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	\| election_date = 27 March 1952		\| election_date = 27 March 1952
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	==Results==		==Results==
	Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.<ref name= DelhiECI1951/> [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]] of [[Indian National Congress]] was elected [[Chief Minister of Delhi\|Chief Minister]].		Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.<ref name= DelhiECI1951/> [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]] of [[Indian National Congress]] was elected [[Chief Minister of Delhi\|Chief Minister]].
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	[[Category:1950s in Delhi]]		[[Category:1950s in Delhi]]
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| election_name = 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| election_date = 27 March 1952
| next_election = 1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1993
| seats_for_election = All 48 seats to the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 25
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =

| image1 =
| leader1 = [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Nangloi Jat (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Nangloi Jat]]
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 = N/A
| seats1 = 39
| seat_change1 = N/A
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| percentage1 = 52.09%
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| seats2 = 5
| seat_change2 = N/A
| popular_vote2 = 1,14,207
| percentage2 = 21.89%
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| title = Chief Minister
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Delhi|Chief Minister]]
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| before_party =
| after_election = [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

[[File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg|thumb|Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951]]

The first '''Delhi Legislative Assembly election''' to the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]] was held on 27 March 1952.<ref name="DelhiECI1951"/><ref name="a1">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XzZAIcOc52gC&pg=PA65 | title=Modern Governments and Political Systems. Vol. 3 | publisher=Mittal Publications |author1=Kaushik, S. L. |author2=Rama Patnayak | year=1995 | location=New Delhi | pages=65}}</ref> Forty-eight seats were up for election.<ref name="a1"/> Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member.<ref name="DelhiECI1951"/>

==Results==
Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.<ref name= DelhiECI1951/> [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]] of [[Indian National Congress]] was elected [[Chief Minister of Delhi|Chief Minister]].

{{Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}

==State Reorganization==
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">{{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=15 October 1955 | accessdate=25 July 2015}}</ref> 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|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821020032/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm#|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[1951–52 elections in India]]
* [[1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Delhi elections}}
{{Indian elections}}

[[Category: State Assembly elections in Delhi|1952]]
[[Category:1952 State Assembly elections in India]]
[[Category:1950s in Delhi]]
[[Category:March 1952 events]]