Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh were held on March 26, 1952. 252 candidates contested for the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 12 two-member constituencies and 36 single-member constituencies. ^[1]

Results

 Summary of results of the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952 ^[1]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	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		42	2	3.33	62,102	9.11
Total Seats			60	Voters	24,03,588	Turnout	6,81,799 (28.37 %)

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[2]

See also

• Vindhya Pradesh
• 1951–52 elections in India
• Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952
• Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
2. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.