Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on March 26, 1952. 2,604 candidates contested for the 347 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 83 two-member constituencies and 264 single-member constituencies. ^[1]

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952

27 March 1952

429 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1951-1952   First party   Leader Govind Ballabh Pant Party INC Leader's seat Bareilly Municipality

Chief Minister before election Govind Ballabh Pant INC Chief Minister Govind Ballabh Pant INC

Results

 Summary of results of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952 ^[1]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress		429	388	90.23	80,32,475	47.93
	Socialist Party		349	20	4.65	20,15,320	12.03
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party		268	1	0.23	9,55,708	5.70
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh		211	2	0.47	10,81,395	6.45
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad		95	1	0.23	2,91,247	1.75
	Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha		63	1	0.23	2,39,110	1.43
	Uttar Pradesh Praja Party		55	1	0.23	3,01,322	1.80
	Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party		9	1	0.23	57,284	0.34
	Independent		1006	15	3.49	32,94,500	19.66
Total Seats			430	Voters	4,40,89,646	Turnout	1,67,58,619 (38.01 %)

See also

• 1951–52 elections in India

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-17.