1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:Popular
Ongoing:no
Election Date:26 March 1952
Next Election:1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:1957
Seats For Election:All 60 seats in the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:31
Turnout:28.37%
Image1:Hand INC.svg
Leader1:S.N. Shukla
Party1:Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat1:Amarpur
Seats1:40
Popular Vote1:2,70,013
Percentage1:39.60%
Party2:Socialist Party (India)
Seats2:11
Popular Vote2:1,28,187
Percentage2:18.80%
Chief Minister of Vindhya Pradesh
After Election:S.N. Shukla
After Party:Indian National Congress

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh were held on March 26, 1952. 252 candidates contested the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 12 two-member constituencies, and 36 single-member constituencies. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Sambhu Nath Shukla became the new Chief Minister.

Results

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"!colspan=8||-! class="unsortable" |! Political party !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote %|- style="background: #90EE90;"| ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Indian National Congress| 56 || 40 || 66.67 || 2,70,013 || 39.60|-| ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party| 49 || 3 || 5.00 || 1,10,465 || 16.2|-| ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party| 46 || 11 || 18.33 || 1,28,187 || 18.80|-| ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh| 33 || 2 || 3.33 || 67,330 || 9.88|-| ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad| 17 || 2 || 3.33 || 30,817 || 4.52|-| ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Independent politician| 42 || 2 || 3.33 || 62,102 || 9.11|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan = 2| Total Seats! 60 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 24,03,588 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 6,81,799 (28.37%)|}

Elected Members

ConstituencyMemberParty
Pushprajgarh Ram Prasad Singh
Dan Bahadur Singh
Burhar Saraswati Prasad Patel
Sohagpur Lal Rajendra Bahadur Singh
Jaitpur-Kotma Saheb Singh
Padam Chand Patni
Beohari Baba Din
Ram Kishore
Umariya Lal Aditya Nath Singh
Amarpur
Singrauli Niwas Sumitri Devi
Shyam Kartik
DeosarGanga Dhar
Sidhi Madwas Chandra Pratap
Dadhi
Churhat Jagat Bahadur Singh
Kanpura Bhai Lal
Hanumana Bhuneshwar Prasad
Maugani Naigarhi Someshwar Singh
Sahdiya Chamar
Teonthar Rajeshwar Prasad Misra
Garhi Rana Samser Singh
Semariya Baikunth Prasad
Sirmaur Narmada Prasad Singh
Mangawan Sriniwas Tiwari
Gurh Brij Raj Singh
Rewa Jagdish Chandra Joshi
Raipur Shatru Sudan Singh
Mukundpur Kesho Prasad
Ram Nagar Balwant Singh
Amarpatan Lal Bihari Singh
Rampur-Baghelan Govind Narain Singh
Sabhapur Ram Sajiwan Singh
Satna Shiva Nand
Kothi Kaushalendra Pratap Bahadur Singh
Amdara Ramadhar Pandey
Nagod Gopal Saran Singh
Het Ram
Pawai Bhura
Narendra Singh
Ajaigarh Lalmohammad
Panna Saryu Prasad Chanpuriya
Chandla Kamta Prasad
Laundi Mahendra Kumar Jain
Rajnagar Gokal Prasad
Chhatarpur Govinda
Panna Lal
Bijawar Diwan Pratap Singh
Piyare Lal
Malhera Basant Lal
Tikamgarh Krishna Kant
Rilli Chamar
Chandpura Thakur Das
Jatara Narain Das
Lidhaura Raghuraj Singh
Niwari Lala Ram Bajpai
Prithvipur Shyam Lal
Seondha Ram Das
Laxmi Narain
Datia Shyam Sunder Das

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reorganisation of States, 1955 . The Economic Weekly . October 15, 1955 . July 25, 2015.