1951–52 elections in India
First general election held in independent India
The Indian Republic held its first elections in 1951–52.
Presidential election
The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 670000 votes over his nearest rival K.T. Shah who got 92,827 votes.
General election
General elections to the first Lok Sabha since independence were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power, winning 364 of the 489 seats. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country.[ 1]
Party Votes % Seats Indian National Congress 47,665,951 44.99 364 Socialist Party 11,216,719 10.59 12 Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 6,135,978 5.79 9 Communist Party of India 3,487,401 3.29 16 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3,246,361 3.06 3 Scheduled Castes Federation 2,521,695 2.38 2 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 2,091,898 1.97 3 Krishikar Lok Party 1,489,615 1.41 1 People's Democratic Front 1,367,404 1.29 7 Shiromani Akali Dal 1,047,611 0.99 4 Hindu Mahasabha 1,003,034 0.95 4 Peasants and Workers Party of India 992,187 0.94 2 Forward Bloc (Marxist) 963,058 0.91 1 All India Ganatantra Parishad 959,749 0.91 6 Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party 889,292 0.84 4 Jharkhand Party 749,702 0.71 3 Revolutionary Socialist Party 468,108 0.44 3 Commonweal Party 325,398 0.31 3 Lok Sewak Sangh 309,940 0.29 2 Zamindar Party 291,300 0.27 0 Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party 236,094 0.22 1 Uttar Pradesh Praja Party 213,656 0.20 0 S.K. Paksha 137,343 0.13 0 All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) 133,936 0.13 0 Kamgar Kisan Paksha 132,574 0.13 0 Tribal Sangha 116,629 0.11 0 Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress 115,893 0.11 1 Kerala Socialist Party 102,098 0.10 0 Indian Union Muslim League 79,470 0.08 1 Revolutionary Communist Party of India 67,275 0.06 0 Justice Party 63,254 0.06 0 All India United Kisan Sabha 60,254 0.06 0 All India Republican Party (RPP) 57,815 0.05 0 All India Republican Party (REP) 44,286 0.04 0 All People's Party 36,851 0.03 0 Tamil Nadu Congress Party 36,158 0.03 0 Khasi-Jaintia Durbar 32,987 0.03 0 Saurashtra Khedut Sangh 29,766 0.03 0 Bolshevik Party of India 25,792 0.02 0 All Manipur National Union 22,083 0.02 0 Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party 20,665 0.02 0 Hill People Party 17,350 0.02 0 Praja Party 16,955 0.02 0 Kuki National Association 12,155 0.01 0 Punjab Depressed Class League 11,789 0.01 0 Pursharathi Panchayat 10,778 0.01 0 Cochin Party 8,947 0.01 0 Kisan Mazdoor Mandal 8,808 0.01 0 Hyderabad State Praja Party 7,646 0.01 0 Gandhi Sebak Seva 7,196 0.01 0 Kisan Janta Sanyukta Party 6,390 0.01 0 National Party of India 3,232 0.00 0 Historical Research 1,468 0.00 0 Independents 16,850,089 15.90 37 Appointed members[ a] 10 Total 105,950,083 100.00 499 Registered voters/turnout 173,212,343 44.87 Source: ECI
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Legislative Assembly elections
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Summary of results of the 1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election[ 2]
Party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
30
20
66.67
1,04,411
44.47
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
15
3
10.00
28,057
11.95
Pursharathi Panchayat
6
3
10.00
15,781
7.72
Communist Party of India
2
0
3,494
1.49
Socialist Party
2
0
1,055
0.45
Independent politician
79
4
13.33
81,990
34.92
Total Seats
30
Voters
4,62,810
Turnout
2,34,788 (50.73%)
* : On 1 November 1956, Ajmer State was merged into Rajasthan under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 .[ 3]
Assam
Summary of results of the 1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election[ 4]
Political Party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
92
76
72.38
10,64,850
43.48
Socialist Party
61
4
3.81
3,25,690
13.30
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
40
1
0.95
1,46,792
5.99
Communist Party of India
18
1
0.95
69,431
2.84
Garo National Council
4
3
2.86
14,577
0.60
Khasi-Jaintia Durbar
4
1
0.95
24,248
0.99
