1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
26 March 1952
All 60 seats in the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered2,403,588
Turnout28.37%
  First party Second party
 
INC
Leader S. N. Shukla
Party INC Socialist
Leader's seat Amarpur
Seats won 40 11
Popular vote 2,70,013 1,28,187
Percentage 39.60% 18.80%
Elected Chief Minister of Vindhya Pradesh

S. N. Shukla
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

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.[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Sambhu Nath Shukla became the new Chief Minister.

Results

Summary of results of the 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[1]
Political partySeats
Contested		Won% of
Seats		VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 564066.672,70,01339.60
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 4935.001,10,46516.2
Socialist Party 461118.331,28,18718.80
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3323.3367,3309.88
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 1723.3330,8174.52
Independent politician 4223.3362,1029.11
Total Seats 60Voters24,03,588Turnout6,81,799 (28.37%)

Elected members

# Constituency Member Party
1 PushprajgarhRam Prasad SinghIndian National Congress
Dan Bahadur SinghIndian National Congress
2 BurharSaraswati Prasad PatelIndian National Congress
3 SohagpurLal Rajendra Bahadur SinghIndependent
4 Jaitpur KotmaSaheb SinghIndian National Congress
Padam Chand PatniIndian National Congress
5 BeohariBaba DinKisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Ram KishoreSocialist Party
6 UmariyaLal Aditya Nath SinghIndian National Congress
7 AmarpurSambhu Nath ShuklaIndian National Congress
8 Singrauli NiwasSumitri DeviSocialist Party
Shyam KartikSocialist Party
9 DeosarGanga DharBharatiya Jana Sangh
10 Sidhi MadwasChandra PratapSocialist Party
DadhiSocialist Party
11 ChurhatJagat Bahadur SinghSocialist Party
12 KanpuraBhai LalSocialist Party
13 HanumanaBhuneshwar PrasadAkhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
14 Maugani NaigarhiSomeshwar SinghIndependent
Sahdiya ChamarSocialist Party
15 TeontharRajeshwar Prasad MisraIndian National Congress
16 GarhiRana Samser SinghIndian National Congress
17 SemariyaBaikunth PrasadIndian National Congress
18 SirmaurNarmada Prasad SinghKisan Mazdoor Praja Party
19 MangawanSriniwas TiwariSocialist Party
20 GurhBrij Raj SinghIndian National Congress
21 RewaJagdish Chandra JoshiSocialist Party
22 RaipurShatru Sudan SinghIndian National Congress
23 MukundpurKesho PrasadIndian National Congress
24 Ram NagarBalwant SinghBharatiya Jana Sangh
25 AmarpatanLal Bihari SinghIndian National Congress
26 Rampur BaghelanGovind Narain SinghIndian National Congress
27 SabhapurRam Sajiwan SinghIndian National Congress
28 SatnaShiva NandIndian National Congress
29 KothiKaushalendra Pratap Bahadur SinghAkhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
30 AmdaraRamadhar PandeyIndian National Congress
31 NagodGopal Saran SinghIndian National Congress
Het RamIndian National Congress
32 PawaiBhuraIndian National Congress
Narendra SinghIndian National Congress
33 AjaigarhLalmohammadIndian National Congress
34 PannaSaryu Prasad ChanpuriyaIndian National Congress
35 ChandlaKamta PrasadIndian National Congress
36 LaundiMahendra Kumar JainIndian National Congress
37 RajnagarGokal PrasadIndian National Congress
38 ChhatarpurGovindaIndian National Congress
Panna LalIndian National Congress
39 BijawarDiwan Pratap SinghIndian National Congress
Piyare LalIndian National Congress
40 MalheraBasant LalIndian National Congress
41 TikamgarhKrishna KantKisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Rilli ChamarSocialist Party
42 ChandpuraThakur Das Mishra[2]Indian National Congress
43 JataraNarain DasIndian National Congress
44 LidhauraRaghuraj SinghIndian National Congress
45 NiwariLala Ram BajpaiIndian National Congress
46 PrithvipurShyam LalIndian National Congress
47 SeondhaRam DasIndian National Congress
Laxmi NarainIndian National Congress
48 DatiaShyam Sunder DasIndian National Congress

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Vindhya Pradesh legislative assembly (prevention of disqualification) act, 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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