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All 232 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 117 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 45.11% | |||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 1,122 candidates contested for the 184 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 48 two-member constituencies and 136 single-member constituencies, for a total of 232 seats.[1] On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal state were merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division were transferred to Bombay State. Hence the constituencies were re-organized during 1957 elections.
Results
style="width:4px; background-color:#DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" || Political party | Flag | Seats Contested |
Won | % of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | |
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| Indian National Congress | 225 | 194 | 83.62 | 34,34,058 | 49.07 | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party/meta/color;" width=0.3em | | Socialist Party | 143 | 2 | 0.86 | 6,61,874 | 9.46 | |
| style="background-color:Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/color;" width=0.3em | | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 71 | 8 | 3.45 | 3,65,371 | 5.22 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 35 | 3 | 1.29 | 1,75,324 | 2.51 | ||
| S. K. Paksha | 19 | 2 | 0.86 | 1,01,670 | 1.45 | ||
| Independent | 469 | 23 | 9.91 | 16,01,565 | 22.89 | ||
| Total seats | 232 | Voters | 1,55,13,592 | Turnout | 69,97,588 (45.11 %) | ||
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district), Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal State and the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan were merged into Madhya Pradesh while the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division, (namely Buldana, Akola , Amravati , Yeotmal, Wardha , Nagpur, Bhandara and Chanda), were transferred to Bombay State.[2] This resulted in increase in assembly constituencies from 184 with 232 seats to 218 constituencies with 288 seats during 1957 elections.
See also
- 1951–52 elections in India
- 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election
- 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election
- 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
- 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
- ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.