All People's Party (Assam)
3
1
0.95
14,930
0.61
Mizo Union
3
3
2.86
29,104
1.19
Khasi Jaintia Federated State National Conference
1
1
0.95
9,441
0.39
Independent
213
14
13.33
6,93,908
28.34
Total Seats
105
Voters
49,55,390
Turnout
24,48,890 (49.42%)
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election[ 5]
Political Party
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
28
25
83.33
1,17,656
52.01
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
9
1
3.33
31,684
14.01
Independent politician
32
4
13.33
51,736
22.87
Total Seats
30
Voters
6,10,182
Turnout
2,26,210 (37.07%)
* : On 1 November 1956, Bhopal State was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 .[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election[ 6]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
322
239
72.42
39,51,145
41.38
Socialist Party
266
23
6.97
17,29,750
18.11
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
98
1
0.30
2,68,416
2.81
Jharkhand Party
53
32
9.70
7,65,272
8.01
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
38
11
3.33
3,01,691
3.16
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
34
1
0.30
1,07,386
1.12
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
29
1
0.30
60,360
0.63
Lok Sewak Sangh
12
7
2.12
1,48,921
1.56
All India Ganatantra Parishad
1
1
0.30
14,237
0.15
Independent
638
14
4.24
18,77,236
19.66
Total seats
330
Voters
2,41,65,389
Turnout
95,48,835 (39.51%)
Party wise votes polled
Independent (19.66%)
Others (8.12%)
* West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 .[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election[ 7]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
313
270
55,56,334
49.95%
Peasants and Workers Party of India
87
14
7,17,963
6.45%
Socialist Party
182
9
13,30,246
11.96%
Kamgar Kisan Paksha
33
2
2,48,130
2.23%
Scheduled Castes Federation
37
1
3,44,718
3.10%
Communist Party of India
25
1
1,59,994
1.44%
Krishikar Lok Party
16
1
1,07,408
0.97%
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
67
0
5,59,492
5.03%
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
37
0
1,24,466
1.12%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
9
0
35,194
0.32%
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
8
0
16,847
0.15%
Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2
0
4,876
0.04%
Independent
427
19
19,17,574
17.24%
Total
1243
317
Turnout (Voters) 1,11,23,242 (2,19,04,595)
50.78%
* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 , Bombay state was re-organized by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State , Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh , and Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost districts of Bombay were transferred to Mysore State while Abu Road taluka of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan .[ 3]
* * : On 1 November 1956, Coorg State was merged into Mysore State as per the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 .[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election[ 9]
Party
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
47
39
81.25
271,812
52.09
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
31
5
10.42
114,207
21.89
Scheduled Castes Federation
5
0
0
15,592
2.99
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
7
0
0
13,646
2.62
Socialist Party
6
2
4.17
12,396
2.38
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
5
1
2.08
6,891
1.32
Communist Party of India
1
0
0
2,591
0.50
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
4
0
0
849
0.16
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
1
0
0
503
0.10
Revolutionary Socialist Party
1
0
0
307
0.06
Independent
78
1
2.08
82,972
15.90
Total Seats
48
Voters
744,668
Turnout
521,766 (58.52%)
* : 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] 1993 , when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution .[ 10]
* * : Under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 , Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory on 1 November 1956, under the direct administration of the President of India and the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.[ 3] 1967 .
