1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Madhya Bharat were held on 26 March 1952. 440 candidates contested for the 79 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 20 two-member constituencies and 59 single-member constituencies.[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Mishrilal Gangwal became the new Chief Minister.

1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election

26 March 19521957 →

All 99 seats in the Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly
50 seats needed for a majority
Registered5,723,673
Turnout34.72%
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderMishrilal Gangwal
PartyINCABHM
Leader's seatBagli
Seats won7511
Popular vote9,38,9182,36,824
Percentage47.24%11.92%

Chief Minister of Madhya Bharat before election

Takhatmal Jain

Elected Chief Minister of Madhya Bharat

Mishrilal Gangwal
Indian National Congress

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Results

Summary of results of the 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election[1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested
Won% of
Seats
VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 997575.769,38,91847.24
Socialist Party5944.041,45,8457.34
Bharatiya Jana Sangh4244.041,93,6279.74
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad3922.021,43,1327.20
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha331111.112,36,82411.92
Independent13133.032,58,15712.99
Total seats99Voters57,23,673Turnout19,87,410 (34.72%)

Elected Members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
BarwaniSTPartap SinghBharatiya Jana Sangh
SendhwaNoneRam ChandraBharatiya Jana Sangh
BarkuIndian National Congress
KhargoneNoneKhode RamakantIndian National Congress
Mandloi SwaisinghIndian National Congress
BhikangaonNoneVallabhdas SitaramIndian National Congress
BarwahaNoneJadav ChandIndian National Congress
Sitaram SadhuIndian National Congress
RajpurNoneHiralalBharatiya Jana Sangh
Manawar NorthSTShivbhanu GalajiIndian National Congress
Manawar SouthSTBhume KiratsinghHindu Mahasabha
KukshiSTRatu SinghIndian National Congress
AlirajpurSTBhimaSocialist Party
JobatSTPremsinghSocialist Party
SardarpurNoneShankar LalIndian National Congress
JhabuaSTJamuna BaiSocialist Party
ThandlaSTLal SinghSocialist Party
SailanaSTJeta BhaggaIndian National Congress
Dhar-BadnawarNoneGopal PrashadIndian National Congress
JagannathIndian National Congress
MhowNoneJal Rusramji KavasjiIndian National Congress
Indore City ANoneVerma Ram SinghIndian National Congress
Indore City BNoneV. V. DravidIndian National Congress
Indore City CNoneManohar Singh HullasmalIndian National Congress
Indore City DNoneV. V. SarwateIndian National Congress
DepalpurNoneSajjansingh VishnarIndian National Congress
Khadiwala KanahiyalalIndian National Congress
Ratlam TehsilNoneDevisingh SurajmalIndian National Congress
Ratlam CityNonePremsinghIndian National Congress
BarnagarNoneSawai SinghIndian National Congress
Ujjain CityNoneVishwanath VasudeoIndian National Congress
Ujjain TehsilNoneDurga DasIndian National Congress
Masood AhmedIndian National Congress
Kachraud-MahidpurNoneRam ChandraIndian National Congress
BherulalIndian National Congress
AlotNoneKusumkant JainIndian National Congress
JaoraNoneChaudhary Faizulla AlibakshIndian National Congress
Mandsaur SouthNoneShyam SukhIndian National Congress
SitamauNoneSagar Dhaniram Harish ChandraIndian National Congress
Chaudhari Bapulal ChampalalIndian National Congress
BhanpuraNoneVimal Kumar MannalalBharatiya Jana Sangh
ManasaNoneRam LalIndian National Congress
JawadNoneBadri DattIndian National Congress
NeemuchNoneSita Ram JajooIndian National Congress
Mandsaur NorthNonePatidar Shyam SunderIndian National Congress
AgarNoneSobhagmal BapulalIndian National Congress
SasnerNoneRana Mal SinghIndian National Congress
TaranaNoneTotla Rameshwar DayalIndian National Congress
DewasNonePatwardhan Anant SadashivIndian National Congress
Malviya Bapoo KrishnaIndian National Congress
BagliNoneMishrilal GangwalIndian National Congress
KhategaanNoneKailash Chandra GiriHindu Mahasabha
ShajapurNoneMansoorkar Hari LaxmanIndian National Congress
Kishanlal NagajiIndian National Congress
ShujalpurNoneGokhale Trimbak SadashivIndian National Congress
SonkatchNoneVijaysingh Hira SinghIndian National Congress
NarsingarhNoneRadha VallabhIndian National Congress
Bhanwarlal JivanIndian National Congress
Khilchipur WestNonePrabhu DayalIndian National Congress
Khilchipur EastNoneRaghuraj SinghIndependent
RajgarhNonePratibha DeviIndian National Congress
BiaoraNoneMadan LalIndependent
ChachauraNoneDwarkadas RamnarayanHindu Mahasabha
RaghogarhNoneRaja Balbhadra SinghIndependent
BhilsaNoneJamuna Prasad MukharrayaHindu Mahasabha
Chaturbhuj JatavHindu Mahasabha
BasodaNoneNiranjan VermaHindu Mahasabha
KurwaiNoneRam SinghIndian National Congress
MungaoliNoneKundanlal MadanlalIndian National Congress
PachharNoneRam Dayal Singh RaghuwanshiIndian National Congress
Duli ChandIndian National Congress
GunaNoneTatke SitaramIndian National Congress
Shivpuri KolarasNoneTula RamIndian National Congress
Narhari PrashadIndian National Congress
Pichhore SouthNoneBarjor SinghHindu Mahasabha
Pichhore NorthNoneLaxmi NarayanHindu Mahasabha
KareraNoneBhagwan DassHindu Mahasabha
GhatigaonNoneGhule Murlidhar Vishwanath RaoIndian National Congress
LashkarNoneHar KishoreHindu Mahasabha
GwaliorNonePurshottam Rao InamdarHindu Mahasabha
MorarNonePandviya Shyam LalIndian National Congress
Sheopur PohriNoneSomaIndian National Congress
Udaybhan SinghIndian National Congress
BijaypurNoneBalmukundIndian National Congress
SabalgarhNoneLaxmi ChandIndian National Congress
JouraNoneRam Chandra MishraIndian National Congress
AmbahNoneJamuna Prasad SinghAkhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
ChandanaIndian National Congress
MorenaNoneSowran SinghIndian National Congress
Karan SinghIndian National Congress
Gohad-MehgaonNoneRam DhanIndian National Congress
PrabhuIndian National Congress
Pichhore BhandairNoneRudra Deo LalIndian National Congress
Kishorilal SukhramIndian National Congress
LaharNoneHar SewakIndian National Congress
Gokul PrasadIndian National Congress
UmriNoneRanvijay SinghAkhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
BhindNoneNarsingh RaoIndian National Congress
AttairNoneBaboo RamIndian National Congress

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, All districts of Madhya Bharat, except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district, was merged into Madhya Pradesh. The Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district was merged in Rajasthan.[2]

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