State Assembly elections in India, 1952
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AjmerAjmerAjmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
30 | 20 | 104411 | 44,47% |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh existed from 1951 to 1980, whereupon it was succeeded by the Bharatiya Janata Party, one of India's largest political parties... |
15 | 3 | 28057 | 11,95% |
| Pursharathi Panchayat | 6 | 3 | 15781 | 6,72% |
| Communist Party of India Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925... |
2 | 0 | 3494 | 1,49% |
| Socialist Party of India | 2 | 0 | 1055 | 0,45% |
| Independents | 79 | 4 | 81990 | 34,92% |
| Total: | 134 | 30 | 234788 |
AssamAssamAssam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
92 | 76 | 1064850 | 43,48% |
| Socialist Party of India | 61 | 4 | 325690 | 13,30% |
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party was a socialist political party of India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India... |
40 | 1 | 146792 | 5,99% |
| Communist Party of India Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925... |
18 | 1 | 69431 | 2,84% |
| Mizo Union Mizo Union Mizo Union, a political party in Mizoram, north-eastern India. Founded on April 6, 1946 as the Mizo Common People's Union. At the time of Indian independence in 1947 Mizo Union was the major political force in the Lushai Hills... |
3 | 3 | 29104 | 1,19% |
| Khasi-Jaintia Durbar | 4 | 1 | 24248 | 0,99% |
| Tribal Sangha | 2 | 0 | 15846 | 0,65% |
| All Peoples Party | 3 | 1 | 14930 | 0,61% |
| Garo National Council Garo National Council Garo National Council, a political party in Meghalaya in north-eastern India. The party fights for the creation of a Garo state, to be carved out of three districts of Meghalaya, West Garo Hills, East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills. The Garoland demand of GNC is different from that of the... |
4 | 3 | 14577 | 0,60% |
| Khasi Jaintia National Federation State Conference | 1 | 1 | 9441 | 0,39% |
| United Mizo Freedom Organization | 3 | 0 | 9070 | 0,37% |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh existed from 1951 to 1980, whereupon it was succeeded by the Bharatiya Janata Party, one of India's largest political parties... |
3 | 0 | 7191 | 0,29% |
| SCTS | 1 | 0 | 6396 | 0,26% |
| Forward Bloc (Ruikar) | 4 | 0 | 4953 | 0,20% |
| Khasi-Jaintia Rural Organization | 1 | 0 | 4719 | 0,19% |
| Bolshevik Party of India Bolshevik Party of India The Bolshevik Party of India was a communist political party in the India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India.... |
2 | 0 | 4674 | 0,19% |
| Tribal League | 1 | 0 | 2350 | 0,10% |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Revolutionary Socialist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in India. The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0,4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok... |
1 | 0 | 506 | 0,02% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha The Akhil Bhārat Hindū Mahāsabhā is a Hindu nationalist political party in India. It was founded in 1915, as an alternative for Hindus who were not attracted to the secular Indian National Congress and sought to oppose the Muslim separatism of the Muslim League.-Hindutva:The Mahasabha promoted the... |
1 | 0 | 214 | 0,01% |
| Independents | 213 | 14 | 693908 | 28,34% |
| Total: | 458 | 105 | 2448890 |
HyderabadHyderabad State-After Indian independence :When India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan came into existence in 1947, the British left the local rulers of the princely states the choice of whether to join one of the new dominions or to remain independent...
