West Bengal state assembly election, 1952
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The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1952.
[edit] Alliances
On the political left, two alliances had emered the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Socialist Republican Party[1] and the Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)) and the People's United Socialist Front (comprised of the Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc (Ruikar) and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India).[2]
[edit] Results
The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
| Indian National Congress | 236 | 150 | 2889994 | 38.82% |
| Communist Party of India | 86 | 28 | 800951 | 10.76% |
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 129 | 15 | 667446 | 8.97% |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 85 | 9 | 415458 | 5.58% |
| Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 48 | 11 | 393591 | 5.29% |
| Socialist Party | 63 | 0 | 215382 | 2.89% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 33 | 4 | 176762 | 2.37% |
| Forward Bloc (Ruikar) | 32 | 2 | 107905 | 1.45% |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 16 | 0 | 63173 | 0.85% |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 10 | 0 | 32859 | 0.44% |
| Bolshevik Party of India | 8 | 0 | 20117 | 0.27% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 14 | 0 | 7100 | 0.10% |
| Independents | 614 | 19 | 1653165 | 22.21% |
| Total: | 1374 | 238 | 7443903 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Contested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected.
- ^ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.
- ^ List Of Political Parties
