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The Indian Republic held its first elections in 1951–52.

Presidential election[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Indian presidential election

The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 670000 votes over his nearest rival K.T. Shah who got 92,827 votes.

General election[edit | edit source]

Main article: Indian general election, 1951–52

General elections to the first Lok Sabha since independence were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power, winning 364 of the 489 seats. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country.[1]

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress47,665,95144.99364
Socialist Party11,216,71910.5912
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party6,135,9785.799
Communist Party of India3,487,4013.2916
Bharatiya Jana Sangh3,246,3613.063
Scheduled Castes Federation2,521,6952.382
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad2,091,8981.973
Krishikar Lok Party1,489,6151.411
People's Democratic Front1,367,4041.297
Shiromani Akali Dal1,047,6110.994
Hindu Mahasabha1,003,0340.954
Peasants and Workers Party of India992,1870.942
Forward Bloc (Marxist)963,0580.911
All India Ganatantra Parishad959,7490.916
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party889,2920.844
Jharkhand Party749,7020.713
Revolutionary Socialist Party468,1080.443
Commonweal Party325,3980.313
Lok Sewak Sangh309,9400.292
Zamindar Party291,3000.270
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party236,0940.221
Uttar Pradesh Praja Party213,6560.200
S.K. Paksha137,3430.130
All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)133,9360.130
Kamgar Kisan Paksha132,5740.130
Tribal Sangha116,6290.110
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress115,8930.111
Kerala Socialist Party102,0980.100
Indian Union Muslim League79,4700.081
Revolutionary Communist Party of India67,2750.060
Justice Party63,2540.060
All India United Kisan Sabha60,2540.060
All India Republican Party (RPP)57,8150.050
All India Republican Party (REP)44,2860.040
All People's Party36,8510.030
Tamil Nadu Congress Party36,1580.030
Khasi-Jaintia Durbar32,9870.030
Saurashtra Khedut Sangh29,7660.030
Bolshevik Party of India25,7920.020
All Manipur National Union22,0830.020
Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party20,6650.020
Hill People Party17,3500.020
Praja Party16,9550.020
Kuki National Association12,1550.010
Punjab Depressed Class League11,7890.010
Pursharathi Panchayat10,7780.010
Cochin Party8,9470.010
Kisan Mazdoor Mandal8,8080.010
Hyderabad State Praja Party7,6460.010
Gandhi Sebak Seva7,1960.010
Kisan Janta Sanyukta Party6,3900.010
National Party of India3,2320.000
Historical Research1,4680.000
Independents16,850,08915.9037
Appointed members[lower-alpha 1]10
Total105,950,083100.00499
Registered voters/turnout173,212,34344.87
Source: ECI
  1. ↑ Six representing Jammu and Kashmir, two representing Anglo-Indians, one representing Part B tribal areas in Assam and one representing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.


Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Ajmer*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election
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Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 30 20 66.67 1,04,411 44.47
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 15 3 10.00 28,057 11.95
Pursharathi Panchayat 6 3 10.00 15,781 7.72
Communist Party of India 2 0 3,494 1.49
Socialist Party 2 0 1,055 0.45
Independent politician 79 4 13.33 81,990 34.92
Total Seats 30 Voters 4,62,810 Turnout 2,34,788 (50.73%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Ajmer State was merged into Rajasthan under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]

Assam[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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Political Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 92 76 72.38 10,64,850 43.48
Socialist Party 61 4 3.81 3,25,690 13.30
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 40 1 0.95 1,46,792 5.99
Communist Party of India 18 1 0.95 69,431 2.84
Garo National Council 4 3 2.86 14,577 0.60
Khasi-Jaintia Durbar 4 1 0.95 24,248 0.99
All People's Party (Assam) 3 1 0.95 14,930 0.61
Mizo Union 3 3 2.86 29,104 1.19
Khasi Jaintia Federated State National Conference 1 1 0.95 9,441 0.39
Independent 213 14 13.33 6,93,908 28.34
Total Seats 105 Voters 49,55,390 Turnout 24,48,890 (49.42%)

