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1952 Elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1952. * 1952 Chilean presidential election * 1952 Dahomeyan Territorial Assembly election * 1952 Dutch general election * 1952 Gabonese legislative election * 1952 Greek legislative election * 1952 Icelandic presidential election * 1952 Japanese general election * 1952 Mexican general election * 1952 Panamanian general election * 1952 Polish legislative election * 1952 Salvadoran legislative election * 1952 Ubangi-Shari parliamentary election Asia * 1952 Afghan parliamentary election * 1951–1952 Burmese general election * 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election * 1952 Iranian legislative election * 1952 Israeli presidential election India * 1952 Indian presidential election * 1951–52 elections in India Legislative Assembly elections * 1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election * 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election * 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Australia * 1952 Bradfield by-election * 1952 Lyne by-elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Chilean Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1952.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p262 The result was a victory for Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, who ran as an independent. Electoral system The election was held using the absolute majority system, under which a candidate had to receive over 50% of the popular vote to be elected. If no candidate received over 50% of the vote, both houses of the National Congress would come together to vote on the two candidates who received the most votes.Nohlen, p259 Candidates Pedro Enrique Alfonso Alfonso was the candidate of the Radical Party, and was also supported by the social democratic parties. His government would have become the fourth consecutive Radical administration, since Pedro Aguirre Cerda was elected president. Salvador Allende Allende, a Senator, was the candidate of the Socialist Party, and was running for President for the first time. He had the support of the banne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Indian Presidential Election
The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on 2 May 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 507,400 votes (83.81%) over his nearest rival K. T. Shah who got 92,827 votes (15.3%). Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 4 April 1952. Results Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website See also * 1952 Indian vice presidential election The first Indian vice presidential election was held in 1952. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was elected unopposed as the first vice president. Had the election been contested by more than one candidate, the poll would have occurred on 12 May 1952. ... References {{Indian presidential elections 1952 elections in India Presidential elections in India May 1952 events in Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 British Columbia General Election
The 1952 British Columbia general election was the 23rd general election in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, alongside a plebiscite on daylight saving time and liquor. The election was called on April 10, 1952, and held on June 12, 1952. The new legislature met for the first time on February 3, 1953. It was the first BC general election to use a preferential ballot, a short-lived phenomenon in the province. The presence of multi-member districts, such as Victoria City with 3 MLAs, in conjunction with the alternative voting system called for an innovation where the district's candidates were split into three "ballots", each with one candidate from each party. Due to the preferential ballot, the election resulted in a surprise victory for the new Social Credit Party. Not even the Socreds had expected to win the election; the party had no official leader, and was nominally lead through the ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Alberta General Election
The 1952 Alberta general election was held on August 5, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ernest C. Manning in his third election as leader of the Social Credit Party, and its first election since the Social Credit Party paid off Alberta's first debt in 1949, led it to its fifth consecutive election victory, increasing its share of the popular vote, and winning fifty two of the sixty one seats in the legislature. The Liberal Party formed the official opposition with only four seats. The Conservative Party returned to Alberta politics again, nominating candidates both under the "Conservative" banner, and under the "Progressive Conservative" banner recently adopted by its federal counterpart. The party won two seats, one under each banner. The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation won two seats, one that of leader Elmer Roper. The remaining seat was won by an Independent. This provincial election, like the previous six, saw district-level proportion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Bournemouth East And Christchurch By-election
The Bournemouth East and Christchurch by-election of 6 February 1952 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brendan Bracken was elevated to the House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster .... The seat was retained by the Conservatives. Results References {{By-elections to the 40th UK Parliament Bournemouth East and Christchurch by-election Bournemouth East and Christchurch by-election Bournemouth East and Christchurch by-election, 1952 By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in South West England constituencies Politics of Bournemouth Politics of Christchurch, Dorset Bournemouth East and Christchurch by-election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Belfast South By-election