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh existed from 1951 to 1980, whereupon it was succeeded by the Bharatiya Janata Party, one of India's largest political parties... |
2 | 0 | 2328 | 0,04% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha The Akhil Bhārat Hindū Mahāsabhā is a Hindu nationalist political party in India. It was founded in 1915, as an alternative for Hindus who were not attracted to the secular Indian National Congress and sought to oppose the Muslim separatism of the Muslim League.-Hindutva:The Mahasabha promoted the... |
3 | 0 | 3176 | 0,06% |
| Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
173 | 93 | 2177716 | 41,86% |
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party was a socialist political party of India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India... |
1 | 0 | 4047 | 0,08% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 7 | 0 | 12489 | 0,24% |
| Scheduled Caste Federation | 24 | 5 | 266482 | 5,12% |
| Socialist Party of India | 97 | 11 | 590209 | 11,35% |
| All India Republican Party | 6 | 0 | 20826 | 0,40% |
| Hyderabad State Depressed Classed Association | 6 | 0 | 18151 | 0,35% |
| Hyderabad State Praja Party Hyderabad State Praja Party Hyderabad State Praja Party, a political party in the Hyderabad State. HSPP was formed in 1951 when Tanguturi Prakasam and Acharya N. G. Ranga broke away from the Indian National Congress.... |
6 | 0 | 19452 | 0,37% |
| Independent League | 1 | 0 | 1800 | 0,03% |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India Peasants and Workers Party of India Peasants and Workers Party of India , is a marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded in 1949, having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts.Member of legislative council of... |
21 | 10 | 215992 | 4,15% |
| Peoples Democratic Front Peoples Democratic Front (Hyderabad) Peoples Democratic Front was a mass front of Communist Party of India in the Hyderabad State.Peoples Democratic Front abbreviated as PDF is one of the post Independence parties in India.... |
77 | 42 | 1080092 | 20,76% |
| United Scheduled Castes Federation | 4 | 0 | 31136 | 0,60% |
| Independents | 136 | 14 | 758318 | 14,58% |
| Total: | 564 | 175 | 5202214 |
OrissaOrissaOrissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
135 | 67 | 1392501 | 37,87% |
| All India Gantantra Parishad | 58 | 31 | 753685 | 20,50% |
| Socialist Party of India | 79 | 10 | 432731 | 11,77% |
| Communist Party of India Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925... |
33 | 7 | 206757 | 5,62% |
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party was a socialist political party of India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India... |
7 | 0 | 16948 | 0,46% |
| All India Forward Bloc All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India... |
2 | 1 | 12874 | 0,35% |
| Peoples Independent Party | 1 | 0 | 11895 | 0,32% |
| Forward Bloc (Ruikar) | 1 | 0 | 2779 | 0,08% |
| Pursharathi Panchayat | 1 | 0 | 1841 | 0,05% |
| Radical Democrat Party | 1 | 0 | 1589 | 0,04% |
| Independents | 204 | 24 | 843446 | 22,94% |
| Total: | 522 | 140 | 3677046 |
West BengalWest BengalWest Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
236 | 150 | 2889994 | 38,82% |
| Communist Party of India Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925... |
86 | 28 | 800951 | 10,76% |
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party was a socialist political party of India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India... |
129 | 15 | 667446 | 8,97% |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh existed from 1951 to 1980, whereupon it was succeeded by the Bharatiya Janata Party, one of India's largest political parties... |
85 | 9 | 415458 | 5,58% |
| Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India... |
48 | 11 | 393591 | 5,29% |
| Socialist Party of India | 63 | 0 | 215382 | 2,89% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha The Akhil Bhārat Hindū Mahāsabhā is a Hindu nationalist political party in India. It was founded in 1915, as an alternative for Hindus who were not attracted to the secular Indian National Congress and sought to oppose the Muslim separatism of the Muslim League.-Hindutva:The Mahasabha promoted the... |
33 | 4 | 176762 | 2,37% |
| Forward Bloc (Ruikar) | 32 | 2 | 107905 | 1,45% |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Revolutionary Socialist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in India. The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0,4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok... |
16 | 0 | 63173 | 0,85% |
| Bolshevik Party of India Bolshevik Party of India The Bolshevik Party of India was a communist political party in the India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India.... |
8 | 0 | 20117 | 0,27% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 14 | 0 | 7100 | 0,10% |
| Independents | 614 | 19 | 1653165 | 22,21% |
| Total: | 1374 | 238 | 7443903 |