1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

The first Delhi Legislative Assembly election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly was held on 27 March 1952.[1][2] Forty-eight seats were up for election.[2] Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member.[1]

1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
27 March 1952
All 48 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
Party INC ABJS
Leader's seat Nangloi Jat -
Seats before N/A N/A
Seats won 39 5
Seat change N/A N/A
Popular vote 2,71,812 1,14,207
Percentage 52.09% 21.89%
Chief Minister

Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
INC

Results

Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.[1] Chaudhary Brahm Prakash of Indian National Congress was elected Chief Minister.

Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election[1]
PartySeats
Contested		Won % of
Seats		VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 473981.252,71,81252.09
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31510.421,14,20721.89
Socialist Party 624.1712,3962.38
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 512.086,8911.32
Independent 7812.0882,97215.90
Total Seats 48Voters7,44,668Turnout5,21,766 (58.52%)

Elected members
S.No. Constituency Member Party
1Kotla Feroze ShahShanta VasishtIndian National Congress
2Parliament StreetKaushaleshwar Prasad ShankaraIndian National Congress
3Safdar JangDaljit SinghIndian National Congress
4Lodhi RoadShiva Nandan RishiIndian National Congress
5Puran Qilla Viney NagarPushpa DeviIndian National Congress
6Delhi CanttRaghvendra SinghIndian National Congress
7Reading RoadAmin ChandBharatiya Jana Sangh
8Prafulla Ranjan ChakravartyIndian National Congress
9Chittar GuptaKartar SinghIndian National Congress
10MantolaMushtaq RaiIndian National Congress
11Ram NagarShankar LalIndian National Congress
12Jhanday WalanGhardhari Lal SalwanBharatiya Jana Sangh
13Kashmere GateBhagwan DassIndian National Congress
14Chandni ChowkYudhvir SinghIndian National Congress
15Phatak Habash KhanHarkishan LalIndian National Congress
16MaliwaraAnand RajIndian National Congress
17BallimaranSultan Yar KhanIndian National Congress
18Chawri BazarNuruddin AhmadIndian National Congress
19Ajmeri GateShafiq Ur Rehman KidwaiIndian National Congress
20Sita Ram Bazar Turkman GateShiv Charan DassIndian National Congress
21Sudershan SinghIndian National Congress
22Kucha ChelanMushtaq AhmadSocialist Party
23Darya GanjGurmukh Nihal SinghIndian National Congress
24ChandrawalHukam SinghIndian National Congress
25RoshanaraJagan NathIndian National Congress
26Arya PuraMangal DassIndian National Congress
27TokriwalanGopinathIndian National Congress
28Deputy GanjSham CharanBharatiya Jana Sangh
29Pahari Dhiraj Basti JullahanHem Chand JainIndian National Congress
30Dhanpat RaiIndian National Congress
31Manak PuraB.D. JoshiSocialist Party
32Tibbia CollegeRam SinghAkhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
33NaiwalaDilawar SinghBharatiya Jana Sangh
34Rehgar Pura Dev NagarDaya RamIndian National Congress
35Sushila NayarIndian National Congress
36Kishan Ganj Anad ParbatJag Pravesh ChandraIndian National Congress
37Civil LinesKrishnaIndian National Congress
38Kingsway CampJang bahadur SinghBharatiya Jana Sangh
39WazirabadFateh SinghIndian National Congress
40ShahdaraChinta ManiIndian National Congress
41NarelaMange RamIndian National Congress
42Prabhu DayalIndian National Congress
43NangloiChaudhary Brahm PrakashIndian National Congress
44KhanjhawlaBhup SinghIndependent
45Isa PurSubedat Hati SinghIndian National Congress
46Najaf GarhAjit SinghIndian National Congress
47MehrauliMitter SenIndian National Congress
48Sukh DevIndian National Congress

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.[3] Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Delhi" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. Kaushik, S. L.; Rama Patnayak (1995). Modern Governments and Political Systems. Vol. 3. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 65.
  3. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
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