Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...

were held on 26 March 1952. 1239 candidates contested for the 268 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 1 three-member, 47 two-member constituencies and 220 single-member constituencies.

Results

List of Political Parties participated in 1952 Bombay Assembly Elections.

, - !colspan=10, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Votes !! Vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

, , 313 , , 270 , , 55,56,334 , , 49.95% , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Peasants and Workers Party of India , , 87 , , 14 , , 7,17,963 , , 6.45% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

, , 182 , , 9 , , 13,30,246 , , 11.96% , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Kamgar Kisan Paksha , , 33 , , 2 , , 2,48,130 , , 2.23% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Scheduled Castes Federation The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) is a political party in India. It has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The 'Training School for Entrance to Polit ...

, , 37 , , 1 , , 3,44,718 , , 3.10% , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Communist Party of India , , 25 , , 1 , , 1,59,994 , , 1.44% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Krishikar Lok Party Krishikar Lok Party (Peasants Peoples Party), a political party in the Hyderabad State, India, existing April–June 1951. KLP was formed when Acharya N. G. Ranga broke away from the Hyderabad State Praja Party. KLP contested the 1951 Lok Sab ...

, , 16 , , 1 , , 1,07,408 , , 0.97% , - , , , 67, , 0, , 5,59,492, , 5.03% , - , , , 37, , 0, , 1,24,466, , 1.12% , - , , , 9, , 0, , 35,194, , 0.32% , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) , , 8, , 0, , 16,847, , 0.15% , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh , , 2, , 0, , 4,876, , 0.04% , - , , , 427 , , 19 , , 19,17,574 , , 17.24% , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, Total ! 1243 !! 317 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout (Voters) 1,11,23,242 (2,19,04,595) !! 50.78%

Elected members

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was enlarged by the addition of

Saurashtra state Saurashtra, also known as United State of Kathiawar, was a State of India that existed between 1948 and 1956, on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital, History Formation as United State of Kathiawar Saurashtra ...

and Kutch state, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

, and the Marathi speaking

Marathwada Marathwada () is a proposed state and geographical region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was formed during the Nizam's rule and was part of the then Hyderabad State. The region coincides with the Aurangabad division of Maharashtra. I ...

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 Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a state within the Dominion of India and the later India, Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's c ...

, while Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district was transferred to

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

. Hence the constituencies increased from 315 to 396 in 1957 elections.

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Results

Elected members

State Reorganization

See also

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