Bhopal*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election
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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%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Bhopal State was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2] Bhopal states 1955

Bihar*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 322 239 72.42 39,51,145 41.38
Socialist Party 266 23 6.97 17,29,750 18.11
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 98 1 0.30 2,68,416 2.81
Jharkhand Party 53 32 9.70 7,65,272 8.01
Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party 38 11 3.33 3,01,691 3.16
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 34 1 0.30 1,07,386 1.12
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 29 1 0.30 60,360 0.63
Lok Sewak Sangh 12 7 2.12 1,48,921 1.56
All India Ganatantra Parishad 1 1 0.30 14,237 0.15
Independent 638 14 4.24 18,77,236 19.66
Total seats 330 Voters 2,41,65,389 Turnout 95,48,835 (39.51%)

* : Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]

Bombay*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 313 269 85.40 55,56,334 49.95
Socialist Party 182 9 2.86 13,30,246 11.96
Peasants and Workers Party of India 87 14 4.44 7,17,963 6.45
Scheduled Caste Federation 37 1 0.32 3,44,718 3.10
Kamgar Kisan Paksha 33 2 0.63 2,48,130 2.23
Communist Party of India 25 1 0.32 1,59,994 1.44
Krishikar Lok Party 16 1 0.32 1,07,408 0.97
Independent 427 18 5.71 19,17,574 17.24
Total seats 315 Voters 2,19,04,595 Turnout 1,11,23,242 (50.78%)

*: On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was re-organized by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost districts of Bombay were transferred to Mysore State while Abu Road taluka of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan.[2]

Coorg*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Candidates Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 24 15 62.50 48,845 55.54
Independent 34 9 37.50 37,716 42.88
Communist Party of India 2 0 1,386 1.58
Total 24 Voters: 138,440 Turnout 87,947 (63.53%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Coorg State was merged into Mysore State as per the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]

Delhi*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
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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%)

* : 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.[2] 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.[3]

Himachal Pradesh*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 35 24 66.67 84,819 47.25
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 22 3 8.33 26,371 14.69
Scheduled Caste Federation 9 1 2.78 10,352 5.77
Independent 36 8 22.22 47,746 26.6
Total seats 36 Voters 7,13,554 Turnout 1,79,515 (25.16%)

* : Under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory on 1 November 1956, under the direct administration of the President of India and the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.[2] Under Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, it became a state and the next legislative elections were held in 1967.

Hyderabad*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 173 93 53.14 21,77,716 41.86
Socialist Party 97 11 6.29 5,90,209 11.35
People's Democratic Front 77 42 24.00 10,80,092 20.76
Scheduled Castes Federation 24 5 2.86 2,66,482 5.12
Peasants and Workers Party of India 21 10 5.71 2,15,992 4.15
Independent 136 14 8.00 7,58,318 14.58
Total seats 175 Voters 1,21,14,635 Turnout 52,02,214 (42.94%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State, except the districts of Raichur, Gulbarga, Bidar and Marathwada, was merged into Andhra State to form a single state, Andhra Pradesh, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The districts of Raichur, Bidar and Gulbarga were transferred to the Mysore State, while the Marathwada district was merged with the Bombay State.[2]

Madhya Bharat*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 99 75 75.76 9,38,918 47.24
Socialist Party 59 4 4.04 1,45,845 7.34
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 42 4 4.04 1,93,627 9.74
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 39 2 2.02 1,43,132 7.20
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 33 11 11.11 2,36,824 11.92
Independent 131 3 3.03 2,58,157 12.99
Total seats 99 Voters 57,23,673 Turnout 19,87,410 (34.72%)

* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district) was merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district of Madhya Bharat was merged in Rajasthan.[2]

Madhya Pradesh*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 225 194 83.62 34,34,058 49.07
Socialist Party 143 2 0.86 6,61,874 9.46
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%)

* : 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 Nagpur Division was transferred to Bombay State.[2]

