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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| election_date = 1951-1952
| next_election = 1957 elections in India
| next_year = 1957
}}
{{Politics of India}}
The [[Indian Republic]] held its first elections in 1951–52.

==Presidential election==
{{main|1952 Indian presidential election}}
The Election Commission of India held the first [[President of India|presidential elections of India]] on May 2, 1952. [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] won his first election with 670000 votes over his nearest rival K.T. Shah who got 92,827 votes.

==General election==
{{main|Indian general election, 1951–52}}
'''General elections''' to the [[1st Lok Sabha|first]] [[Lok Sabha]] since independence were held in [[India]] between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. The [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) stormed into power, winning 364 of the 489 seats. [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]] became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p572 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}}</ref>
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1952.svg|300px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=47665951|seats1=364
|party2=[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]|votes2=11216719|seats2=12
|party3=[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]|votes3=6135978|seats3=9
|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=3487401|seats4=16
|party5=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes5=3246361|seats5=3
|party6=[[Scheduled Castes Federation]]|votes6=2521695|seats6=2
|party7=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes7=2091898|seats7=3
|party8=[[Krishikar Lok Party]]|votes8=1489615|seats8=1
|party9=[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|People's Democratic Front]]|votes9=1367404|seats9=7
|party10=[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|votes10=1047611|seats10=4
|party11=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes11=1003034|seats11=4
|party12=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes12=992187|seats12=2
|party13=[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist)]]|votes13=963058|seats13=1
|party14=[[All India Ganatantra Parishad]]|votes14=959749|seats14=6
|party15=[[Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party]]|votes15=889292|seats15=4
|party16=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes16=749702|seats16=3
|party17=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes17=468108|seats17=3
|party18=[[Commonweal Party]]|votes18=325398|seats18=3
|party19=[[Lok Sewak Sangh]]|votes19=309940|seats19=2
|party20=Zamindar Party|votes20=291300|seats20=0
|party21=[[Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party]]|votes21=236094|seats21=1
|party22=[[Uttar Pradesh Praja Party]]|votes22=213656|seats22=0
|party23=S.K. Paksha|votes23=137343|seats23=0
|party24=[[All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)]]|votes24=133936|seats24=0
|party25=[[Kamgar Kisan Paksha]]|votes25=132574|seats25=0
|party26=Tribal Sangha|votes26=116629|seats26=0
|party27=[[Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress]]|votes27=115893|seats27=1
|party28=[[Kerala Socialist Party]]|votes28=102098|seats28=0
|party29=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes29=79470|seats29=1
|party30=[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]|votes30=67275|seats30=0
|party31=[[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]]|votes31=63254|seats31=0
|party32=[[All India United Kisan Sabha]]|votes32=60254|seats32=0
|party33=All India Republican Party (RPP)|votes33=57815|seats33=0
|party34=All India Republican Party (REP)|votes34=44286|seats34=0
|party35=[[All People's Party (Assam)|All People's Party]]|votes35=36851|seats35=0
|party36=Tamil Nadu Congress Party|votes36=36158|seats36=0
|party37=Khasi-Jaintia Durbar|votes37=32987|seats37=0
|party38=[[Saurashtra Khedut Sangh]]|votes38=29766|seats38=0
|party39=[[Bolshevik Party of India]]|votes39=25792|seats39=0
|party40=All Manipur National Union|votes40=22083|seats40=0
|party41=[[Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes41=20665|seats41=0
|party42=Hill People Party|votes42=17350|seats42=0
|party43=[[Krishak Sramik Party|Praja Party]]|votes43=16955|seats43=0
|party44=Kuki National Association|votes44=12155|seats44=0
|party45=Punjab Depressed Class League|votes45=11789|seats45=0
|party46=[[Pursharathi Panchayat]]|votes46=10778|seats46=0
|party47=[[Cochin Party]]|votes47=8947|seats47=0
|party48=[[Kisan Mazdoor Mandal]]|votes48=8808|seats48=0
|party49=[[Hyderabad State Praja Party]]|votes49=7646|seats49=0
|party50=Gandhi Sebak Seva|votes50=7196|seats50=0
|party51=Kisan Janta Sanyukta Party|votes51=6390|seats51=0
|party52=National Party of India|votes52=3232|seats52=0
|party53=Historical Research|votes53=1468|seats53=0
|party54=Independents|votes54=16850089|seats54=37
|row55=Appointed members{{efn|Six representing [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], two representing [[Anglo-Indians]], one representing Part B tribal areas in [[Assam]] and one representing the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].}}|seats55=10
|electorate=173212343
|turnout=44.87
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4111-general-election-1951-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9734&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=6df04992cf2c2fe96a9487465b425663 ECI]
}}{{notelist}}