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election[ 12]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
173
93
53.14
21,77,716
41.86
Socialist Party
97
11
6.29
5,90,209
11.35
People's Democratic Front
77
42
24.00
10,80,092
20.76
Scheduled Castes Federation
24
5
2.86
2,66,482
5.12
Peasants and Workers Party of India
21
10
5.71
2,15,992
4.15
Independent
136
14
8.00
7,58,318
14.58
Total seats
175
Voters
1,21,14,635
Turnout
52,02,214 (42.94%)
* : On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State , except the districts of Raichur, Gulbarga, Bidar and Marathwada, was merged into Andhra State to form a single state, Andhra Pradesh , under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 . The districts of Raichur, Bidar and Gulbarga were transferred to the Mysore State , while the Marathwada district was merged with the Bombay State .[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election[ 13]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
99
75
75.76
9,38,918
47.24
Socialist Party
59
4
4.04
1,45,845
7.34
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
42
4
4.04
1,93,627
9.74
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
39
2
2.02
1,43,132
7.20
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
33
11
11.11
2,36,824
11.92
Independent
131
3
3.03
2,58,157
12.99
Total seats
99
Voters
57,23,673
Turnout
19,87,410 (34.72%)
* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 , Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district) was merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district of Madhya Bharat was merged in Rajasthan .[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[ 14]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
225
194
83.62
34,34,058
49.07
Socialist Party
143
2
0.86
6,61,874
9.46
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
71
8
3.45
3,65,371
5.22
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
35
3
1.29
1,75,324
2.51
S. K. Paksha
19
2
0.86
1,01,670
1.45
Independent
469
23
9.91
16,01,565
22.89
Total seats
232
Voters
1,55,13,592
Turnout
69,97,588 (45.11%)
* : 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 Nagpur Division was transferred to Bombay State.[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election[ 15]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Govt.
Indian National Congress
367
152
40.53
69,88,701
34.88
Leading Party
Socialist Party
163
13
3.47
12,99,282
6.48
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
148
35
9.33
18,03,377
9.00
** Full support
Communist Party of India
131
62
16.53
26,40,337
13.18
Krishikar Lok Party #
63
15
4.00
6,29,893
3.14
* Outside support,
Republican Party of India
37
2
0.53
3,39,680
1.70
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party *
34
19
5.07
8,52,330
4.25
Commonweal Party **
13
6
1.60
2,18,288
1.09
Madras State Muslim League Party **
13
5
1.33
1,86,546
0.93
# 3 KLP legislators
Justice Party
9
1
0.27
82,231
0.41
All India Forward Bloc
6
3
0.80
1,38,203
0.69
Independent #
667
62
16.53
47,58,768
23.75
Total seats
375
Voters
3,66,00,615
Turnout
2,00,38,423 (54.75%)
* : On 1 November 1956, the southern part of Travancore-Cochin (Kanyakumari district ) was added to the Madras State while the Malabar district of the state was transferred to the new state of Kerala , and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands , was created.[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election[ 16]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
99
74
74.75
12,76,318
46.35
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
59
8
8.08
3,91,653
14.22
Socialist Party
47
3
3.03
240390
8.73
Scheduled Caste Federation
7
2
2.02
47,916
1.74
Communist Party of India
5
1
1.01
25,116
0.91
Independent
154
11
11.11
7,10,359
25.79
Total seats
99
Voters
54,66,487
Turnout
27,53,870 (50.38%)
* : On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of Coorg State , the Kollegal taluk of the Coimbatore district and the South Kanara district (except the Kasaragod taluk) of Madras State , and the Kannada speaking districts from southern Bombay state and western Hyderabad State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 . The Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.[ 3]
Orissa
Summary of results of the 1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election[ 17]
Parties
Flag
Seats Contested
Seats Won
Votes
% of Votes
National Parties
Communist Party of India
33
7
2,06,757
5.62%
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
2
1
12,874
0.35%
Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group)
1
0
2,779
0.08%
Indian National Congress
135
67
13,92,501
37.87%
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
7
0
16,948
0.46%
Socialist Party
79
10
4,32,731
11.77%
State Parties
All India Ganatantra Parishad
58
31
7,53,685
20.50%
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
Peoples Independent Party
1
0
11,895
0.32%
Pursharathi Panchayat
1
0
1,841
0.05%
Radical Democrat Party
1
0
1,589
0.04%
Independents
Independent
204
24
8,43,446
22.94%
Total
140
36,77,046
100%
Summary of results of the 1952 Patiala & East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election [ 18]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
51
26
43.33
3,88,185
28.66
Akali Dal
41
19
31.67
