1952 Bhopal State Legislative Assembly election

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
Registered	610,182
Turnout	37.07%
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

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

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.

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 Party	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	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%)

Elected Members

#	Constituency	Member	Party
1	Shahajahanabad	Jalauddin Qureshi		Indian National Congress
2	Shishmahal	Syed Ajazuddin		Indian National Congress
3	Jahangirabad	Inayatullah Tarzi Mashriqui		Indian National Congress
4	Bairagarh	Baboolal Bhartia		Indian National Congress
		Lila Rai		Indian National Congress
5	Huzur	Sardarmal Lalwani		Independent
6	Berasia	Shankar Dayal Sharma		Indian National Congress
7	Nazirabad	Shankar Dayal		Hindu Mahasabha
8	Sehore	Umrao Singh		Indian National Congress
		Sultan Mohd Khan		Indian National Congress
9	Shyampur	Har Kishan Singh		Indian National Congress
		Baboolal		Indian National Congress
10	Ashta	Chandan Mal		Indian National Congress
		Gopi Das		Indian National Congress
11	Kotri	Maimoona Sultana		Indian National Congress
12	Ichhawar	Kesarimal Jain		Indian National Congress
13	Nasrullahganj	Vanshi Dhar		Indian National Congress
14	Budhni	Lachmi Narain		Indian National Congress
15	Raisen	Baboolal		Indian National Congress
		Kamta Prashad		Indian National Congress
16	Begumganj	Kundan Lal		Indian National Congress
17	Sultanganj	Baboolal Kamal		Indian National Congress
18	Goharganj	Dalip Singh		Independent
		Gulab Chand		Independent
19	Amrawad	Narbada Charan Lal		Indian National Congress
20	Bareli	Shyam Sundar		Indian National Congress
21	Silwani	Lila Dhar Rathi		Indian National Congress
		Daulat Shah		Independent
22	Udaipur	Nit Gopal		Indian National Congress
23	Deori	Ram Karan Lal		Indian 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

• 1951–52 elections in India
• Bhopal State
• Bhopal State (1949–56)
• 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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.