| Election Name: | 1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | legislative |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 27 March 1952 |
| Next Year: | 1957 (United Andhra Pradesh)→ 1957 (Bombay State)→ 1957 (Mysore state) |
| Seats For Election: | 175 seats in the Hyderabad Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 88 |
| Turnout: | 42.94% |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress |
| Image1: | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, 1952.jpg |
| Leader1: | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao |
| Seats1: | 93 |
| Popular Vote1: | 41.86% |
| Seat Change1: | New |
| Party2: | People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad) |
| Leader2: | Ravi Narayan Reddy |
| Seats2: | 42 |
| Popular Vote2: | 20.76% |
| Seat Change2: | New |
| CM | |
| Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
| Before Election: | M. K. Vellodi |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress |
| After Election: | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao |
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Hyderabad were held and Sri Burgula Rama Krishna Rao took oath as First Chief Minister of Hyderabad State on 6 March 1952. 564 candidates competed for the 175 seats in the Assembly. There were 33 two-member constituencies and 109 constituencies single-member constituencies.
The Congress Party won a clear majority of the seats in the assembly (93 seats out of 175), with 41.86% of the popular vote. Prominent Congress MLAs from Hyderabad District included Dr. G. S. Melkote and Gopal Rao Ekbote. Kashinath Rao Vaidya, the Congress MLA from Begum Bazar, was elected Speaker of the Assembly after the election.[1]
The elections were held in the aftermath of the Telangana armed struggle. The communists had called off their guerrilla campaign in October 1951, just few months before the polls.[2] The Communist Party of India was banned in the state at the time, but contested the election under the cover of the People's Democratic Front.[3] The PDF won all of the seats in Nalgonda district.
The socialists contested 97 seats. However, the result was a set-back for the party with eleven seats won. The party had refused to cooperate with other parties against the Congress, which could have limited their success. Moreover, the party lacked strong leaders and was organizationally weak in the state.[4] The socialist leader Mahadev Singh lost the seat he contested (Secunderabad).[4]
The SCF contested the election in alliance with the PDF.[5]
At the time, Muslims represented 7.75% of the population in the state. Out of the main parties, the Indian National Congress had nominated 12 Muslim candidates (6.94% of their candidates), People's Democratic Front had six Muslim candidates (7.69%) whilst the Socialist Party nominated three Muslims (3.09%). Eleven Muslims were elected, below their percentage of the population. Eight of the elected Muslims came from the Indian National Congress, two from the People's Democratic Front (Mohamed Abdur Rahman from Malaket constituency and Syed Akhtar Hussain from Jangaon) and one had contested as an independent (Syed Hasan, Hyderabad City constituency).[6] [7]
