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

  1. Bharatiya Jana Sangh
  2. Communist Party of India
  3. Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
  4. Forward Bloc (Ruikar)
  5. Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
  6. Indian National Congress
  7. Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
  8. Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
  9. Revolutionary Socialist Party
  10. Scheduled Caste Federation
  11. Socialist Party

State parties

  1. Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party
  2. Jharkhand Party
  3. Lok Sewak Sangh
  4. All India United Kisan Sabha

Registered (unrecognised) parties

  1. All India Gantantra Parishad

Results

 Summary of results of the 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election [1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested
Won% of
Seats
VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 32223972.4239,51,14541.38
Socialist Party 266236.9717,29,75018.11
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 9810.302,68,4162.81
Jharkhand Party 53329.707,65,2728.01
Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party 38113.333,01,6913.16
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 3410.301,07,3861.12
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 2910.3060,3600.63
Lok Sewak Sangh 1272.121,48,9211.56
All India Ganatantra Parishad 110.3014,2370.15
Independent 638144.2418,77,23619.66
Total seats 330Voters2,41,65,389Turnout95,48,835 (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.

    See also

    References

    1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (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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