1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election

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]

1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election
26 March 1952
All 315 seats in the Bombay Legislative Assembly
158 seats needed for a majority
Registered16,712,606
Turnout50.78%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party INC PWP
Seats won 269 14
Popular vote 49.95% 6.45%
CM before election

B. G. Kher
INC

 Elected CM

Morarji Desai
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Results

Summary of results of the 1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election[1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		Won % of
Seats		VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 31326985.4055,56,33449.95
Socialist Party 18292.8613,30,24611.96
Peasants and Workers Party of India 87144.447,17,9636.45
Scheduled Caste Federation 3710.323,44,7183.10
Kamgar Kisan Paksha 3320.632,48,1302.23
Communist Party of India 2510.321,59,9941.44
Krishikar Lok Party 1610.321,07,4080.97
Independent 427185.7119,17,57417.24
Total seats 315Voters2,19,04,595Turnout1,11,23,242 (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. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bombay". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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