1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
27 March 1952 1993 →
All 48 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
Party INC ABJS
Leader's seat Nangloi Jat -
Seats before N/A N/A
Seats won 39 5
Seat change N/A N/A
Popular vote 2,71,812 1,14,207
Percentage 52.09% 21.89%
Chief Minister

Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

The first Delhi Legislative Assembly election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly was held on 27 March 1952. Forty-eight seats were up for election. Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member.

Results

Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi. Chaudhary Brahm Prakash of Indian National Congress was elected Chief Minister.

Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
Party Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 47 39 81.25 271,812 52.09
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31 5 10.42 114,207 21.89
Scheduled Castes Federation 5 0 0 15,592 2.99
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 7 0 0 13,646 2.62
Socialist Party 6 2 4.17 12,396 2.38
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 5 1 2.08 6,891 1.32
Communist Party of India 1 0 0 2,591 0.50
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 4 0 0 849 0.16
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 1 0 0 503 0.10
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 0 0 307 0.06
Independent 78 1 2.08 82,972 15.90
Total Seats 48 Voters 744,668 Turnout 521,766 (58.52%)

Elected members

S.No. Constituency Member Party
1 Kotla Feroze Shah Shanta Vasisht Indian National Congress
2 Parliament Street Kaushaleshwar Prasad Shankara Indian National Congress
3 Safdar Jang Daljit Singh Indian National Congress
4 Lodhi Road Shiva Nandan Rishi Indian National Congress
5 Puran Qilla Viney Nagar Pushpa Devi Indian National Congress
6 Delhi Cantt Raghvendra Singh Indian National Congress
7 Reading Road Amin Chand Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8 Prafulla Ranjan Chakravarty Indian National Congress
9 Chittar Gupta Kartar Singh Indian National Congress
10 Mantola Mushtaq Rai Indian National Congress
11 Ram Nagar Shankar Lal Indian National Congress
12 Jhanday Walan Ghardhari Lal Salwan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
13 Kashmere Gate Bhagwan Dass Indian National Congress
14 Chandni Chowk Yudhvir Singh Indian National Congress
15 Phatak Habash Khan Harkishan Lal Indian National Congress
16 Maliwara Anand Raj Indian National Congress
17 Ballimaran Sultan Yar Khan Indian National Congress
18 Chawri Bazar Nuruddin Ahmad Indian National Congress
19 Ajmeri Gate Shafiq Ur Rehman Kidwai Indian National Congress
20 Sita Ram Bazar Turkman Gate Shiv Charan Dass Indian National Congress
21 Sudershan Singh Indian National Congress
22 Kucha Chelan Mushtaq Ahmad Socialist Party
23 Darya Ganj Gurmukh Nihal Singh Indian National Congress
24 Chandrawal Hukam Singh Indian National Congress
25 Roshanara Jagan Nath Indian National Congress
26 Arya Pura Mangal Dass Indian National Congress
27 Tokriwalan Gopinath Indian National Congress
28 Deputy Ganj Sham Charan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
29 Pahari Dhiraj Basti Jullahan Hem Chand Jain Indian National Congress
30 Dhanpat Rai Indian National Congress
31 Manak Pura B.D. Joshi Socialist Party
32 Tibbia College Ram Singh Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
33 Naiwala Dilawar Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
34 Rehgar Pura Dev Nagar Daya Ram Indian National Congress
35 Sushila Nayar Indian National Congress
36 Kishan Ganj Anad Parbat Jag Pravesh Chandra Indian National Congress
37 Civil Lines Krishna Indian National Congress
38 Kingsway Camp Jang bahadur Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
39 Wazirabad Fateh Singh Indian National Congress
40 Shahdara Chinta Mani Indian National Congress
41 Narela Mange Ram Indian National Congress
42 Prabhu Dayal Indian National Congress
43 Nangloi Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Indian National Congress
44 Khanjhawla Bhup Singh Independent
45 Isa Pur Subedat Hati Singh Indian National Congress
46 Najaf Garh Ajit Singh Indian National Congress
47 Mehrauli Mitter Sen Indian National Congress
48 Sukh Dev Indian National Congress

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously. Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution.

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Kaushik, S. L.; Rama Patnayak (1995). Modern Governments and Political Systems. Vol. 3. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 65.
  3. ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.