Madras*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote % Govt.
Formation
Indian National Congress 367 152 40.53 69,88,701 34.88 Leading Party
Socialist Party 163 13 3.47 12,99,282 6.48
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 148 35 9.33 18,03,377 9.00 **Full support
Communist Party of India 131 62 16.53 26,40,337 13.18
Krishikar Lok Party# 63 15 4.00 6,29,893 3.14 *Outside support,
joined the cabinet
in 1954
Republican Party of India 37 2 0.53 3,39,680 1.70
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party* 34 19 5.07 8,52,330 4.25
Commonweal Party** 13 6 1.60 2,18,288 1.09
Madras State Muslim League Party** 13 5 1.33 1,86,546 0.93 #3 KLP legislators
and
15 Independents
joined Congress
Justice Party 9 1 0.27 82,231 0.41
All India Forward Bloc 6 3 0.80 1,38,203 0.69
Independent# 667 62 16.53 47,58,768 23.75
Total seats 375 Voters 3,66,00,615 Turnout 2,00,38,423 (54.75%)

* : On 1 November 1956, the southern part of Travancore-Cochin (Kanyakumari district) was added to the Madras State while the Malabar district of the state was transferred to the new state of Kerala, and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was created.[2]

Mysore*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 99 74 74.75 12,76,318 46.35
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 59 8 8.08 3,91,653 14.22
Socialist Party 47 3 3.03 240390 8.73
Scheduled Caste Federation 7 2 2.02 47,916 1.74
Communist Party of India 5 1 1.01 25,116 0.91
Independent 154 11 11.11 7,10,359 25.79
Total seats 99 Voters 54,66,487 Turnout 27,53,870 (50.38%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of Coorg State, the Kollegal taluk of the Coimbatore district and the South Kanara district (except the Kasaragod taluk) of Madras State, and the Kannada speaking districts from southern Bombay state and western Hyderabad State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.[2]

Orissa[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 135 67 47.86 13,92,501 37.87
Socialist Party 79 10 7.14 4,32,731 11.77
All India Ganatantra Parishad 58 31 22.14 7,53,685 20.50
Communist Party of India 33 7 5.00 2,06,757 5.62
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 2 1 0.72 12,874 0.35
Independent 204 24 17.14 8,43,446 22.94
Total seats 140 Voters 1,07,53,175 Turnout 36,77,046 (34.19%)

Winners[edit | edit source]