3,17,502
23.44
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
23
2
3.33
43,809
3.23
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
15
1
1.67
20,179
1.49
Communist Party of India
14
2
3.33
64,652
4.77
Lal Communist Party Hind Union
5
1
1.67
21,539
1.59
Scheduled Caste Federation
7
1
1.67
47,216
3.49
Independent
188
8
13.33
3,96,956
29.31
Total seats
60
Voters
22,98,385
Turnout
13,54,476 (58.93%)
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election[ 19]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
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%)
* Punjab was enlarged by the addition of Patiala & East Punjab States Union in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act of 1956 .[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election[ 20]
Party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
156
82
51.25
12,86,953
39.46
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
59
24
15.00
3,99,958
12.26
Socialist Party
51
1
0.63
1,35,971
4.17
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
50
8
5.00
1,93,532
5.93
Krishikar Lok Party
46
7
43.75
2,70,807
8.30
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
6
2
1.25
28,183
0.86
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
6
1
0.63
16,411
0.50
Independent
230
35
21.88
8,96,671
27.49
Total seats
160
Voters
92,68,215
Turnout
32,61,442 (35.19%)
* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 , the Ajmer State , the Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district of Bombay State , the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the Punjab was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to Madhya Pradesh .[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election[ 21]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
59
55
91.67
606,934
63.79
Saurashtra Khedut Sangh
37
1
1.67
139,449
14.66
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
25
0
43,043
4.52
Socialist Party
28
2
3.33
34,778
3.66
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
16
0
30,907
3.25
Communist Party of India
3
0
7,791
0.82
Scheduled Castes Federation
3
0
4,977
0.52
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3
0
4,346
0.46
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
1
0
3,660
0.38
Independent
50
2
3.33
75,624
7.95
Total seats
60
Voters
20,81,140
Turnout
9,51,509 (45.72%)
* : On 1 November 1956, Saurashtra State was merged into Bombay State as per the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 .[ 3]
Travancore-Cochin
Summary of results of the 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election[ 22]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
105
44
40.74
12,04,364
35.44
Socialist Party
70
11
10.19
4,85,194
14.28
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress
15
8
7.41
2,01,118
5.92
Cochin Party
12
1
0.93
59,535
1.75
Revolutionary Socialist Party
11
6
5.56
1,18,333
3.48
Kerala Socialist Party
10
1
0.93
73,981
2.18
Independent
199
37
34.26
11,51,555
33.89
Total seats
108
Voters
50,54,733
Turnout
33,98,193 (67.23%)
$ : In 1952 elections of legislative assembly , no party found the majority. Indian National Congress formed a coalition government with the help of Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress , Kerala Socialist Party and a nominated member.[ 23]
Uttar Pradesh
Party Votes % Seats Indian National Congress 8,032,475 47.93 388 Socialist Party 2,015,320 12.03 20 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1,081,395 6.45 2 Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 955,708 5.70 1 Uttar Pradesh Praja Party 301,322 1.80 1 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 291,247 1.74 1 Hindu Mahasabha 239,110 1.43 1 Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party 57,284 0.34 1 Others (6 parties) 490,258 2.93 0 Independents 3,294,500 19.66 15 Total 16,758,619 100.00 430 Source: [ 24]
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Summary of results of the 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[ 25]
Political party
Seats
Won
% of
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%)
* : On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 .[ 3]
*
Summary of results of the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election[ 26]
Political party
Flag
Seats
Won
% of
Votes
Vote %
Indian National Congress
236
150
63.56
2,889,994
38.82
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
129
15
6.36
667,446
8.97
Communist Party of India
86
28
11.86
800,951
10.76
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
85
9
3.81
415,458
5.58
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
48
11
4.66
393,591
5.29
Socialist Party
63
0
215,382
2.89
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
33
4
1.69
1,76,762
2.37
Forward Bloc (Ruikar)
32
2
0.85
1,07,905
1.45
Revolutionary Socialist Party
16
0
63,173
0.85
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore)
10
0
32,859
0.44
Bolshevik Party of India
8
0
20117
0.27
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
14
0
7,100
0.10
Independent
614
19
8.05
1,653,165
22.21
Total seats
238
Voters
17,628,239
Turnout
7,443,903 (42.23%)
* Bihar in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956 .[ 3]
See also
References
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