!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| | 173 || 93 || 53.14 || 21,77,716 || 41.86|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party|| 97 || 11 || 6.29 || 5,90,209 || 11.35|-| || 77 || 42 || 24.00 || 10,80,092 || 20.76|-|| | 24 || 5 || 2.86 || 2,66,482 || 5.12|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Peasants and Workers Party of India|| 21 || 10 || 5.71 || 2,15,992 || 4.15|-| || 136 || 14 || 8.00 || 7,58,318 || 14.58|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan = 3| Total seats! 175 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,21,14,635 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 52,02,214 (42.94%)|}
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2,328 | 0.04% | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3,176 | 0.06% | ||
| 173 | 93 | 2,177,716 | 41.86% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 4,047 | 0.08% | ||
| 7 | 0 | 12,489 | 0.24% | ||
| 24 | 5 | 266,482 | 5.12% | ||
| 97 | 11 | 590,209 | 11.35% | ||
| 6 | 0 | 20,826 | 0.40% | ||
| 6 | 0 | 18,151 | 0.35% | ||
| 6 | 0 | 19,452 | 0.37% | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1,800 | 0.03% | ||
| 21 | 10 | 215,992 | 4.15% | ||
| 77 | 42 | 1,080,092 | 20.76% | ||
| 4 | 0 | 31,136 | 0.60% | ||
| 136 | 14 | 758,318 | 14.58% | ||
| Total | 564 | 175 | 5,202,214 | 100% | |
Source : Election Commission of India[8]
| S.No. | District | Constituencies | SP | Ind. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 11 (79%) | 2 (14%) | 1 (7%) | ||||
| 2 | 11 | 8 (73%) | 1 (9%) | 2 (18%) | ||||
| 3 | 11 | 5 (45%) | 6 (55%) | |||||
| 4 | 14 | 13 (93%) | 1 (7%) | |||||
| 5 | 11 | 11 (100%) | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | 4 (57%) | 3 (43%) | |||||
| 7 | 8 | 4 (50%) | 3 (37%) | 1 (13%) | ||||
| 8 | 11 | 9 (50%) | 2 (37%) | |||||
| 9 | 9 | 1 (11%) | 6 (67%) | 2 (22%) | ||||
| 10 | 9 | 8 (89%) | 1 (11%) | |||||
| 11 | 9 | 3 (33%) | 1 (11%) | 5 (56%) | ||||
| 12 | 8 | 5 (63%) | 3 (37%) | |||||
| 13 | 10 | 7 (70%) | 2 (20%) | 1 (10%) | ||||
| 14 | 15 | 2 (13%) | 7 (47%) | 2 (13%) | 2 (13%) | 2 (13%) | ||
| 15 | 14 | 2 (14%) | 9 (64%) | 1 (7%) | 1 (7%) | 1 (7%) | ||
| 16 | 14 | 14 (100%) | ||||||
| Total | 175 | 93 | 42 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 14 | |
The following is the list of members in the assembly who were elected.[8] Election results from constituencies which would later become part of Andhra Pradesh, Mysore State and Bombay state are listed here.
| District | S.No. | Assembly constituency | Winner | Name of Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad | 1 | Musheerabad | INC | |
| 2 | Chaderghat | Ekbote, Gopal Rao | INC | |
| 3 | Begum Bazar | Vaidya, Kashinath Rao | INC | |
| 4 | Hyderabad City | Syed Hassan | Ind | |
| 5 | Shalibanda | Massoma Begum | INC | |
