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 1993 →
All 48 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	58.52%
First party Second party   Leader 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 Brahm Prakash INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

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]

Party		Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	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%)

Elected members

S.No.	Constituency	Member	Party
1	Kotla Feroze Shah	Shanta Vasisht		Indian National Congress
2	Parliament Street	Kaushaleshwar Prasad Shankara		Indian National Congress
3	Safdar Jang	Daljit Singh		Indian National Congress
4	Lodhi Road	Shiva Nandan Rishi		Indian National Congress
5	Puran Qilla Viney Nagar	Pushpa Devi		Indian National Congress
6	Delhi Cantt	Raghvendra Singh		Indian National Congress
7	Reading Road	Amin Chand		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8		Prafulla Ranjan Chakravarty		Indian National Congress
9	Chittar Gupta	Kartar Singh		Indian National Congress
10	Mantola	Mushtaq Rai		Indian National Congress
11	Ram Nagar	Shankar Lal		Indian National Congress
12	Jhanday Walan	Ghardhari Lal Salwan		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
13	Kashmere Gate	Bhagwan Dass		Indian National Congress
14	Chandni Chowk	Yudhvir Singh		Indian National Congress
15	Phatak Habash Khan	Harkishan Lal		Indian National Congress
16	Maliwara	Anand Raj		Indian National Congress
17	Ballimaran	Sultan Yar Khan		Indian National Congress
18	Chawri Bazar	Nuruddin Ahmad		Indian National Congress
19	Ajmeri Gate	Shafiq Ur Rehman Kidwai		Indian National Congress
20	Sita Ram Bazar Turkman Gate	Shiv Charan Dass		Indian National Congress
21		Sudershan Singh		Indian National Congress
22	Kucha Chelan	Mushtaq Ahmad		Socialist Party
23	Darya Ganj	Gurmukh Nihal Singh		Indian National Congress
24	Chandrawal	Hukam Singh		Indian National Congress
25	Roshanara	Jagan Nath		Indian National Congress
26	Arya Pura	Mangal Dass		Indian National Congress
27	Tokriwalan	Gopinath		Indian National Congress
28	Deputy Ganj	Sham Charan		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
29	Pahari Dhiraj Basti Jullahan	Hem Chand Jain		Indian National Congress
30		Dhanpat Rai		Indian National Congress
31	Manak Pura	B.D. Joshi		Socialist Party
32	Tibbia College	Ram Singh		Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
33	Naiwala	Dilawar Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
34	Rehgar Pura Dev Nagar	Daya Ram		Indian National Congress
35		Sushila Nayar		Indian National Congress
36	Kishan Ganj Anad Parbat	Jag Pravesh Chandra		Indian National Congress
37	Civil Lines	Krishna		Indian National Congress
38	Kingsway Camp	Jang bahadur Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
39	Wazirabad	Fateh Singh		Indian National Congress
40	Shahdara	Chinta Mani		Indian National Congress
41	Narela	Mange Ram		Indian National Congress
42		Prabhu Dayal		Indian National Congress
43	Nangloi	Chaudhary Brahm Prakash		Indian National Congress
44	Khanjhawla	Bhup Singh		Independent
45	Isa Pur	Subedat Hati Singh		Indian National Congress
46	Najaf Garh	Ajit Singh		Indian National Congress
47	Mehrauli	Mitter Sen		Indian National Congress
48		Sukh Dev		Indian 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

• 1951–52 elections in India
• 1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election