S.No Constituency Elected MLA Party Remarks
Koraput District
1 001-Malkangiri Late Laxman Gouda All India Ganatantra Parishad
2 002-Padua Late Ganeswar Mohapatra All India Ganatantra Parishad
3 003-Nowrangpur Late Sadasiba Tripathy Indian National Congress
4 003-Nowrangpur (ST) Late Mudi Naiko Indian National Congress
5 004-Jeypore Late Harihar Mishra All India Ganatantra Parishad
6 004-Jeypore (SC) Late Laichhan Naik All India Ganatantra Parishad
7 005-Koraput (ST) Shri Ganga Muduli All India Ganatantra Parishad
8 006-Nandapur Late Bhagaban Khemundu Naik Indian National Congress
9 007-Raygada (ST) Late Mandangi Kamaya All India Ganatantra Parishad
10 008-Bissam-Cuttack (ST) Late Syamaghana Ulaka All India Ganatantra Parishad
11 009-Gunupur (ST) Late Bhaghirathi Gomango (Timitri) All India Ganatantra Parishad By-Poll
12 009-Gunupur(ST) Late Soboro Dumba All India Ganatantra Parishad
27 018-Bhawanipatna Late Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo All India Ganatantra Parishad
Phulbani District
13 010-Balliguda Late Jadaba Padra Indian National Congress
14 011-Phulbani-Udayagiri Late Sadanada Sahu Independent
15 011-Phulbani-Udayagiri (ST) Late Balakrishna Mallick Independent
16 011-Phulbani-Udayagiri (ST) Late Sarangdhar Pradhan All India Ganatantra Parishad By-Poll
17 012-Baudh Late Himansu Sekhar Padhi Independent
18 012-Baudh Late Himansu Sekhar Padhi Independent
Dhenkanal District
18 013-Athmallik Shri Dwitiya Roul Independent
19 013-Athmallik Shri Raja Kishore Chandra Deo Indian National Congress By-Poll
20 014-Angul-Hindol Late Hrushikesh Tripathi Indian National Congress
21 014-Angul-Hindol (SC) Shri Arkhit Naik Indian National Congress
22 015-Talcher Late Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Indian National Congress
23 016-Pal-Lakhra-K. Nagar Late Mahesh Chandra Subahu Singh Indian National Congress
24 016-Pal-Lakhra-K. Nagar (SC) Late Baidhar Naik Indian National Congress
25 017-Dhenkanal Late Baisnab Charan Patnaik Communist
26 017-Dhenkanal (ST) Late Madan Dehuri Communist
Kalahandi District
28 018-Bhawanipatna (ST) Late Janardhan Majhi All India Ganatantra Parishad
29 019-Jaipatna-Kasipur(ST) Late Jhajuru Jhodia Indian National Congress
30 020-Junagarh Late Pratap Keshari Deo (Bhawanipatna) All India Ganatantra Parishad
31 020-Junagarh (SC) Late Dayanidhi Naik All India Ganatantra Parishad
32 021-Nawapara Late Anupa Singh Deo Indian National Congress
33 021-Nawapara (ST) Late Chaitan Majhi Indian National Congress
Bolangir District
34 022-Titilagarh Late Muralidhar Panda All India Ganatantra Parishad
35 022-Titilagarh (ST) Late Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi All India Ganatantra Parishad
36 023-Patnagarh Shri Arjun Das (PGarh) All India Ganatantra Parishad
37 023-Patnagarh (ST) Late Ganesh Ram Bariah All India Ganatantra Parishad
38 024-Bolangir Late Nandakishore Mishra All India Ganatantra Parishad
39 024-Bolangir Late Nandakishore Mishra All India Ganatantra Parishad By-Poll
40 024-Bolangir (SC) Late Achyutananda Mahananda All India Ganatantra Parishad
41 025-Sonepur Late Anantaram Nanda All India Ganatantra Parishad
42 026-Binika Shri Baikuntha Nepak All India Ganatantra Parishad
43 027-Birmaharajpur Late Achyutananda Mahananda All India Ganatantra Parishad
Sambalpur District
44 028-Padampur Late Anirudha Mishra Independent
45 028-Padampur Late Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha Indian National Congress By-Poll
46 028-Padampur (ST) Late Lall Ranjit Singh Bariha Indian National Congress
47 029-Baragarh Late Tirthabasi Pradhan Indian National Congress
