Bombay Legislative Assembly election, 1952
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Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Bombay were held on March 26, 1952. 1239 candidates contested for the 260 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 1 three-member, 47 two-member constituencies and 212 single-member constituencies. [1]
Results
Political party | Flag | Seats Contested | Won | % of Seats | Votes | Vote % | |
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Indian National Congress | ![]() |
313 | 269 | 85.40 | 55,56,334 | 49.95 | |
Socialist Party | 182 | 9 | 2.86 | 13,30,246 | 11.96 | ||
Peasants and Workers Party of India | 87 | 14 | 4.44 | 7,17,963 | 6.45 | ||
Scheduled Caste Federation | 37 | 1 | 0.32 | 3,44,718 | 3.10 | ||
Kamgar Kisan Paksha | 33 | 2 | 0.63 | 2,48,130 | 2.23 | ||
Communist Party of India | ![]() |
25 | 1 | 0.32 | 1,59,994 | 1.44 | |
Krishikar Lok Party | 16 | 1 | 0.32 | 1,07,408 | 0.97 | ||
Independent | 427 | 18 | 5.71 | 19,17,574 | 17.24 | ||
Total seats | 315 | Voters | 2,19,04,595 | Turnout | 1,11,23,242 (50.78 %) |
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra state and Kutch state, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathi speaking Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost Kannada-speaking districts of Dharwar, Bijapur, North Kanara and Belgaum (excluding the Chandgad taluk) were transferred to Mysore state, while Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan.[2] Hence the constituencies increased from 315 to 396 in 1957 elections.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
- ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.