Bombay Legislative Assembly election, 1952

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Bombay were held on 26 March 1952. 1239 candidates contested for the 260 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 1 three-member, 47 two-member constituencies and 212 single-member constituencies. [1]

Results

 Summary of results of the Bombay Legislative Assembly election, 1952 [1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested 		Won % of
Seats 		Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 313 269 85.40 55,56,334 49.95
Socialist Party 182 9 2.86 13,30,246 11.96
Peasants and Workers Party of India 87 14 4.44 7,17,963 6.45
Scheduled Caste Federation 37 1 0.32 3,44,718 3.10
Kamgar Kisan Paksha 33 2 0.63 2,48,130 2.23
Communist Party of India 25 1 0.32 1,59,994 1.44
Krishikar Lok Party 16 1 0.32 1,07,408 0.97
Independent 427 18 5.71 19,17,574 17.24
Total seats 315 Voters 2,19,04,595 Turnout 1,11,23,242 (50.78 %)

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra state and Kutch state, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathi speaking Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost Kannada-speaking districts of Dharwar, Bijapur, North Kanara and Belgaum (excluding the Chandgad taluk) were transferred to Mysore state, while Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan.[2] Hence the constituencies increased from 315 to 396 in 1957 elections.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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