1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
This is a list of people elected at the 1952 general election to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power. Shri Krishna Singh became the first elected Chief Minister of Bihar and Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha became the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the state.[1]
Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951
Parties
National parties
State parties
- Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party
- Jharkhand Party
- Lok Sewak Sangh
- All India United Kisan Sabha
Registered (unrecognised) parties
- All India Gantantra Parishad
Results
| Political party | Flag | Seats Contested | Won | % of Seats | Votes | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 322 | 239 | 72.42 | 39,51,145 | 41.38 | ||
| Socialist Party | 266 | 23 | 6.97 | 17,29,750 | 18.11 | ||
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 98 | 1 | 0.30 | 2,68,416 | 2.81 | ||
| Jharkhand Party | 53 | 32 | 9.70 | 7,65,272 | 8.01 | ||
| Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party | 38 | 11 | 3.33 | 3,01,691 | 3.16 | ||
| Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 34 | 1 | 0.30 | 1,07,386 | 1.12 | ||
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 29 | 1 | 0.30 | 60,360 | 0.63 | ||
| Lok Sewak Sangh | 12 | 7 | 2.12 | 1,48,921 | 1.56 | ||
| All India Ganatantra Parishad | 1 | 1 | 0.30 | 14,237 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | 638 | 14 | 4.24 | 18,77,236 | 19.66 | ||
| Total seats | 330 | Voters | 2,41,65,389 | Turnout | 95,48,835 (39.51 %) | ||
List of elected candidates
| Constituency
No. |
Vidhan
Sabha Constituency |
Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maner | Rameshwar Prashad Shastri | INC | |
| 2 | Danapur | Jagat Narayan Lal | INC | |
| 3 | Patna City(W) Naubatpur | Badrinath Verma | INC | |
| 4 | Patna City(W) Naubatpur(SC) | Mungeri Lal(SC) | INC | |
| 5 | Patna City(E) | Nawabjada Saiyyad | INC | |
| 6 | Fatuha | Dev Sharan Singh | INC | |
| 7 | Punpun-Masudhi | Ramkhelawan Sinha | INC | |
| 8 | Punpun-Masudhi(SC) | Saraswati Chawdhari | INC | |
| 9 | Chandi | Dhanraj Sharma | INC | |
| 10 | Akangarsarai | Lal Singh Tyagi | INC | |
| 11 | Islam-Silab | Shiv Sharan Prasad Sharma | INC | |
| 12 | Islam-Silab (SC) | Maharvir Prasad | INC | |
| 13 | Mokama | Jagdish Narayan Singh | INC | |
| 14 | Barh | Rana Shivlakhpati Singh | INC | |
| 15 | Ashtawan | Tajuddin | INC | |
| 16 | Bihar(N) | Giriwardhari Singh | INC | |
| 17 | Bihar(S) | Mohammad Akeel Sayeed | INC | |
| 18 | Bakhtiyarpur | Sundari Devi | INC | |
| 19 | Bihta | Manorma Devi | INC | |
| 20 | Paliganj | Ram Lakhan Yadav | INC | |
| 21 | Pakribarawn-Warsliganj | Manzoor Ahmad | INC | |
| 22 | Pakribarawn-Warsliganj(SC) | Chituram | INC | |
| 23 | Nawada-Hisua | Ramkisun Singh | INC | |
| 24 | Nawada-Hisua(SC) | Shakti Kumar | INC | |
| 25 | Rajauli-Wazirganj(SC) | Mahavir Chaudhari | INC | |
| 26 | Rajauli-Wazirganj | Radhakrishna Prasad Sinha | INC | |
| 27 | Atri | Rameshwar Prasad Yadav | IND | |
| 28 | Gaya Nagar | Keshav Prasad | INC | |
| 29 | Sherghati-Imamganj | Jaglal Mahto | INC | |
| 30 | Sherghati-Imamganj(SC) | Devdhari Chamar | INC | |
| 31 | Bodhgaya-Padaiyya(SC) | Rameshvar Manjhi | INC | |
| 32 | Bodhgaya-Padaiyya | Jageshwar Prasad Khalish | INC | |
| 33 | Arwal | Gudni Singh | Socialist | |
| 229 | Thakurganj | Anath Kant Basu | INC | |
| 230 | Islampur | Mohammad Afaque Chowdhary | INC | |
| 231 | Kishanganj | Ravatmal Agarwal | INC | |
| 232 | Bahadurganj | Mohammad Ahsan | INC | |
| 233 | Karandighi | Mohiuddin Akhter | INC | |
| 234 | Kadwa | Jiwat Himanshu Sharma | INC | |
| 235 | Forbesganj | Bokai Mandal | INC | |
| 236 | Plasi | Punyanada Jha | INC | |
| 237 | Araria | Jahir Rahman Husi | IND | |
| 238 | Amour | Mohammad Tahir | INC | |
| 239 | Baisi | Abdul Ahad Md Noor | INC | |
| 240 | Purnia | Kamaldev Narayan Sinha | INC | |
| 241 | Katihar-Barari | Babulal Manjhi | INC | |
| 242 | Katihar-Barari | Sukhdev Narayan Singh | INC | |
