1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh were held on March 26, 1952. 252 candidates contested the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 12 two-member constituencies, and 36 single-member constituencies.^[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Sambhu Nath Shukla became the new Chief Minister.

1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

26 March 1952 1957 (MP) →
All 60 seats in the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,403,588
Turnout	28.37%
First party Second party   INC Leader S.N. Shukla Party INC Socialist Leader's seat Amarpur Seats won 40 11 Popular vote 2,70,013 1,28,187 Percentage 39.60% 18.80%
Elected Chief Minister of Vindhya Pradesh S.N. Shukla Indian National Congress

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Results

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

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

Elected Members

Constituency	Member	Party
Pushprajgarh	Ram Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
	Dan Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress
Burhar	Saraswati Prasad Patel		Indian National Congress
Sohagpur	Lal Rajendra Bahadur Singh		Independent
Jaitpur-Kotma	Saheb Singh		Indian National Congress
	Padam Chand Patni		Indian National Congress
Beohari	Baba Din		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
	Ram Kishore		Socialist Party
Umariya	Lal Aditya Nath Singh		Indian National Congress
Amarpur	Sambhu Nath Shukla		Indian National Congress
Singrauli Niwas	Sumitri Devi		Socialist Party
	Shyam Kartik		Socialist Party
Deosar	Ganga Dhar		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Sidhi Madwas	Chandra Pratap		Socialist Party
	Dadhi		Socialist Party
Churhat	Jagat Bahadur Singh		Socialist Party
Kanpura	Bhai Lal		Socialist Party
Hanumana	Bhuneshwar Prasad		Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
Maugani Naigarhi	Someshwar Singh		Independent
	Sahdiya Chamar		Socialist Party
Teonthar	Rajeshwar Prasad Misra		Indian National Congress
Garhi	Rana Samser Singh		Indian National Congress
Semariya	Baikunth Prasad		Indian National Congress
Sirmaur	Narmada Prasad Singh		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Mangawan	Sriniwas Tiwari		Socialist Party
Gurh	Brij Raj Singh		Indian National Congress
Rewa	Jagdish Chandra Joshi		Socialist Party
Raipur	Shatru Sudan Singh		Indian National Congress
Mukundpur	Kesho Prasad		Indian National Congress
Ram Nagar	Balwant Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Amarpatan	Lal Bihari Singh		Indian National Congress
Rampur-Baghelan	Govind Narain Singh		Indian National Congress
Sabhapur	Ram Sajiwan Singh		Indian National Congress
Satna	Shiva Nand		Indian National Congress
Kothi	Kaushalendra Pratap Bahadur Singh		Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
Amdara	Ramadhar Pandey		Indian National Congress
Nagod	Gopal Saran Singh		Indian National Congress
	Het Ram		Indian National Congress
Pawai	Bhura		Indian National Congress
	Narendra Singh		Indian National Congress
Ajaigarh	Lalmohammad		Indian National Congress
Panna	Saryu Prasad Chanpuriya		Indian National Congress
Chandla	Kamta Prasad		Indian National Congress
Laundi	Mahendra Kumar Jain		Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	Gokal Prasad		Indian National Congress
Chhatarpur	Govinda		Indian National Congress
	Panna Lal		Indian National Congress
Bijawar	Diwan Pratap Singh		Indian National Congress
	Piyare Lal		Indian National Congress
Malhera	Basant Lal		Indian National Congress
Tikamgarh	Krishna Kant		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
	Rilli Chamar		Socialist Party
Chandpura	Thakur Das		Indian National Congress
Jatara	Narain Das		Indian National Congress
Lidhaura	Raghuraj Singh		Indian National Congress
Niwari	Lala Ram Bajpai		Indian National Congress
Prithvipur	Shyam Lal		Indian National Congress
Seondha	Ram Das		Indian National Congress
	Laxmi Narain		Indian National Congress
Datia	Shyam Sunder Das		Indian National Congress

State Reorganization and Merger

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

See also

• India portal

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