48 030-Attabira Late Bipin Bihari Das (Attabira) Indian National Congress
49 031-Sohella Late Bhikari Sahu Indian National Congress
50 031-Sohella (SC) Shri Bisi Bibhar Indian National Congress
51 032-Ambabhona-Mura Shri Makardhwaj Pradhan Socialist Party
52 033-Sambalpur-Rairakhol Late Sradhakar Supakar All India Ganatantra Parishad
53 033-Sambalpur-Rairakhol (SC) Shri Bhikari Ghasi All India Ganatantra Parishad
54 034-Jharsuguda-Rampella Late Bijoy Kumar Pani Indian National Congress
55 034-Jharsuguda-Rampella (ST) Shri Manohar Singh Naik All India Ganatantra Parishad
56 035-Bamra Late Haraprasad Deb All India Ganatantra Parishad
57 035-Bamra Late Indu Bhushan Mahanti All India Ganatantra Parishad By-Poll
58 035-Bamra (ST) Late Jayadev Thakur All India Ganatantra Parishad
Sundargarh District
59 036-Sundargarh Late Krupanidhi Naik Indian National Congress
60 036-Sundargarh (SC) Late Dwarikanath Kusum All India Ganatantra Parishad
61 037-Rajgangpur (ST) Late Agapit Lakra Indian National Congress
62 038-Bisra (ST) Late Madan Mohan Amat Indian National Congress
63 039-Bonai (ST) Late Nilamani Singh Dandapat All India Ganatantra Parishad
Keonjhar District
64 040-Champua (ST) Shri Guru Charan Naik All India Ganatantra Parishad
65 041-Keonjhar Late Laxmi Narayan Bhanjdeo Independent
66 041-Keonjhar (ST) Late Govinda Chandra Munda All India Ganatantra Parishad
67 042-Anandapur Late Janardan Bhanj Deo Independent
68 042-Anandapur (SC) Late Bhaiga Sethi Independent
Mayurbhanj District
69 043-Panchpir Shri Biswanath Sahu (Panchpir) All India Ganatantra Parishad
70 043-Panchpir (SC) Late Ghasiram Sandil Independent
71 044-Kaptipada (ST) Late Harachand Hansada Socialist Party
72 045-Khunta(ST) Late Sakila Soren Socialist Party
73 046-Baripada Late Girish Chandra Roy Socialist Party
74 046-Baripada (SC) Shri Surendra Singh Indian National Congress
75 047-Bahalda (ST) Late Sonaram Soren Indian National Congress
76 048-Rairangpur (ST) Late Haradeb Triya Indian National Congress
77 049-Bangriposhi (ST) Late Jadav Majhi (B.Posi) Indian National Congress
78 050-Muruda Late Prasanna Kumar Das (Baripada) Socialist Party
Balasore District
79 051-Jaleswar Late Karunakar Panigrahi Indian National Congress
80 052-Bhograi Late Sashikanta Bhanj Independent
81 053-Basta Late Trilochan Senapati Indian National Congress
82 054-Soro Late Nandakishore Das Indian National Congress
83 055-Balasore Late Surendra Nath Das Indian National Congress
84 056-Nilgiri Late Nilambar Das Indian National Congress
85 056-Nilgiri (SC) Late Chaitanya Prasad Sethi Indian National Congress
86 057-Bhadrak Late Mahamad Hanif Indian National Congress
87 058-Banth Late Gokulananda Mohanty Indian National Congress
88 059-Dhamnagar Late Nilamani Routray Indian National Congress
89 060-Chandbali Late Chakradhar Behera Indian National Congress
90 060-Chandbali (SC) Late Brundabana Das Indian National Congress
Cuttack District
91 061-Sukinda Late Narayan Chandra Pati Praja Socialist Party By-Poll
92 061-Sukinda Late Pitambar Bhupati Harichandan Mohapatra Independent
93 062-Jajpur Late Gadadhar Das Indian National Congress
94 062-Jajpur (SC) Late Santanu Kumar Das Indian National Congress
95 063-Dharamsala Late Paramanada Mohanty Socialist Party
96 064-Binjharpur Late Padmanava Roy Indian National Congress
97 064-Binjharpur (SC) Late Naba Kishore Mallick Indian National Congress
98 064-Barchana Late Nabakrushna Chaudhury Indian National Congress
99 066-Aul Late Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo Independent
100 067-Patamundai Late Ram Raj Kumari Independent
