1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election

1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election
All 30 seats in the Bhopal Legislative Assembly; 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	610,182
Turnout	37.07%
	Elected Chief Minister of Bhopal ; Shankar Dayal Sharma; INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Bhopal Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952.^[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Shankar Dayal Sharma became the Chief Minister.

Constituencies[edit | edit source]

The Bhopal Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seats distributed in seven two-member constituencies and sixteen single-member constituencies. Total 91 contestants were in fray for these 30 seats. Silwani legislative assembly had the maximum number of contestants (8 candidates), while Ichhawar had the minimum contestants (only 1 candidate, which was elected unopposed).^[1]

Political Parties[edit | edit source]

4 National parties along with Kisan Mazdoor Mandal took part in the assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party while no other party cross the double digit.^[1]

Results[edit | edit source]

e • d
	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%)

Elected Members[edit | edit source]

Constituency	Member
Shahajahanabad	Jalauddin Qureshi	Indian National Congress
Shishmahal	Syed Ajazuddin	Indian National Congress
Jahangirabad	Inayatullah Tarzi Mashriqui	Indian National Congress
Bairagarh	Baboolal Bhartia	Indian National Congress
Bairagarh	Lila Rai	Indian National Congress
Huzur	Sardarmal Lalwani	Independent
Berasia	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Indian National Congress
Nazirabad	Shankar Dayal	Hindu Mahasabha
Sehore	Umrao Singh	Indian National Congress
Sehore	Sultan Mohd Khan	Indian National Congress
Shyampur	Har Kishan Singh	Indian National Congress
Shyampur	Baboolal	Indian National Congress
Ashta	Chandan Mal	Indian National Congress
Ashta	Gopi Das	Indian National Congress
Kotri	Maimoona Sultana	Indian National Congress
Ichhawar	Kesarimal Jain	Indian National Congress
Nasrullahganj	Vanshi Dhar	Indian National Congress
Budhni	Lachmi Narain	Indian National Congress
Raisen	Baboolal	Indian National Congress
Raisen	Kamta Prashad	Indian National Congress
Begumganj	Kundan Lal	Indian National Congress
Sultanganj	Baboolal Kamal	Indian National Congress
Goharganj	Dalip Singh	Independent
Goharganj	Gulab Chand	Independent
Amrawad	Narbada Charan Lal	Indian National Congress
Bareli	Shyam Sundar	Indian National Congress
Silwani	Lila Dhar Rathi	Indian National Congress
Silwani	Daulat Shah	Independent
Udaipur	Nit Gopal	Indian National Congress
Deori	Ram Karan Lal	Indian National Congress

State Reorganization and Merger[edit | edit source]

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

References[edit | edit source]

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↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

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