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Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of
Vindhya Pradesh Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the ea ...
were held on March 26, 1952. 252 candidates contested the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 12 two-member constituencies, and 36 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 Sambhu Nath Shukla became the new Chief Minister.


Results

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" !colspan=8, , - ! class="unsortable" , ! Political party !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , ! scope="row" 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 ...
, 56 , , 40 , , 66.67 , , 2,70,013 , , 39.60 , - , ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" ,
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (''Farmer Worker People's Party'') was a political party of India. Established in 1951, it merged with the Socialist Party to form the Praja Socialist Party in the following year. History In June, 1951 Indian N ...
, 49 , , 3 , , 5.00 , , 1,10,465 , , 16.2 , - , ! scope="row" 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 ...
, 46 , , 11 , , 18.33 , , 1,28,187 , , 18.80 , - , ! scope="row" 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 ...
, 33 , , 2 , , 3.33 , , 67,330 , , 9.88 , - , ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" , Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad , 17 , , 2 , , 3.33 , , 30,817 , , 4.52 , - , ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" , Independent politician , 42 , , 2 , , 3.33 , , 62,102 , , 9.11 , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 2, Total Seats ! 60 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 24,03,588 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 6,81,799 (28.37%)


Elected Members


State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956,
Vindhya Pradesh Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the ea ...
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.


See also

*
Vindhya Pradesh Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the ea ...
*
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 6 ...
* 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election * 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election * 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election * 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election


References

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Vindhya Pradesh Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the ea ...
March 1952 events in Asia