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{{Short description|First Delhi legislative assembly elections}}
{{Short description|1952 state assembly election in Delhi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
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| majority_seats = 25
| majority_seats = 25
| opinion_polls =  
| opinion_polls =  
| turnout = <!-- Congress -->
| turnout = 58.52%
| image1 = File:Chaudhary Brahm Parkash.jpg
| image1 = File:Chaudhary Brahm Parkash.jpg
| leader1 = '''[[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]]'''
| leader1 = '''[[Brahm Prakash (politician)|Brahm Prakash]]'''
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since1 =  
| leader_since1 =  
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| percentage1 = '''52.09%'''
| percentage1 = '''52.09%'''
| swing1 = <!-- Bharatiya Jana Sangh -->
| swing1 = <!-- Bharatiya Jana Sangh -->
| image2 =  
| image2 = Oil lamp.svg
| leader2 =  
| leader2 =  
| party2 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
| party2 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
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| before_election =  
| before_election =  
| before_party =  
| before_party =  
| after_election = [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]]
| after_election = [[Brahm Prakash (politician)|Brahm Prakash]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}
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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}}
!colspan=10|[[File:India Delhi Legislative Assembly 1952.svg]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |<!--color-->
! colspan=2|Party !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| 47 || 39 || 81.25 || 271,812 || 52.09
| 47 || 39 || 81.25 || 2,71,812 || 52.09
|-
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
| 31 || 5 || 10.42 || 114,207 || 21.89
| 31 || 5 || 10.42 || 1,14,207 || 21.89
|-
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (India)}}
| {{party color cell|Scheduled Castes Federation}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Scheduled Castes Federation]]
|
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 15,592 || 2.99
|-
| {{party color cell|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
| 7 || 0 || 0 || 13,646 || 2.62
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (India, 1948)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
| 6 || 2 || 4.17 || 12,396 || 2.38
| 6 || 2 || 4.17 || 12,396 || 2.38
|-
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
|
| 5 || 1 || 2.08 || 6,891 || 1.32
| 5 || 1 || 2.08 || 6,891 || 1.32
|-
|-
{{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 2,591 || 0.50
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 849 || 0.16
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 503 || 0.10
|-
| {{party color cell|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 307 || 0.06
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
| 78 || 1 || 2.08 || 82,972 || 15.90
| 78 || 1 || 2.08 || 82,972 || 15.90
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total Seats
! colspan = 2| Total Seats
! 48 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 7,44,668 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 5,21,766 (58.52%)
! 48 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 744,668 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 521,766 (58.52%)
|}<section end=Results />
|}<section end=Results />
==Elected members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!S.No.
!Constituency
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
||1|| Kotla Feroze Shah || Shanta Vasisht || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||2|| Parliament Street || Kaushaleshwar Prasad Shankara || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||3|| Safdar Jang || Daljit Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||4|| Lodhi Road || Shiva Nandan Rishi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||5|| Puran Qilla Viney Nagar || Pushpa Devi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||6|| [[Delhi Cantt Assembly constituency|Delhi Cantt]] || Raghvendra Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||7||rowspan="2" | Reading Road || Amin Chand || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
||8|| Prafulla Ranjan Chakravarty || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||9|| Chittar Gupta || Kartar Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||10|| Mantola || Mushtaq Rai || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||11|| Ram Nagar || Shankar Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||12|| Jhanday Walan || Ghardhari Lal Salwan || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
||13|| Kashmere Gate || Bhagwan Dass || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||14|| [[Chandni Chowk Assembly constituency|Chandni Chowk]] || Yudhvir Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||15|| Phatak Habash Khan || Harkishan Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||16|| Maliwara || Anand Raj || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||17|| [[Ballimaran Assembly constituency|Ballimaran]] || Sultan Yar Khan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||18|| Chawri Bazar || Nuruddin Ahmad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||19|| Ajmeri Gate || Shafiq Ur Rehman Kidwai || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||20||rowspan="2" | Sita Ram Bazar Turkman Gate || Shiv Charan Dass || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||21|| Sudershan Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||22|| Kucha Chelan || Mushtaq Ahmad || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party}}
|-
||23|| Darya Ganj || [[Gurmukh Nihal Singh]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||24|| Chandrawal || Hukam Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||25|| Roshanara || Jagan Nath || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||26|| Arya Pura || Mangal Dass || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||27|| Tokriwalan || Gopinath || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||28|| Deputy Ganj || Sham Charan || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
||29||rowspan="2" | Pahari Dhiraj Basti Jullahan || Hem Chand Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||30|| Dhanpat Rai || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||31|| Manak Pura || B.D. Joshi || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party}}
|-
||32|| Tibbia College || Ram Singh || {{Full party name with color|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
||33|| Naiwala || Dilawar Singh ||  {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
||34||rowspan="2" | Rehgar Pura Dev Nagar || Daya Ram || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||35|| [[Sushila Nayar]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||36|| Kishan Ganj Anad Parbat || Jag Pravesh Chandra || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||37|| Civil Lines || Krishna || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||38|| Kingsway Camp || Jang bahadur Singh || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
||39|| Wazirabad || Fateh Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||40|| [[Shahdara Assembly constituency|Shahdara]] || Chinta Mani || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||41||rowspan="2" | [[Nerela Assembly constituency|Narela]] || Mange Ram || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||42|| Prabhu Dayal  || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||43|| [[Nangloi Jat Assembly constituency|Nangloi]] || [[Brahm Prakash (politician)|Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||44|| Khanjhawla || Bhup Singh || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
||45|| Isa Pur || Subedat Hati Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||46|| [[Najafgarh Assembly constituency|Najaf Garh]] || Ajit Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||47||rowspan="2" | [[Mehrauli Assembly constituency|Mehrauli]] || Mitter Sen || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||48|| Sukh Dev || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}


