1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

The first Delhi Legislative Assembly election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly was held on 27 March 1952.[1][2] Forty-eight seats were up for election.[2] Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member.[1]

1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
27 March 1952
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

Results

Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.[1] Chaudhary Brahm Prakash of Indian National Congress was elected Chief Minister.

Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election[1]
PartySeats
Contested		Won % of
Seats		VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 473981.252,71,81252.09
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31510.421,14,20721.89
Socialist Party 624.1712,3962.38
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 512.086,8911.32
Independent 7812.0882,97215.90
Total Seats 48Voters7,44,668Turnout5,21,766 (58.52%)

Elected members
S.No. Constituency Member Party
1Kotla Feroze ShahShanta Vasisht Indian National Congress
2Parliament StreetKaushaleshwar Prasad Shankara Indian National Congress
3Safdar JangDaljit Singh Indian National Congress
4Lodhi RoadShiva Nandan Rishi Indian National Congress
5Puran Qilla Viney NagarPushpa Devi Indian National Congress
6Delhi CanttRaghvendra Singh Indian National Congress
7Reading RoadAmin Chand Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8Prafulla Ranjan Chakravarty Indian National Congress
9Chittar GuptaKartar Singh Indian National Congress
10MantolaMushtaq Rai Indian National Congress
11Ram NagarShankar Lal Indian National Congress
12Jhanday WalanGhardhari Lal Salwan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
13Kashmere GateBhagwan Dass Indian National Congress
14Chandni ChowkYudhvir Singh Indian National Congress
15Phatak Habash KhanHarkishan Lal Indian National Congress
16MaliwaraAnand Raj Indian National Congress
17BallimaranSultan Yar Khan Indian National Congress
18Chawri BazarNuruddin Ahmad Indian National Congress
19Ajmeri GateShafiq Ur Rehman Kidwai Indian National Congress
20Sita Ram Bazar Turkman GateShiv Charan Dass Indian National Congress
21Sudershan Singh Indian National Congress
22Kucha ChelanMushtaq Ahmad Socialist Party
23Darya GanjGurmukh Nihal Singh Indian National Congress
24ChandrawalHukam Singh Indian National Congress
25RoshanaraJagan Nath Indian National Congress
26Arya PuraMangal Dass Indian National Congress
27TokriwalanGopinath Indian National Congress
28Deputy GanjSham Charan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
29Pahari Dhiraj Basti JullahanHem Chand Jain Indian National Congress
30Dhanpat Rai Indian National Congress
31Manak PuraB.D. Joshi Socialist Party
32Tibbia CollegeRam Singh Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
33NaiwalaDilawar Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
34Rehgar Pura Dev NagarDaya Ram Indian National Congress
35Sushila Nayar Indian National Congress
36Kishan Ganj Anad ParbatJag Pravesh Chandra Indian National Congress
37Civil LinesKrishna Indian National Congress
38Kingsway CampJang bahadur Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
39WazirabadFateh Singh Indian National Congress
40ShahdaraChinta Mani Indian National Congress
41NarelaMange Ram Indian National Congress
42Prabhu Dayal Indian National Congress
43NangloiChaudhary Brahm Prakash Indian National Congress
44KhanjhawlaBhup Singh Independent
45Isa PurSubedat Hati Singh Indian National Congress
46Najaf GarhAjit Singh Indian National Congress
47MehrauliMitter Sen Indian National Congress
48Sukh 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.[3] 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.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Delhi" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.