| 243 | Azamnagar | Parwatidevi | INC | |
| 244 | Razmahal Damin | Jetha Kisku | Jharkhand | |
| 245 | Pakur Damin | Ram Charan Kisku | Jharkhand | |
| 246 | Godda Damin | Babulal Tudu | Jharkhand | |
| 247 | Mahgama | Sarag Mohan Pathak | INC | |
| 248 | Godda | Bhuddhinath Jha Kaurav | INC | |
| 249 | Podainyahat-Jharmundi | Jagdhish Narayan Mandal | INC | |
| 250 | Podainyahat-Jharmundi | Chunka Hembram | Jharkhand | |
| 251 | Ramgarh | Supai Murmu | Jharkhand | |
| 252 | Dumka | Devi Seren | Jharkhand | |
| 253 | Jaamtara | Shatrughan Beshra | Jharkhand | |
| 34 | Arwal | Ramcharan Singh | Socialist | |
| 35 | Jahanabad | Shivbhajan Singh | Socialist | |
| 36 | Ghosi | Ramchandra Yadav | IND | |
| 37 | Makhdumpur | Rameshwar Yadav | IND | |
| 38 | Tekari | Mithileshwar Prasad SInha | INC | |
| 39 | DawoodNagar | Ramnaresh | Socialist | |
| 40 | Goah | Mundrika Singh | Socialist | |
| 41 | Rafiganj | S.M. Latifurrahman | INC | |
| 42 | Aurangabad | Priyawat Narayan Sinha | INC | |
| 43 | Obra | Padawat Singh | Socialist | |
| 44 | Nabinagar | Anugrah Narayan Singh | INC | |
| 45 | Badhara | Ramvilash Sinha | Parishad | |
| 46 | Ara Mufassil | Ambika Singh | INC | |
| 47 | Ara Nagar | Rang Bahadurprasad | INC | |
| 48 | Sahar | Devnarayan Singh | INC | |
| 49 | Chanpur | Guptnath Singh | INC | |
| 50 | Bhabhua-Mohania | Ramnagina Singh | INC | |
| 51 | Bhabua-Mohania(SC) | Dularchand Ram | INC | |
| 52 | Shasharam-Rohtas | Jagannnath Singh | INC | |
| 53 | Shasharam-Rohats(SC) | Govind Chamar | INC | |
| 54 | Dehri | Basawan Sigh | Socialist | |
| 55 | Ram Garh | Ramchand Ray | INC | |
| 56 | Itari | Rajaram Arya | INC | |
| 57 | Buxar | Laxmikant Tiwari | INC | |
| 58 | Dumraon | Harihar Prasad Singh | INC | |
| 59 | Brahampur | Lallan Singh | INC | |
| 60 | Shahpur | Ramanand Tiwari | Socialist | |
| 61 | Jaghdishpur | Sumitra Devi | INC | |
| 62 | BikramGanj | Hemraj Yadav | INC | |
| 63 | Nokha | Raghnath Prasad Shah | INC | |
| 64 | Dinara | Ramanad Upandhyay | INC | |
| 65 | Trari-Piro | Radha Mohan Ray | Socialist | |
| 66 | Trari-Piro | Devi Lal Ram | Socialist | |
| 67 | Kuchaykot | Shiv Kumar Pathak | INC | |
| 68 | Gopalganj | Kamla Ray | INC | |
| 69 | Barauli | Abdul Gaffar Miyan | INC | |
| 70 | Baikunthpur | Shivvachan Trivedi | INC | |
| 71 | Kataiyya-Bhore | Nand Kishore Narayan | INC | |
| 72 | Kataiyya-Bhore(SC) | Chandrica Ram | INC | |
| 73 | Meerganj | Janardan Sinha | INC | |
| 74 | Barharya | Sagirul Haque | INC | |
| 75 | Siwan | Shankar NATH | INC | |
| 76 | Siwan(sc) | Ram Basawan Ram | INC | |
| 77 | Mairwa | Gadhadar Prasahd | INC | |
| 78 | Drauli | Ram Narayan Shukla | INC | |
| 79 | Raghunathpur | Ramanand Yadav | INC | |
| 80 | Manjhi | Girish Tiwari | INC | |
| 81 | Mharajganj | Mahamayaprasad Sinha | Praja Socialist | |
| 82 | Ekma | Laxmi Narayan Singh | INC | |
| 83 | Basantpur(w) | Krishnakant Singh | INC | |
| 84 | Basantpur(E) | Harikishore Prasad | INC | |
| 85 | Masrakh (N) | Baijnath Singh | INC | |
| 86 | Masrakh(S) | Sukhdev Narayan Singh Mahtha | INC | |
| 87 | Maraudha | Ramswarup Devi | INC | |
| 88 | Baniyapur | Vishvnath Mishra | INC | |
| 89 | Chapra Nagar | Murli Manohar Prasad | INC | |
| 90 | Chapra Mufassil-Garkha | Jaglal Chaudhari | INC | |
| 91 | Chapra Mufassil-Garkha | Prabhunath Singh | INC | |
| 92 | Parsa | Daroga Prasad Ray | INC | |
| 93 | Sonpur | Jagdish Sharma | INC | |
| 94 | Bagha-Ramnagar | Kedar Padey | INC | |
| 95 | Bagha-Ramnagar | Jagannath Prasad Shrivastav | INC | |
| 96 | Shikarpur-Lauriya | Vishvnath Sinha | INC | |
| 97 | Shikarpur-Lauriya(SC) | Raghuni Baitha | INC | |
| 98 | Sikta | Faizul Rahman | INC | |
| 99 | Dhanha | Sudama Misra | INC | |
| 100 | Betiya | Prajapati Mishra | INC |
State Reorganization
Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2] Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.
References
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
- "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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