101 068-Rajnagar Late Saraswati Devi Indian National Congress
102 069-Kendrapara Late Dinabandhu Sahoo Indian National Congress
103 069-Kendrapara Late Purusottam Nayak (Kendrapara) Indian National Congress By-Poll
104 070-Patkura Late Lokanath Mishra (Patkura) Indian National Congress
105 071-Tirtol Late Nishamani Khuntia Socialist Party
106 072-Ersama Late Gourishyam Naik Indian National Congress
107 073-Balikuda Late Prana Krushna Parija Independent
108 074-Jagatsinghpur Late Nilamani Pradhan Indian National Congress
109 075-Kissennagar Late Rajkrushna Bose Indian National Congress
110 076-Salepur Late Surendranath Patnaik Indian National Congress
111 076-Salepur (SC) Late Purnanda Samal Indian National Congress
112 077-Mahanga Late Pradipta Kishore Das Praja Socialist Party By-Poll
113 077-Mahanga Shri Mahammad Attahar Indian National Congress
114 078-Cuttack Town Late Biren Mitra Indian National Congress
115 079-Cuttack Rural Late Bhairab Chandra Mohanty Indian National Congress
116 079-Cuttack Rural (SC) Late Laxman Mallick Indian National Congress
117 080-Banki Late Gokulanand Praharaj Socialist Party
118 081-Narasinghpur Late Brundaban Sahu All India Ganatantra Parishad
119 082-Athgarh Late Radhanath Rath Indian National Congress
Puri District
120 083-Kakatpur Nimapara Late Upendra Mohanty Indian National Congress
121 083-Kakatpur Nimapara (SC) Late Gobinda Chandra Sethi Indian National Congress
122 084-Satyabadi Late Nilakantha Das Independent
123 085-Pipili Late Jayakrushna Mohanty Indian National Congress
124 086-Puri Late Fakir Charan Das Socialist Party
125 087-Bramhagiri Late Biswanath Parida Independent
126 088-Banpur Late Godavaris Mishra Independent
127 089-Bhubaneswar Late Satapriya Mohanty Indian National Congress
128 089-Bhubaneswar Late Satapriya Mohanty Indian National Congress
129 089-Bhubaneswar (SC) Late Kanhu Mallik Indian National Congress
130 089-Bhubaneswar (SC) Late Kanhu Mallik Indian National Congress By-Poll
131 090-Khurda Late Madhab Chandra Routray Indian National Congress
132 091-Begunia Late Gangadhar Paikray Communist Party of India
133 092-Ranpur Late Basant Manjari Devi Indian National Congress
134 093-Nayagarh Shri Raja Saheb Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata Independent
135 094-Khandapara Late Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardraj Bhramabara Roy Independent
136 095-Daspalla Late Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj Indian National Congress
Ganjam District
137 096-Jaganathprasad Late Biju Patnaik Indian National Congress
138 097-Russelkonda Late Dinabandhu Behera Indian National Congress
139 098-Aska Late Harihar Das (Aska) Communist
140 098-Aska (SC) Late Mohan Naik (Aska) Communist Party of India
141 099-Khallikote Late Ramachandra Mardaraj Dev Independent
142 100-Kodala Late Banamali Mahrana Socialist Party
143 101-Purusottampur Late Harihar Das (P.Pur) Indian National Congress
144 102-Chatrapur Late Sitaramaya V. Independent
145 103-Pattapur Late Govind Pradhan Communist
146 104-Berhampur Late Brundaban Nayak Indian National Congress By-Poll
147 104-Berhampur Shri Ramachandra Mishra Independent
148 104-Berhampur (SC) Late Mohan Nayak (Berhampur) Indian National Congress By-Poll
149 104-Berhampur (SC) Shri Dandapani Das Independent
150 105-Patrapur Late Dibakar Patnaik Forward Block Marxist
151 106-Parlakhelmundi Late Jaganath Mishra (Parala) Communist
152 106-Parlakhelmundi (ST) Late Apenna Dora Biswasrai Independent
153 107-Udayagiri-Mohana (ST) Late Pattu Maliko Indian National Congress