| 6 | Karwan | Narendra | INC | |
| 7 | Somajiguda | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | INC | |
| 8 | Malakpet | Abdul Rahman | ||
| 9 | Secunderabad (Gen.) | Raju, V.B | INC | |
| 10 | Secunderabad (Res.) | Mutyal Rao, J.B. | INC | |
| 11 | Ibrahimpatnam (Gen.) | Papi Reddy, K. | ||
| 12 | Ibrahimpatnam (Res.) | Gautam, M.B. | INC | |
| 13 | Medchal | Gopal Reddy, Varakantam | INC | |
| 14 | INC | |||
| Mahbubnagar | 15 | Pargi | Shah Jehan Begum | INC |
| 16 | Shadnagar | Ramakrishna Rao, Burgula | INC | |
| 17 | Mahbubnagar | Hanumantha Rao, P. | INC | |
| 18 | Kalwakurthy (Gen.) | Narsing Rao, M. | INC | |
| 19 | Kalwakurthi (Res.) | Veeraswamy, K.R. | INC | |
| 20 | Nagarkurnool (Gen.) | Brahma Reddy, B | Ind | |
| 21 | Nagarkurnool (Res.) | Ramaswamy, D. | Ind | |
| 22 | Kollapur | Anantha Ramachandra Reddy | ||
| 23 | Wanaparthy | Suravaram Pratap Reddy | INC | |
| 24 | Makhtal-Atmakur (Gen.) | Shanta Bai | INC | |
| 25 | Makhtal-Atmakur (Res.) | Basappa, E. | INC | |
| Raichur | 26 | Alampur-Gadwal (Gen.) | Pulla Reddy, Paga | INC |
| 27 | Alampur-Gadwal (Res.) | Naganna, K. | INC | |
| Gulbarga | 45 | Tandur-serum | Praneshchari, J.K. | INC |
| 46 | Kodangal (Gen.) | Anant Reddy | INC | |
| 47 | Kodangal (Res.) | Veeraswamy, Banam | INC | |
| Bidar | 57 | Zaheerabad | Yerolker, Gunderao Y. | INC |
| 59 | Narayankhed | Appa Rao, Ramshetti | INC | |
| 106 | Nirmal (Gen.) | Gopidi Ganga Reddy | Socialist | |
| 107 | Nirmal (Res.) | Ganga Ram Devara | Socialist | |
| 108 | Kinwat | Shrihari | INC | |
| 109 | Adilabad | Daji Shankar Rao | ||
| 110 | Asifabad (Res.) | Kasiram, Gangvi | INC | |
| 111 | Asifabad (Gen.) | Konda Laxman Bapuji | INC | |
| 112 | Sirpur | Buchaiah, M. | Socialist | |
| 113 | Luxettipet (Gen.) | Viswanath Rao, Soore | Socialist | |
| 114 | Luxettipet (Res.) | Rajamallu, Kodati | Socialist | |
| Nizamabad | 115 | Rajaram, G | Socialist | |
| 116 | Balkonda | Anantha Reddy, K. | Socialist | |
| 117 | Dichpalli | Srinivas Rao, Kasuganti | Socialist | |
| 118 | Mohammed Dawar Hussain | INC | ||
| 119 | Sastri, S.L. | INC | ||
| 120 | Laxmi Bai, Sangam | INC | ||
| 121 | Kamareddy | Vithal Reddy, G. | INC | |
| 122 | Kamareddy | Rama Rao, V | INC | |
| Medak | 123 | Dr. Chenna Reddy, Marri G | INC | |
| 124 | Vicarabad (Res.) | Ramaswamy, Arige | INC | |
| 125 | Andole (Gen) | Joshi, Venkat Rajeswar | INC | |
| 126 | Laxman Kumar | INC | ||
| 127 | Narsapur | Ram Reddy, J. | INC | |
| 128 | Venkateswar Rao | INC | ||
| 129 | Ramayampet | Ganeriwal, Laxminivas | INC | |
| 130 | Gajwel | Vasudevu, Pendem | ||
| 131 | Siddipet | Guruva Reddy, A. | ||
| 132 | Rajgopalpet | Narayan Reddy, K.V. | Ind | |
| Karimnagar | 133 | Huzurabad | Narayan Rao, Ponnamaneni | INC |
| 134 | Huzurabad | Venkatesam, J | Socialist | |
| 135 | Nustlapur | Singireedy Venkat Reddy | ||
| 136 | Karimnagar | Venkat Ram Rao, Ch. | ||
| 137 | Elgandal | Damodar Rao, Juvvadi | ||
| 138 | Sircilla (Gen) | Rajamani Devi, J.M | SCF | |
