1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

26 March 1952
All 60 seats in the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,403,588
Turnout	28.37%
First party Second party   Leader S.N. Shukla Party INC Socialist Leader's seat Amarpur Seats won 40 11 Popular vote 2,70,013 1,28,187 Percentage 39.60% 18.80%
Elected Chief Minister of Vindhya Pradesh S.N. Shukla Indian National Congress

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh were held on March 26, 1952. 252 candidates contested the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 12 two-member constituencies, and 36 single-member constituencies.^[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Sambhu Nath Shukla became the new Chief Minister.

Results

Summary of results of the 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election^[1]

	Political party	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress	56	40	66.67	2,70,013	39.60
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	49	3	5.00	1,10,465	16.2
	Socialist Party	46	11	18.33	1,28,187	18.80
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	33	2	3.33	67,330	9.88
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	17	2	3.33	30,817	4.52
	Independent politician	42	2	3.33	62,102	9.11
Total Seats		60	Voters	24,03,588	Turnout	6,81,799 (28.37%)

Elected Members

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[2]

See also

• Vindhya Pradesh
• 1951–52 elections in India
• 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

References