Patiala & East Punjab States Union[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 51 26 43.33 3,88,185 28.66
Akali Dal 41 19 31.67 3,17,502 23.44
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 23 2 3.33 43,809 3.23
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 15 1 1.67 20,179 1.49
Communist Party of India 14 2 3.33 64,652 4.77
Lal Communist Party Hind Union 5 1 1.67 21,539 1.59
Scheduled Caste Federation 7 1 1.67 47,216 3.49
Independent 188 8 13.33 3,96,956 29.31
Total seats 60 Voters 22,98,385 Turnout 13,54,476 (58.93%)

Punjab*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
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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
Independent 446 9 7.14 11,92,896 23.91
Total seats 126 Voters 86,23,498 Turnout 49,89,077 (57.85%)

* : Punjab was enlarged by the addition of Patiala & East Punjab States Union in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act of 1956.[2]

Rajasthan*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 156 82 51.25 12,86,953 39.46
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 59 24 15.00 3,99,958 12.26
Socialist Party 51 1 0.63 1,35,971 4.17
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 50 8 5.00 1,93,532 5.93
Krishikar Lok Party 46 7 43.75 2,70,807 8.30
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 6 2 1.25 28,183 0.86
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 6 1 0.63 16,411 0.50
Independent 230 35 21.88 8,96,671 27.49
Total seats 160 Voters 92,68,215 Turnout 32,61,442 (35.19%)

* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district of Bombay State, the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the Punjab was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to Madhya Pradesh.[2]

Saurashtra*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 59 55 91.67 606,934 63.79
Saurashtra Khedut Sangh 37 1 1.67 139,449 14.66
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 25 0 43,043 4.52
Socialist Party 28 2 3.33 34,778 3.66
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 16 0 30,907 3.25
Communist Party of India 3 0 7,791 0.82
Scheduled Castes Federation 3 0 4,977 0.52
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 0 4,346 0.46
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 1 0 3,660 0.38
Independent 50 2 3.33 75,624 7.95
Total seats 60 Voters 20,81,140 Turnout 9,51,509 (45.72%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Saurashtra State was merged into Bombay State as per the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]

Travancore-Cochin[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 105 44 40.74 12,04,364 35.44
Socialist Party 70 11 10.19 4,85,194 14.28
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress 15 8 7.41 2,01,118 5.92
Cochin Party 12 1 0.93 59,535 1.75
Revolutionary Socialist Party 11 6 5.56 1,18,333 3.48
Kerala Socialist Party 10 1 0.93 73,981 2.18
Independent 199 37 34.26 11,51,555 33.89
Total seats 108 Voters 50,54,733 Turnout 33,98,193 (67.23%)

$ : In 1952 elections of legislative assembly, no party found the majority. Indian National Congress formed a coalition government with the help of Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress, Kerala Socialist Party and a nominated member.[4]

Uttar Pradesh[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 429 388 90.23 80,32,475 47.93
Socialist Party 349 20 4.65 20,15,320 12.03
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 268 1 0.23 9,55,708 5.70
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 211 2 0.47 10,81,395 6.45
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 95 1 0.23 2,91,247 1.75
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 63 1 0.23 2,39,110 1.43
Uttar Pradesh Praja Party 55 1 0.23 3,01,322 1.80
Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party 9 1 0.23 57,284 0.34
Independent 1006 15 3.49 32,94,500 19.66
Total Seats 430 Voters 4,40,89,646 Turnout 1,67,58,619 (38.01%)

Vindhya Pradesh*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 56 40 66.67 2,70,013 39.60
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 49 3 5.00 1,10,465 16.2
Socialist Party 46 11 18.33 1,28,187 18.80
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 33 2 3.33 67,330 9.88
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 17 2 3.33 30,817 4.52
Independent politician 42 2 3.33 62,102 9.11
Total Seats 60 Voters 24,03,588 Turnout 6,81,799 (28.37%)

* : On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]

West Bengal*[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 236 150 63.56 2,889,994 38.82
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 129 15 6.36 667,446 8.97
Communist Party of India 86 28 11.86 800,951 10.76
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 85 9 3.81 415,458 5.58
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 48 11 4.66 393,591 5.29
Socialist Party 63 0 215,382 2.89
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 33 4 1.69 1,76,762 2.37
Forward Bloc (Ruikar) 32 2 0.85 1,07,905 1.45
Revolutionary Socialist Party 16 0 63,173 0.85
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore) 10 0 32,859 0.44
Bolshevik Party of India 8 0 20117 0.27
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 14 0 7,100 0.10
Independent 614 19 8.05 1,653,165 22.21
Total seats 238 Voters 17,628,239 Turnout 7,443,903 (42.23%)

* : West Bengal was enlarged slightly by the transfer of minor territories from Bihar in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p572 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Chander, N. Jose (2004). Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience. Concept Publishing Company. p. 74. ISBN 9788180690921.

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