Elections to the

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952. The

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 ...

won a majority of seats and

Shankar Dayal Sharma Shankar Dayal Sharma (; 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian lawyer and politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh who served as the ninth President of India, from 1992 to 1997. Born in Bhopal, Sharma studied at Agra, Allahaba ...

became the Chief Minister.

Constituencies

The Bhopal Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seats distributed in seven two-member constituencies and sixteen single-member constituencies. Total 91 contestants were in fray for these 30 seats. Silwani legislative assembly had the maximum number of contestants (8 candidates), while Ichhawar had the minimum contestants (only 1 candidate, which was elected unopposed).

Political Parties

4 National parties along with Kisan Mazdoor Mandal took part in the assembly election.

emerged as the single largest party while no other party cross the double digit.

Results

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Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" ,

, 28 , , 25 , , 83.33 , , 1,17,656 , , 52.01 , - , ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" ,

Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha The Hindu Mahasabha (officially Akhil Bhārat Hindū Mahāsabhā, ) is a Hindu nationalist political party in India. Founded in 1915, the Mahasabha functioned mainly as a pressure group advocating the interests of orthodox Hindus before the ...

, 9 , , 1 , , 3.33 , , 31,684 , , 14.01 , - , ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" , Independent politician , 32 , , 4 , , 13.33 , , 51,736 , , 22.87 , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 2, Total Seats ! 30 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 6,10,182 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 2,26,210 (37.07%)

Elected Members

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956,

Bhopal State Bhopal State (pronounced ) was an Islamic principality founded in the beginning of 18th-century India by the Afghan Mughal noble Dost Muhammad Khan. It was a tributary state during 18th century, a princely salute state with 19-gun salute ...

was merged into

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 ...

under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

References

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