1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 2,604 candidates contested for the 347 constituencies in the Assembly. The Indian National Congress won the majority of seats and its leader Govind Ballabh Pant was re-elected as the Chief Minister.

1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

27 March 1952
430 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1951-1952 216 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Govind Ballabh Pant Party INC Socialist Party (India) Leader's seat Bareilly Municipality Seats won 388 20 Popular vote 80,32,475 20,15,320 Percentage 47.93% 12.03%
Chief Minister before election Govind Ballabh Pant INC Chief Minister Govind Ballabh Pant INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951, the constituencies were set to the ones used in this election. There were 83 two-member constituencies and 264 single-member constituencies.

Results

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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
Template:Party name with colour		1006	15	3.49	32,94,500	19.66
Total Seats			430	Voters	4,40,89,646	Turnout	1,67,58,619 (38.01%)

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See also

• 1951–52 elections in India

References

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