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

Latest revision as of 03:59, 28 February 2026


1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
27 March 1952 1993 →
All 48 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout58.52%
  First party Second party
 
Leader 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

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[edit | edit source]

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.

e • d 
Party Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 47 39 81.25 271,812 52.09
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31 5 10.42 114,207 21.89
Scheduled Castes Federation 5 0 0 15,592 2.99
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 7 0 0 13,646 2.62
Socialist Party 6 2 4.17 12,396 2.38
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 5 1 2.08 6,891 1.32
Communist Party of India 1 0 0 2,591 0.50
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 4 0 0 849 0.16
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 1 0 0 503 0.10
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 0 0 307 0.06
Independent 78 1 2.08 82,972 15.90
Total Seats 48 Voters 744,668 Turnout 521,766 (58.52%)

Elected members[edit | edit source]

S.No. Constituency Member Party
1 Kotla Feroze Shah Shanta Vasisht Indian National Congress
2 Parliament Street Kaushaleshwar Prasad Shankara Indian National Congress
3 Safdar Jang Daljit Singh Indian National Congress
4 Lodhi Road Shiva Nandan Rishi Indian National Congress
5 Puran Qilla Viney Nagar Pushpa Devi Indian National Congress
6 Delhi Cantt Raghvendra Singh Indian National Congress
7 Reading Road Amin Chand Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8 Prafulla Ranjan Chakravarty Indian National Congress
9 Chittar Gupta Kartar Singh Indian National Congress
10 Mantola Mushtaq Rai Indian National Congress
11 Ram Nagar Shankar Lal Indian National Congress
12 Jhanday Walan Ghardhari Lal Salwan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
13 Kashmere Gate Bhagwan Dass Indian National Congress
14 Chandni Chowk Yudhvir Singh Indian National Congress
15 Phatak Habash Khan Harkishan Lal Indian National Congress
16 Maliwara Anand Raj Indian National Congress
17 Ballimaran Sultan Yar Khan Indian National Congress
18 Chawri Bazar Nuruddin Ahmad Indian National Congress
19 Ajmeri Gate Shafiq Ur Rehman Kidwai Indian National Congress
20 Sita Ram Bazar Turkman Gate Shiv Charan Dass Indian National Congress
21 Sudershan Singh Indian National Congress
22 Kucha Chelan Mushtaq Ahmad Socialist Party
23 Darya Ganj Gurmukh Nihal Singh Indian National Congress
24 Chandrawal Hukam Singh Indian National Congress
25 Roshanara Jagan Nath Indian National Congress
26 Arya Pura Mangal Dass Indian National Congress
27 Tokriwalan Gopinath Indian National Congress
28 Deputy Ganj Sham Charan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
29 Pahari Dhiraj Basti Jullahan Hem Chand Jain Indian National Congress
30 Dhanpat Rai Indian National Congress
31 Manak Pura B.D. Joshi Socialist Party
32 Tibbia College Ram Singh Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
33 Naiwala Dilawar Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
34 Rehgar Pura Dev Nagar Daya Ram Indian National Congress
35 Sushila Nayar Indian National Congress
36 Kishan Ganj Anad Parbat Jag Pravesh Chandra Indian National Congress
37 Civil Lines Krishna Indian National Congress
38 Kingsway Camp Jang bahadur Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
39 Wazirabad Fateh Singh Indian National Congress
40 Shahdara Chinta Mani Indian National Congress
41 Narela Mange Ram Indian National Congress
42 Prabhu Dayal Indian National Congress
43 Nangloi Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Indian National Congress
44 Khanjhawla Bhup Singh Independent
45 Isa Pur Subedat Hati Singh Indian National Congress
46 Najaf Garh Ajit Singh Indian National Congress
47 Mehrauli Mitter Sen Indian National Congress
48 Sukh Dev Indian National Congress

State Reorganization[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  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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