Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh 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 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 | 56 || 40 || 66.67 || 2,70,013 || 39.60 |- | ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 49 || 3 || 5.00 || 1,10,465 || 16.2 |- | ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party | 46 || 11 || 18.33 || 1,28,187 || 18.80 |- | ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 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%) |}

1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elected Members

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

See also

Vindhya Pradesh

1951–52 elections in India

1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election

1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election

1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

References

State Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh

1950s in Madhya Pradesh

Vindhya Pradesh

March 1952 events in Asia

1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election