[1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]].

===Hyderabad*===
{{Main|1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : 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 districts was merged with the [[Bombay State]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Madhya Bharat*===
{{Main|1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : 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]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Madhya Pradesh*===
{{Main|1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], [[Madhya Bharat]] (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district), [[Vindhya Pradesh]], [[Bhopal State|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.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Madras*===
{{Main|1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : 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|Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands]], was created.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Mysore*===
{{Main|1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : 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.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Orissa===
{{Main|1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Orissa Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

===Patiala & East Punjab States Union===
{{Main|1952 Patiala & East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Patiala & East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

===Punjab*===
{{Main|1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

'''*''' : [[Punjab (India,)|Punjab]] was enlarged by the addition of [[Patiala & East Punjab States Union]] in 1956 under [[States Reorganisation Act of 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Rajasthan*===
{{Main|1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : 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 (India)|Punjab]] was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Saurashtra*===
{{Main|1952 Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Saurashtra State]] was merged into [[Bombay State]] as per the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Travancore-Cochin$===
{{Main|1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

$ : In 1952 elections of [[Legislative Assembly of Kerala|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.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_QtMGIczhMC | title=Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience | publisher=Concept Publishing Company | author=Chander, N. Jose | year=2004 | pages=74 | isbn=9788180690921}}</ref>

===Uttar Pradesh===
{{Main|1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

===Vindhya Pradesh*===
{{Main|1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Vindhya Pradesh]] was merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]] under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===West Bengal*===
{{Main|1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
{{West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

'''*''' : West Bengal was enlarged slightly by the transfer of minor territories from [[Bihar]] in 1956 under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

==See also==
* [[1954 elections in India]]
* [[1955 elections in India]]
* [[1957 elections in India]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]

{{Indian elections}}
{{Legislatures of India}}

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