1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

1952 state assembly election in Delhi

1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

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|  | 27 March 1952 | 1993 →

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All 48 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 58.52%
|   | First party  | Second party

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Leader  | Brahm Prakash |
Party  | INC | ABJS
Leader's seat  | Nangloi Jat | \-
Seats before  | N/A  | N/A
Seats won  | 39 | 5
Seat change  | N/A  | N/A
Popular vote  | 2,71,812 | 1,14,207
Percentage  | 52.09% | 21.89%

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|  | Chief Minister

Brahm Prakash
INC

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Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

The first Delhi Legislative Assembly election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly was held on 27 March 1952.[1][2] Forty-eight seats were up for election.[2] Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member.[1]

## Results

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Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.[1] Chaudhary Brahm Prakash of Indian National Congress was elected Chief Minister.

Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election[1]

Party | Seats
Contested | Won | % of
Seats | Votes | Vote %
| Indian National Congress | 47 | 39 | 81.25 | 271,812 | 52.09
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 31 | 5 | 10.42 | 114,207 | 21.89
| Scheduled Castes Federation | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15,592 | 2.99
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13,646 | 2.62
| Socialist Party | 6 | 2 | 4.17 | 12,396 | 2.38
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 5 | 1 | 2.08 | 6,891 | 1.32
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2,591 | 0.50
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 849 | 0.16
| Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 503 | 0.10
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 307 | 0.06
| Independent | 78 | 1 | 2.08 | 82,972 | 15.90
Total Seats  | 48 | Voters | 744,668 | Turnout | 521,766 (58.52%)

## Elected members

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S.No.  | Constituency  | Member  | Party

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1 | Kotla Feroze Shah | Shanta Vasisht |  | Indian National Congress
2 | Parliament Street | Kaushaleshwar Prasad Shankara |  | Indian National Congress
3 | Safdar Jang | Daljit Singh |  | Indian National Congress
4 | Lodhi Road | Shiva Nandan Rishi |  | Indian National Congress
5 | Puran Qilla Viney Nagar | Pushpa Devi |  | Indian National Congress
6 | Delhi Cantt | Raghvendra Singh |  | Indian National Congress
7 | Reading Road | Amin Chand |  | Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8 | Prafulla Ranjan Chakravarty |  | Indian National Congress
9 | Chittar Gupta | Kartar Singh |  | Indian National Congress
10 | Mantola | Mushtaq Rai |  | Indian National Congress
11 | Ram Nagar | Shankar Lal |  | Indian National Congress
12 | Jhanday Walan | Ghardhari Lal Salwan |  | Bharatiya Jana Sangh
13 | Kashmere Gate | Bhagwan Dass |  | Indian National Congress
14 | Chandni Chowk | Yudhvir Singh |  | Indian National Congress
15 | Phatak Habash Khan | Harkishan Lal |  | Indian National Congress
16 | Maliwara | Anand Raj |  | Indian National Congress
17 | Ballimaran | Sultan Yar Khan |  | Indian National Congress
18 | Chawri Bazar | Nuruddin Ahmad |  | Indian National Congress
19 | Ajmeri Gate | Shafiq Ur Rehman Kidwai |  | Indian National Congress
20 | Sita Ram Bazar Turkman Gate | Shiv Charan Dass |  | Indian National Congress
21 | Sudershan Singh |  | Indian National Congress
22 | Kucha Chelan | Mushtaq Ahmad |  | Socialist Party
23 | Darya Ganj | Gurmukh Nihal Singh |  | Indian National Congress
24 | Chandrawal | Hukam Singh |  | Indian National Congress
25 | Roshanara | Jagan Nath |  | Indian National Congress
26 | Arya Pura | Mangal Dass |  | Indian National Congress
27 | Tokriwalan | Gopinath |  | Indian National Congress
28 | Deputy Ganj | Sham Charan |  | Bharatiya Jana Sangh
29 | Pahari Dhiraj Basti Jullahan | Hem Chand Jain |  | Indian National Congress
30 | Dhanpat Rai |  | Indian National Congress
31 | Manak Pura | B.D. Joshi |  | Socialist Party
32 | Tibbia College | Ram Singh |  | Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
33 | Naiwala | Dilawar Singh |  | Bharatiya Jana Sangh
34 | Rehgar Pura Dev Nagar | Daya Ram |  | Indian National Congress
35 | Sushila Nayar |  | Indian National Congress
36 | Kishan Ganj Anad Parbat | Jag Pravesh Chandra |  | Indian National Congress
37 | Civil Lines | Krishna |  | Indian National Congress
38 | Kingsway Camp | Jang bahadur Singh |  | Bharatiya Jana Sangh
39 | Wazirabad | Fateh Singh |  | Indian National Congress
40 | Shahdara | Chinta Mani |  | Indian National Congress
41 | Narela | Mange Ram |  | Indian National Congress
42 | Prabhu Dayal |  | Indian National Congress
43 | Nangloi | Chaudhary Brahm Prakash |  | Indian National Congress
44 | Khanjhawla | Bhup Singh |  | Independent
45 | Isa Pur | Subedat Hati Singh |  | Indian National Congress
46 | Najaf Garh | Ajit Singh |  | Indian National Congress
47 | Mehrauli | Mitter Sen |  | Indian National Congress
48 | Sukh Dev |  | Indian National Congress

## State Reorganization

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On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.[3] Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution.[4]

## See also

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* 1951–52 elections in India
* 1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Delhi" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
2. ^ a b Kaushik, S. L.; Rama Patnayak (1995). Modern Governments and Political Systems. Vol. 3. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 65.
3. ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
4. ^ "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.

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