==Legislative Assembly elections==

===Ajmer*===
{{Main|1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Ajmer State]] was merged into [[Rajasthan]] under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates">{{cite web | url=http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1955_7/42/reorganisation_of_statesthe_approach_and_arrangements.pdf | title=Reorganisation of States, 1955 | publisher=The Economic Weekly | date=October 15, 1955 | access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

===Assam===
{{Main|1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

===Bhopal*===
{{Main|1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Bhopal State (1949–1956)|Bhopal State]] was merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]] under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>
Bhopal states 1955

===Bihar*===
{{Main|1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

'''*''' : Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to [[West Bengal]] in 1956 under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Bombay*===
{{Main|1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

*: On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], [[Bombay State|Bombay state]] was re-organized by the addition of [[Saurashtra State]] and [[Kutch State]], [[Nagpur Division]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]], and [[Marathwada]] region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost districts of Bombay were transferred to [[Mysore State]] while [[Abu Road]] taluka of the Banaskantha district was transferred to [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Coorg*===
{{Main|1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Coorg State]] was merged into [[Mysore State]] as per the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Delhi*===
{{Main|1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : 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.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/> Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in [[1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1993]], when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the [[Constitution of India|Indian constitution]].<ref name=" Sixty-ninth amendment ">{{cite news|title= Sixty-ninth amendment|publisher=[[Delhi Assembly]] official website|access-date=25 August 2016|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm}}</ref>

===Himachal Pradesh*===
{{Main|1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : Under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] became a [[Union Territory]] on 1 November 1956, under the direct administration of the [[President of India]] and the [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] was abolished simultaneously.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/> Under Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, it became a state and the next legislative elections were held in [[1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]].

===Hyderabad*===
{{Main|1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Hyderabad State]], except the districts of Raichur, Gulbarga, Bidar and Marathwada, was merged into [[Andhra State]] to form a single state, [[Andhra Pradesh]], under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]]. The districts of Raichur, Bidar and Gulbarga were transferred to the [[Mysore State]], while the Marathwada district was merged with the [[Bombay State]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Madhya Bharat*===
{{Main|1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], [[Madhya Bharat]] (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district) was merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]] and the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district of Madhya Bharat was merged in [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Madhya Pradesh*===
{{Main|1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], [[Madhya Bharat]] (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district), [[Vindhya Pradesh]], [[Bhopal State]] and the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of [[Rajasthan]] were merged into Madhya Pradesh while the [[Nagpur Division]] was transferred to Bombay State.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Madras*===
{{Main|1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, the southern part of [[Travancore-Cochin]] ([[Kanyakumari district]]) was added to the [[Madras State]] while the [[Malabar district]] of the state was transferred to the new state of [[Kerala]], and a new union territory, [[Laccadive|Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands]], was created.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Mysore*===
{{Main|1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of [[Coorg State]], the [[Kollegal]] taluk of the Coimbatore district and the [[South Kanara]] district (except the [[Kasaragod]] taluk) of [[Madras State]], and the [[Kannada]] speaking districts from southern Bombay state and western [[Hyderabad State]] under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]]. The Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Orissa===
{{Main|1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section-h:1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

===Patiala & East Punjab States Union===
{{Main|1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

===Punjab*===
{{Main|1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

'''*''' : [[Punjab (India,)|Punjab]] was enlarged by the addition of [[Patiala & East Punjab States Union]] in 1956 under [[States Reorganisation Act of 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Rajasthan*===
{{Main|1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

===Saurashtra*===
{{Main|1952 Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Saurashtra State]] was merged into [[Bombay State]] as per the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===Travancore-Cochin===
{{Main|1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

$ : In 1952 elections of [[Legislative Assembly of Kerala|legislative assembly]], no party found the majority. [[Indian National Congress]] formed a coalition government with the help of [[Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress]], [[Kerala Socialist Party]] and a nominated member.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_QtMGIczhMC | title=Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience | publisher=Concept Publishing Company | author=Chander, N. Jose | year=2004 | pages=74 | isbn=9788180690921}}</ref>

===Uttar Pradesh===
{{Main|1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

===Vindhya Pradesh*===
{{Main|1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

* : On 1 November 1956, [[Vindhya Pradesh]] was merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]] under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

===West Bengal*===
{{Main|1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
{{#section:1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

'''*''' : West Bengal was enlarged slightly by the transfer of minor territories from [[Bihar]] in 1956 under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/>

==See also==
* [[1954 elections in India]]
* [[1955 elections in India]]
* [[1957 elections in India]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]

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