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===Party wise result===
===Party wise result===
{{West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election<ref name="WBECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |<!--color-->
! Political party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| 236 || 150 || 63.56 || 2,889,994 || 38.82
|-
| {{party color cell|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
|
| 129 || 15 || 6.36 || 667,446 || 8.97
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]
| 86 || 28 || 11.86 || 800,951 || 10.76
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
| 85 || 9 || 3.81 || 415,458 || 5.58
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)]]
|
| 48 || 11 || 4.66 || 393,591 || 5.29
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party of India|Socialist Party]]
|
| 63 || 0 ||  || 215,382 || 2.89
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
|
| 33 || 4 || 1.69 || 1,76,762 || 2.37
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Forward Bloc (Ruikar)]]
|
| 32 || 2 || 0.85 || 1,07,905 || 1.45
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|
| 16 || 0 ||  || 63,173 || 0.85
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore)]]
|
| 10 || 0 ||  || 32,859 || 0.44
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bolshevik Party of India]]
|
| 8 || 0 ||  || 20117 || 0.27
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
|
|14 || 0 ||  || 7,100 || 0.10
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 614 || 19 || 8.05 || 1,653,165 || 22.21
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total seats
! 238 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 17,628,239 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 7,443,903 (42.23%)
|}<section end=Results />


==State Reorganization==
==State Reorganization==
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Latest revision as of 19:41, 8 July 2023

West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952
← 1946 31 March 1952 1957 →
All 187 seats in the West Bengal state assembly
94 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Bidhan Chandra Roy Jyoti Basu
Party INC CPI
Leader's seat Bowbazar Baranagar
Seats won 150 28
Seat change n/a n/a
Percentage 38.82% 10.76%
Swing n/a n/a
Chief Minister before election

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC

Chief Minister

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951
West Bengal, India

The West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952 was a part of the series of Legislative Assembly elections in 1952.

Alliances[edit | edit source]

On the political left, two alliances had emerged the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Socialist Republican Party[1] and the Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)) and the People's United Socialist Front (comprising the Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc (Ruikar) and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India).[2]

Results[edit | edit source]

Alliance wise result[edit | edit source]

The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.

USOI SEATS PUSF SEATS INC+ SEATS OTHERS SEATS OTHERS SEATS
CPI 28 SPI 0 INC 150 BJS 9 IND 19
SRP 0 FB(R) 1 ABHM 4 KMPP 15
AFBM 11 RSP 0 ABRRP 0
TOTAL (1952) 39 TOTAL (1952) 2 TOTAL (1952) 150 TOTAL (1952) 13 TOTAL (1952) 34

Party wise result[edit | edit source]

e • d 
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 614 19 8.05 1,653,165 22.21
Total seats 238 Voters 17,628,239 Turnout 7,443,903 (42.23%)

State Reorganization[edit | edit source]

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from Bihar to West Bengal.[3] Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Contested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected.
  2. ↑ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.
  3. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

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