Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on March 26, 1952. 1,122 candidates contested for the 184 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 48 two-member constituencies and 136 single-member constituencies. [1] On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal state were merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division were transferred to Bombay State. Hence the constituencies were re-organized during 1957 elections.

Results

 Summary of results of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952 [1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested 		Won % of
Seats 		Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 225 194 83.62 34,34,058 49.07
Socialist Party 143 2 0.86 6,61,874 9.46
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 71 8 3.45 3,65,371 5.22
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 35 3 1.29 1,75,324 2.51
S. K. Paksha 19 2 0.86 1,01,670 1.45
Independent 469 23 9.91 16,01,565 22.89
Total seats 232 Voters 1,55,13,592 Turnout 69,97,588 (45.11 %)

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district), Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal State and the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan were merged into Madhya Pradesh while the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division, (namely Buldana, Akola , Amravati , Yeotmal, Wardha , Nagpur, Bhandara and Chanda), were transferred to Bombay State.[2] This resulted in increase in assembly constituencies from 184 with 232 seats to 218 constituencies with 288 seats during 1957 elections.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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