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==Results==
==Results==
{{Bhopal Legislative Assembly election, 1952}}
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the [[1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election]]<ref name="BhopalECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_BHOPAL.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bhopal | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-13}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
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! Political Party !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
{{Party colour|Indian National Congress}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| 28 || 25 || 83.33 || 1,17,656 || 52.01
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{{Party colour|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
| 9 || 1 || 3.33 || 31,684 || 14.01
|-
{{Party colour|Independent politician}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Independent politician
| 32 || 4 || 13.33 || 51,736 || 22.87
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 2| Total Seats
! 30 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 6,10,182 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 2,26,210 (37.07%)
|}<section end=Results />


== State Reorganization and Merger==
== State Reorganization and Merger==

Revision as of 22:21, 14 August 2021

1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election

27 March 1952 1957 →

All 30 seats in the Bhopal Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.07%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC ABHM
Seats won 25 1
Popular vote 1,17,656 31,684
Percentage 52.01% 14.01
Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Bhopal Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952.[1]

Constituencies

The Bhopal Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seats distributed in seven two-member constituencies and sixteen single-member constituencies. Total 91 contestants were in fray for these 30 seats. Silwani legislative assembly had the maximum number of contestants (8 candidates), while Ichhawar had the minimum contestants (only 1 candidate, which was elected unopposed).[1]

Political Parties

4 National parties along with Kisan Mazdoor Mandal took part in the assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party while no other party cross the double digit.[1]

Results

e • d 
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%)

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Bhopal State was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BhopalECI1951
  2. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.