Elections to the

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the ''Vidha ...

were held on 26 March 1952. 1,122 candidates contested for the 184 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 48 two-member constituencies and 136 single-member constituencies, for a total of 232 seats. The

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won a majority of seats and

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became the Chief Minister. On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956,

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, and

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 ...

were merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division were transferred to Bombay State. Hence the constituencies were re-organized during 1957 elections.

Results

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Contested !! Won !! % of
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, , 225 , , 194 , , 83.62 , , 34,34,058 , , 49.07 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, , 143 , , 2 , , 0.86 , , 6,61,874 , , 9.46 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, , 71 , , 8 , , 3.45 , , 3,65,371 , , 5.22 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad , , 35 , , 3 , , 1.29 , , 1,75,324 , , 2.51 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , S. K. Paksha , , 19 , , 2 , , 0.86 , , 1,01,670 , , 1.45 , - , , , 469 , , 23 , , 9.91 , , 16,01,565 , , 22.89 , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, Total seats ! 232 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 1,55,13,592 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 69,97,588 (45.11%)

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956,

(except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district),

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 ...

and the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of

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were merged into Madhya Pradesh while the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division, (namely Buldana, Akola , Amravati , Yeotmal, Wardha , Nagpur, Bhandara and Chanda), were transferred to Bombay State. This resulted in increase in assembly constituencies from 184 with 232 seats to 218 constituencies with 288 seats during 1957 elections.

Elected members

References

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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 ...

March 1952 events in Asia

Results

State Reorganization

Elected members

See also

References