1951 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Election
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Elections to the
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly or the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian states and territories of India, state of Rajasthan. The assembly meets at Vidhana Bhavan situated in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan ...
were held on 29 February 1952. 616 candidates contested for the 140 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 20 two-member constituencies and 120 single-member constituencies.


Results

!colspan=10, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! colspan=2, Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , , 156 , , 82 , , 51.25 , , 12,86,953 , , 39.46 , - , , , 59 , , 24 , , 15.00 , , 3,99,958 , , 12.26 , - , , , 51 , , 1 , , 0.63 , , 1,35,971 , , 4.17 , - , , , 50 , , 8 , , 5.00 , , 1,93,532 , , 5.93 , - , , , 46 , , 7 , , 43.75 , , 2,70,807 , , 8.30 , - , , , 6 , , 2 , , 1.25 , , 28,183 , , 0.86 , - , , , 6 , , 1 , , 0.63 , , 16,411 , , 0.50 , - , , , 230 , , 35 , , 21.88 , , 8,96,671 , , 27.49 , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, Total seats ! 160 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 92,68,215 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 32,61,442 (35.19%) * : On 1 November 1956, under
States Reorganisation Act, 1956 The States Reorganisation act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines. Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States ...
, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district of
Bombay State Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou ...
, the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the
Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to
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 ...
.


Elected members


State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under
States Reorganisation Act, 1956 The States Reorganisation act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines. Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States ...
, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district of
Bombay State Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou ...
, the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the
Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to
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 ...
. This resulted in the change in assembly constituencies from 140 with 160 seats to 136 with 176 seats in 1957 assembly elections.


See also

*
1951–52 elections in India This article is about the first election held in Independent India in 1955 Presidential election The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 67 ...
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1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election Elections to the second Rajasthan Legislative Assembly were held in 1957. State Reorganization On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluka of the Banaskantha district of Bombay State, the Sune ...


References

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