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{{Short description|First Delhi legislative assembly elections}}
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| election_name = 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
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| election_date = 27 March 1952
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| seats_for_election = All 48 seats to the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
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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]].
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the [[1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]]<ref name="DelhiECI1951">{{cite web |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_DELHI.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Delhi |format= PDF |publisher= Election Commission of India |access-date= 2014-03-11}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election<ref name="DelhiECI1951">{{cite web |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_DELHI.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Delhi |format= PDF |publisher= Election Commission of India |access-date= 2014-03-11}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
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! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
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| 47 || 39 || 81.25 || 2,71,812 || 52.09
| 47 || 39 || 81.25 || 2,71,812 || 52.09
|-
|-
{{Party colour|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
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| 31 || 5 || 10.42 || 1,14,207 || 21.89
| 31 || 5 || 10.42 || 1,14,207 || 21.89
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| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]
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| 6 || 2 || 4.17 || 12,396 || 2.38
| 6 || 2 || 4.17 || 12,396 || 2.38
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{{Party colour|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
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| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
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[[Category:State Assembly elections in Delhi|1952]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Delhi|1952]]
[[Category:1952 State Assembly elections in India]]
[[Category:1952 State Assembly elections in India|Delhi]]
[[Category:1950s in Delhi]]
[[Category:1950s in Delhi]]
[[Category:March 1952 events]]
[[Category:March 1952 events]]

Revision as of 00:32, 9 January 2022


1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
27 March 1952 1993 →
All 48 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
Party INC Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Leader's seat Nangloi Jat -
Seats before N/A N/A
Seats won 39 5
Seat change N/A N/A
Popular vote 2,71,812 1,14,207
Percentage 52.09% 21.89%
Chief Minister

Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

The first Delhi Legislative Assembly election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly was held on 27 March 1952.[1][2] Forty-eight seats were up for election.[2] Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member.[1]

Results

Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.[1] Chaudhary Brahm Prakash of Indian National Congress was elected Chief Minister.

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Political Party Flag 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%)

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.[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.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DelhiECI1951
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kaushik, S. L.; Rama Patnayak (1995). Modern Governments and Political Systems. Vol. 3. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 65.
  3. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
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