| 139 | Sircilla (Res.) | Anand Rao, Joganapalli | ||
| 140 | Metpalli | Bhomayya, Gangula | Ind | |
| 141 | Jagtial (Gen.) | Malla Reddy, Baddam | INC | |
| 142 | Jagtial (Res.) | Rajaram, Butti | INC | |
| 143 | Sultanabad | Raj Reddy, A. | ||
| 144 | Peddapalle | Muttayya, L | ||
| 145 | Kunaram | Kondal Reddy, Mudiganti | Ind | |
| 146 | Parkal | Kesava Reddy, Katangur | INC | |
| 147 | Manthani | Sriramulu, Golukota | Socialist | |
| Warangal | 148 | Warangal | Rajalingam, M.S. | INC |
| 149 | Hasanparthi | Mirza Shukur Baig | INC | |
| 150 | Hanamkonda | Raghava Rao, Pendyala | ||
| 151 | Waradhanapet | Raghava Rao, Pendyala | ||
| 152 | Srinivas Rao, Kankanti | |||
| 153 | Mahabubabad (Res.) | Chander Rao, B.M. | SCF | |
| 154 | Pakhal | Gopal Rao, G. | ||
| 155 | Mulug | Hanumanth Rao, G. | ||
| 156 | Narsimha Rao, K.L. | |||
| 157 | Yellandu (Res.) | Vooke Nagaiah | SOCIALIST | |
| 158 | Vemsur | Ramakrishna Rao, Kandimalla | Ind | |
| 159 | Madhira | Venkaiah, Kondabolu | ||
| 160 | Krishnayya, Buggaveeti | |||
| 161 | Khammam (Res.) | Rentala Bala Guru Murthy | ||
| Nalgonda | 162 | Ippaguda | Vithal Rao | |
| 163 | Jangaon | Syed Akhtar Hussain | ||
| 164 | Aler | Kamala Devi, Arutla | ||
| 165 | Bhongir | Narayana Reddy, Ravi | ||
| 166 | Ramannapet | Ramachandra Reddy, Kattakuri | ||
| 167 | Chinnakondur | Venakata Rama Rao, Kanchenrpalli | ||
| 168 | Ram Reddy, Katta | |||
| 169 | Nalgonda (Res.) | Laxmayya, P. | ||
| 170 | Devarakonda | Anantha Rama Rao, K. | ||
| 171 | Peddamungal | Venkat Rama Rao, Akkinapalli | ||
| 172 | Jai Soorya, N.M. | |||
| 173 | Huzurnagar (Res.) | Narasimlu, Talamalla | ||
| 174 | Dharma Bhiksham, Bommagani | |||
| 175 | Suryapet (Res.) | Uppala Malsur | ||
| District | S.No. | Assembly constituency | Winner | Name of Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raichur | 28 | Raichur | Shroff, L.K. | INC |
| 29 | Devadurga | Karibasappa, Guru Basappa | Ind | |
| 30 | Lingsugur | Baswan Gowda | INC | |
| 31 | Manvi | Panpan Gowda, Sakrappa | Ind | |
| 32 | Sindhanoor | Shiva Basan Gowda | Ind | |
| 33 | Gangavathi | Hiremath, K.R. | Ind | |
| 34 | Koppal | Mahadevamma Basawangowda | Ind | |
| 35 | Yelbarga | Ayyan Gowda, Ningangowda | INC | |
| 36 | Kushtagi | Andanappa | Ind | |
| Gulbarga | 37 | Shorapur | INC | |
| 38 | Andole (Jewargi) | Sharan Gowda Siddaramayya | Ind | |
| 39 | Afzalapur | A.R. Basappa | INC | |
| 40 | Aland | INC | ||
| 41 | Kamalapur | Patil, Chandrasekhar | INC | |
| 42 | Gulbarga | Mohammed Ali | INC | |
| 43 | Chitapur | Rudrappa, S. | INC | |
| 44 | Chincholi | Ramachari, G. | INC | |
| 45 | Tandur-serum | Praneshchari, J.K. | INC | |
| 48 | Yadgir (Gen.) | Jagannath Rao Chandriki | INC | |
| 49 | Yadgir (Res.) | Ambadas | INC | |
| 50 | Shahpur | Virupakshappa | INC | |
| Bidar | 53 | Halsur | Bapu Rao Deshpande | INC |
| 54 | Bhalki | Kamitakar, Muralidhar RaoSrinivasa Rao | INC | |
| 55 | Humnabad (Res.) | Shanker Deo | INC | |
| 56 | Humnabad (Gen.) | Ekheliker, Srinivasa Rama Rao | INC | |
