1952 Bhopal State Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Bhopal Legislative Assembly were held on March 27, 1952.[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats, and Shankar Dayal Sharma became the Chief Minister.

1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election
27 March 1952 (1952-03-27)
All 30 seats in the Bhopal Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered610,182
Turnout37.07%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC ABHM
Seats won 25 1
Popular vote 1,17,656 31,684
Percentage 52.01% 14.01
Elected Chief Minister of Bhopal

Shankar Dayal Sharma
INC

Constituencies

The Bhopal Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seats, distributed in seven two-member constituencies and sixteen single-member constituencies. A total of 91 contestants were in the fray for these 30 seats. Silwani legislative assembly had the maximum number of contestants (8 candidates), while Ichhawar had the minimum contestants (only 1 candidate, who was elected unopposed).[1]

Political parties

Four national parties, along with Kisan Mazdoor Mandal took part in the assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party, while no other party crossed the double digit.[1]

Results

Summary of results of the 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election[1]
Political PartySeats
Contested		Won % of
Seats		VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 282583.331,17,65652.01
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 913.3331,68414.01
Independent politician 32413.3351,73622.87
Total Seats 30Voters6,10,182Turnout2,26,210 (37.07%)

Elected Members
# Constituency Member Party
1 ShahajahanabadJalauddin QureshiIndian National Congress
2 ShishmahalSyed AjazuddinIndian National Congress
3 JahangirabadInayatullah Tarzi MashriquiIndian National Congress
4 BairagarhBaboolal BhartiaIndian National Congress
Lila RaiIndian National Congress
5 HuzurSardarmal LalwaniIndependent
6 BerasiaShankar Dayal SharmaIndian National Congress
7 NazirabadShankar DayalHindu Mahasabha
8 SehoreUmrao SinghIndian National Congress
Sultan Mohd KhanIndian National Congress
9 ShyampurHar Kishan SinghIndian National Congress
BaboolalIndian National Congress
10 AshtaChandan MalIndian National Congress
Gopi DasIndian National Congress
11 KotriMaimoona SultanaIndian National Congress
12 IchhawarKesarimal JainIndian National Congress
13 NasrullahganjVanshi DharIndian National Congress
14 BudhniLachmi NarainIndian National Congress
15 RaisenBaboolalIndian National Congress
Kamta PrashadIndian National Congress
16 BegumganjKundan LalIndian National Congress
17 SultanganjBaboolal KamalIndian National Congress
18 GoharganjDalip SinghIndependent
Gulab ChandIndependent
19 AmrawadNarbada Charan LalIndian National Congress
20 BareliShyam SundarIndian National Congress
21 SilwaniLila Dhar RathiIndian National Congress
Daulat ShahIndependent
22 UdaipurNit GopalIndian National Congress
23 DeoriRam Karan LalIndian National Congress

State Reorganisation and Merger

On November 1, 1956, Bhopal State was merged into Madhya Pradesh under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bhopal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  2. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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