1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

26 March 1952
All 126 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, 1957 64 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Bhim Sen Sachar Gopal Singh khalsa Party INC SAD Leader's seat Ludhiana City South - Seats won 96 13 Popular vote 18,30,601 6,20,455 Percentage 36.69 12.44
Chief Minister before election Bhim Sen Sachar ੧ 13 April 1949 – 18 October 1949 ੨ 17 April 1952 – 23 January 1956 2nd chief minister of Punjab INC Chief Minister Bhim Sen Sachar (17 Apr. 1952 – 23 Jan. 1956) Partap Singh Kairon (23 Jan. 1956 - Apr. 1957) INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to elect the First Punjab Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 842 candidates contested for the 105 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.

Results

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	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress		121	96	76.19	18,30,601	36.69
	Shiromani Akali Dal		48	13	10.32	6,20,455	12.44
	Zamindar Party		31	2	1.59	3,72,126	7.46
	Communist Party of India		26	4	3.17	1,93,974	3.89
	Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)		19	1	0.79	69,694	1.40
	Lal Communist Party Hind Union		9	1	0.79	57,739	1.16
Template:Party name with colour		446	9	7.14	11,92,896	23.91
Total seats			126	Voters	86,23,498	Turnout	49,89,077 (57.85%)

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State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab. Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

See also

• PEPSU state Legislative Assembly elections, 1952
• 1951–52 elections in India
• 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

References

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