Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of

Madhya Bharat Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramukh. ...

were held on 26 March 1952. 440 candidates contested for the 79 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 20 two-member constituencies and 59 single-member constituencies. 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 Mishrilal Gangwal became the new Chief Minister.

Results

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

, , 99 , , 75 , , 75.76 , , 9,38,918 , , 47.24 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, , 59 , , 4 , , 4.04 , , 1,45,845 , , 7.34 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) ( ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the po ...

, , 42 , , 4 , , 4.04 , , 1,93,627 , , 9.74 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad , , 39 , , 2 , , 2.02 , , 1,43,132 , , 7.20 , - , , 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 ...

, , 33 , , 11 , , 11.11 , , 2,36,824 , , 11.92 , - , , , 131 , , 3 , , 3.03 , , 2,58,157 , , 12.99 , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, Total seats ! 99 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 57,23,673 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 19,87,410 (34.72%)

Elected Members

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, All districts of

, except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district, was merged into

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. The Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district was merged in

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Results

Elected Members

State Reorganization and Merger

See also

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