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== Government ==
== Government ==
The [[Indian National Congress]] won the [[1951 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election|first elections for Legislative Assembly]] and [[Parliament]], held in 1952. The composition of the 30-member Bhopal State Assembly was:<ref name="rajbhavan_commissioner"/>
The [[Indian National Congress]] won the [[1951 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election|first elections for Legislative Assembly]] and [[Parliament]], held in 1952. The composition of the 30-member Bhopal State Assembly was:<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>


* 28 - Indian National Congress
* 25 – Indian National Congress
* 1 - [[Hindu Mahasabha]]
* 1 [[Hindu Mahasabha]]
* 1 - Independent
* 4 – Independent


[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] was sworn in as the first (and the only) Chief Minister of the state on 20 March 1952. He was the youngest Chief Minister in India at the time.<ref name="rajbhavan_commissioner">[http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp Raj Bhavan, Bhopal: Commissioner Period] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102015942/http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp |date=2 November 2011 }}</ref>
[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] (19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was sworn in as the first (and the only) Chief Minister of the state on 20 March 1952. He was the youngest Chief Minister in India at the time.<ref name="rajbhavan_commissioner">[http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp Raj Bhavan, Bhopal: Commissioner Period] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102015942/http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp |date=2 November 2011 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==