The 1952 Belfast South by-election was held following the resignation of Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament, Hugh Gage.South Belfast 1950-1970 Northern Ireland Elections History Belfast South had consistently elected UUP members since its recreation in 1922, and no Irish nationalist had even stood in the seat in that period. The opposition came from the . Gage had first won the seat at the |
1952 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 21 September 1952.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 The Social Democrats remained the largest party with 110 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag and together with the Communist Party of Sweden they got 115 seats and the other parties 115 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1872 Tage Erlander and his Social Democratic Party did however form his second government with the Farmers' League already in 1951 and together with that party the Social Democrats now had a majority of 136 seats in the chamber and together with the Communists 141 seats. In the other indirectly elected chamber the Social Democrats had an absolute majority. The Catalina affair had taken place a few months prior to the election and was highly debated during the time. Results References {{Swedish elections General elections in Sweden Sweden General Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Irish Presidential Election
In the 1952 Irish presidential election the outgoing president Seán T. O'Kelly was re-elected without a contest. Procedure Under Article 12 of the Constitution of Ireland, candidates could be nominated by: *at least twenty of the 207 serving members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or *at least four of 31 councils of the administrative counties, including county boroughs, or *themselves, in the case of a former or retiring president. All Irish citizens on the Dáil electoral register were eligible to vote. Nomination process On 25 April 1938, Minister for Local Government made an order under section 6 of the Presidential Elections Act 1937 opening nominations, with noon on 16 May as the deadline for nominations, and 10 June set as the date for a poll (if any). President Seán T. O'Kelly nominated himself as a candidate, and when no other candidate was nominated, he was declared elected on 16 May. This was the first occasion on which a president nominated themselves for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Werriwa By-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Werriwa on 29 November 1952. This was triggered by the death of Labor Party MP Bert Lazzarini. The by-election was won by Labor Party candidate and future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Results See also * List of Australian federal by-elections This is a list of by-elections for the House of Representatives from its creation in 1901 until the present day. Casual vacancies in the House of Representatives arise when a member dies, is disqualified or resigns, or for some other reason the ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Werriwa By-Election, 1952 1952 elections in Australia New South Wales federal by-elections Gough Whitlam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Lyne By-election
The 1952 by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Lyne was called on 22 March after the death of the incumbent Country Party of Australia member Jim Eggins who died in office on 28 January. Candidates Contesting the seat for the Country Party were Donald Lancaster and Philip Lucock, who had stood as one of multiple Country Party candidates for the seat at the 1949 election. Their main opponent was Edward Hayes of the Australian Labor Party. He had been the Labor party candidate at several previous polls. Two independents, Edward Spensley and Joe Cordner, also stood for the seat. Results Jim Eggins () died. The presence of two Country Party candidates split the vote and Hayes took three thousand votes more than either Lucock or Lancaster, but with preferences from Lancaster, Lucock easily won the seat. Aftermath When Philip Lucock was sworn in as the member for Lyne on 22 March 1952, he became the first member of the House of Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Bradfield By-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Bradfield on 20 December 1952. This was triggered by the death of Liberal Party MP and former Prime Minister Billy Hughes. The election was won by Liberal Party candidate Harry Turner on a severely reduced margin, but against an Independent candidate rather than one from the Labor Party, which did not field a candidate in the safe Liberal seat. Results See also * List of Australian federal by-elections This is a list of by-elections for the House of Representatives from its creation in 1901 until the present day. Casual vacancies in the House of Representatives arise when a member dies, is disqualified or resigns, or for some other reason the ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradfield By-Election, 1952 1952 elections in Australia New South Wales federal by-elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
The West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952 was a part of the series of Legislative Assembly elections in 1952. Alliances On the political left, two alliances had emerged the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Socialist Republican Party and the Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)) and the People's United Socialist Front (comprising the Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc (Ruikar) and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India).M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213. Results Alliance wise result The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party. Party wise result , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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