Election Name: | 1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election |
Country: | India |
Type: | legislative |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 1952 |
Next Election: | 1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election |
Next Year: | 1967 |
Seats For Election: | 36 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Party1: | Indian National Congress |
Image1: | Yashwant Singh Parmar 1988 stamp of India.jpg |
Leader1: | Yashwant Singh Parmar |
Seats1: | 24 |
Popular Vote1: | 47.25% |
Party2: | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |
Leader2: | Jivatram Kripalani |
Seats2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 14.69% |
CM | |
After Party: | Indian National Congress |
After Election: | Yashwant Singh Parmar |
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 1952.
!colspan=8||- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"! class="unsortable" |! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote %|- style="background: #90EE90;"| | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress| | 35 || 24 || 66.67 || 84,819 || 47.25|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|| 22 || 3 || 8.33 || 26,371 || 14.69|-|| style="text-align:left;" |Scheduled Caste Federation| | 9 || 1 || 2.78 || 10,352 || 5.77|-| || 36 || 8 || 22.22 || 47,746 || 26.6|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan = 3| Total seats! 36 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 7,13,554 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 1,79,515 (25.16%)|}
Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Solan | None | Ram Dass | ||
Hira Singh Pal | ||||
Kasumpti | Hitendra Sen | |||
Suni | Sita Ram | |||
Kumarsain | Ram Dayal | |||
Theog | Jiwanoo | |||
Devi Ram | ||||
Jubbal | Bala Nand | |||
Rohru | Padam Dev | |||
Rajgarh | Ghan Shyam | |||
Rampur | Hardayal Singh | |||
Bhagat Ram | ||||
Chini | Gopal Chand | |||
Bhamla | Sarju Singh | |||
Rawalsar | Pandit Gauri Prasad | |||
Mahadev | Karam Singh | |||
Chachiot | Piru | |||
Krishna Chandar | ||||
Kersog | Rattan Singh | |||
Sunder Nagar | Baldev Chand | |||
Sadar Mandi | Krishna Nand Swami | |||
Joginder Nagar | Besar Ram | |||
Sandhol | Hari Singh | |||
Kashmir Singh | ||||
Churah | Vidya Dhar | |||
Avtar Chand | ||||
Chamba | Chattar Singh | |||
Bhattiyat | Jaiwant Ram | |||
Bharmour | Gurditta Mal | |||
Pangi | Daulat Ram | |||
Nahan | Tapinder Singh | |||
Paonta | Shiva Nand | |||
Pachhad | Jiwnu | |||
Yashwant Singh Parmar | ||||
Reinka | Partap Singh | |||
Dharam Singh | ||||
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.[1] Under Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, following area of Punjab State namely Simla, Kangra, Kulu and Lahul and Spiti Districts, Nalagarh tehsil of Ambala District, Lohara, Amb and Una kanungo circles, some area of Santokhgarh kanungo circle and some other specified area of Una tehsil of Hoshiarpur District besides some parts of Dhar Kalan Kanungo circle of Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur District; were merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 November 1966 and the next legislative elections were held in 1967.