| 58 | Bidar | Safiuddin | INC | |
| District | S.No. | Assembly constituency | Winner | Name of Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidar | 51 | Ahmedpur | Nivarthi Reddy, Namdeo Reddy | INC |
| 52 | Nilanga | Waghmare, Sheshrao Madhavrao | INC | |
| 60 | Udgir (Gen.) | Ghonsikar, Madhavrao Venkatrao | INC | |
| 61 | Udgir (Res.) | Kable, Tulsiram Dashrath | INC | |
| Osmanabad | 62 | Parenda | Patil, Vishwas Rao Ganpat Rao | PWP |
| 63 | Kallam | Kabade, Achut Rao Yogiraju | PWP | |
| 64 | Latur | Koratkar, Vinayakrao Vidyalankar | INC | |
| 65 | Awsa | Chauhan, Devisingh Venkatsingh | INC | |
| 66 | Omerga | Gandhi, Poolchand | INC | |
| 67 | Osmanabad (Gen.) | Udhave Rao | PWP | |
| 68 | Osmanabad (Res.) | Kallyan Rao | INC | |
| Bhir | 69 | Georai | Rama Rao, Dayanoba | |
| 70 | Ashti | Patil, Rakhamaji Dhondiba | INC | |
| 71 | Patoda | Kotecha, Ratnalal | INC | |
| 72 | Bhir | Sripat Rao | ||
| 73 | Manjelgaon | Limbaji Muktaji | ||
| 74 | Mominabad | Deshmukh, Vamanrao Ramarao | PWP | |
| 75 | Mominabad (Res.) | Dwaraka Prasad Chaudhari | INC | |
| 76 | Kaij | Ramalingaswamy, Mahalingaswamy | INC | |
| Aurangabad | 77 | Kannad | Nawadar, Ramgopal Ramakishan | INC |
| 78 | Aurangabad | Nawasekar, Shripad Rao Laxman Rao | INC | |
| 79 | Phulmarri | Pahade, Manikchand Kawalchand | INC | |
| 80 | Sillod | Pathak, Naga Rao Viswanath Rao | INC | |
| 81 | Bhokardan (Gen.) | Baburao Daddurao | ||
| 82 | Bhokardan (Res.) | Kable, Dhondiraj Ganapath Rao | INC | |
| 83 | Jalna | Syed Mohammed Moosavi | INC | |
| 84 | Ambad | Gadhe, Bhagawanth Rao Gambhir Rao | INC | |
| 85 | Paithan-Gangapur (Gen.) | Bapuji Mansingh | ||
| 86 | Paithan-Gangapur (Res.) | Gaikwad, Govindrao Keroji | INC | |
| 87 | Vaijapur | Waghmare, Ashati | INC | |
| Parbhani | 88 | Pathri | Rama Rao Balakishan Rao | INC |
| 89 | Partur | Ankush Rao Venkatrao | PWP | |
| 90 | Jintur | Bhujanga Rao Nagu Rao | PWP | |
| 91 | Hingloi (Gen.) | Naik, Shamrao | PWP | |
| 92 | Hingoli (Res.) | Nerlikar, Madhav Rao deoba | SCF | |
| 93 | Basmath (Gen.) | Boralker, Bhagwanrao Gopalarao | PWP | |
| 94 | Basmath (Res.) | Jadhav, Shamrao Bikaji | SCF | |
| 95 | Parbhani | Gavani, Annajirao | PWP | |
| 96 | Gangakhed | Deshmukh, Rangarao | PWP | |
| Nanded | 97 | Hadgaon | Waipankar, Madhav Rao | |
| 98 | Bhokar | Digambar Rao Bindu | INC | |
| 99 | Mudhole | Gopal Shashtry Deo | INC | |
| 100 | Billoli | Narayanarao Narsing Rao | INC | |
| 101 | Deglur (Gen.) | Jayawant Dnyaneshwar More | INC | |
| 102 | Deglur (Res.) | Waghmare, Ganpat Rao Manikrao | INC | |
| 103 | Khandar (Gen) | Morey, Govind Rao Narsing Rao | INC | |
| 104 | Kandhar | Sawai Madhava Rao | INC | |
| 105 | Nanded | Ganjava, Bhagwan Rao | INC | |
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Hyderabad State was merged into Andhra State to form a single state United Andhra Pradesh. The districts of Raichur, Bidar and Gulbarga were transferred to Mysore State, while Marathwada district was transferred to Bombay State.[9]