Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1952

Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1952

26 March 1952

All 126 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, 1957   First party Second party   Leader Bhim Sen Sachar - Party INC SAD Leader's seat Ludhiana City South - Seats won 96 13 Popular vote 18,30,601 6,20,455 Percentage 36.69 12.44

Chief Minister before election Bhim Sen Sachar INC Chief Minister Bhim Sen Sachar (17 Apr. 1952 - 23 Jan. 1956) Partap Singh Kairon (23 Jan. 1956 - Apr. 1957) INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly were held on March 26, 1952. 842 candidates contested for the 105 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies. ^[1]

Results

 Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1952 ^[1]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress		121	96	76.19	18,30,601	36.69
	Shiromani Akali Dal		48	13	10.32	6,20,455	12.44
	Zamindar Party		31	2	1.59	3,72,126	7.46
	Communist Party of India		26	4	3.17	1,93,974	3.89
	Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)		19	1	0.79	69,694	1.40
	Lal Communist Party Hind Union		9	1	0.79	57,739	1.16
	Independent		446	9	7.14	11,92,896	23.91
Total seats			126	Voters	86,23,498	Turnout	49,89,077 (57.85 %)

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab.^[2] Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

See also

• 1951–52 elections in India
• Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1957

References

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