1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 1,122 candidates contested for the 184 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 48 two-member constituencies and 136 single-member constituencies, for a total of 232 seats.[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.

1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
26 March 1952
All 232 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
117 seats needed for a majority
Turnout45.11%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC KMPP
Seats won 194 8
Popular vote 34,34,058 3,65,371
Percentage 49.07% 5.22%
Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Results
 Summary of results of the 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election [1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		Won% of
Seats		VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 22519483.6234,34,05849.07
Socialist Party 14320.866,61,8749.46
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 7183.453,65,3715.22
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 3531.291,75,3242.51
S. K. Paksha 1920.861,01,6701.45
Independent 469239.9116,01,56522.89
Total seats 232Voters1,55,13,592Turnout69,97,588 (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. "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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