1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
430 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1951-1952; 216 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Govind Ballabh Pant; INC	Chief Minister ; Govind Ballabh Pant; INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 2,604 candidates contested for the 347 constituencies in the Assembly.^[1] The Indian National Congress won the majority of seats and its leader Govind Ballabh Pant was re-elected as the Chief Minister.^[2]

After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951, the constituencies were set to the ones used in this election.^[3] There were 83 two-member constituencies and 264 single-member constituencies.^[1]

Results[edit]

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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%)

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named UPECI1951
↑ "Chief Ministers". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
↑ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951". Election Commission of India. 23 August 1951. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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[UPECI1951-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named UPECI1951

[CM-2] "Chief Ministers". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

[delimitation1951-3] "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951". Election Commission of India. 23 August 1951. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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