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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 1951 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election <br />
| country = India<br />
| flag_year = 1951<br />
| type = Legislative<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| party_colour =<br />
| previous_election = <br />
| previous_year = <br />
| election_date = <br />
| next_election = 1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election <br />
| next_year = 1957<br />
| seats_for_election = All 430 seats of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| majority_seats = 216<br />
| opinion_polls = <br />
| turnout = 38.01%<br />
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| image1 = Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg<br />
| leader1 = [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]<br />
| colour1 = FF9900<br />
| party1 = [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
| alliance1 = <br />
| leader_since1 = <br />
| leaders_seat1 = [[Bareilly Municipality (Assembly constituency)|Bareilly Municipality]]<br />
| last_election1 = <br />
| seats1 = 388<br />
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 388<br />
| popular_vote1 = 8032475<br />
| percentage1 = 47.93%<br />
| swing1 = {{increase}} 47.93%<br />
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| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| before_election = [[Position Established]]<br />
| before_party = <br />
| after_election = [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]<br />
| after_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| image2 = Raj Narain 2007 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| leader2 = [[Raj Narayan]]<br />
| leader_since2 = <br />
| colour2=66FFCC<br />
| party2= Socialist Party <br />
| alliance2 = <br />
| leaders_seat2 = [[Banaras South (Assembly constituency)|Banaras South]]<br />
| seats2 = 20<br />
| last_election2 = <br />
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 20<br />
| popular_vote2 = 2015320<br />
| percentage2 = 13.63%<br />
| swing2 = {{increase}} 13.63<br />
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The first '''Legislative Assembly elections''' were held in [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1951. The [[Indian National Congress]] won by a comfortable margin with 388 of the 430 Vidhan Sabha seats.<br />
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==Important members==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Name !! Party<br />
|-<br />
| 01 || 1952 || 1957 || Chief Minister || [[Govind Ballabh Pant]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
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| 02 || 1952 || 1957 || Speaker || [[Atmaram Govind Kher]]<ref name="Previous speakers">{{cite news|title=Previous speakers|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] website|accessdate=17 February 2019|url=http://uplegassembly.nic.in/ENGLISH/prev_speakers.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813025549/http://uplegassembly.nic.in/ENGLISH/prev_speakers.htm|archive-date=13 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
| 03 || 1952 || 1957 || Deputy Speaker || [[Hargovind Pant]]<ref name="Previous deputy speakers">{{cite news|title=Previous deputy speakers|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] website|accessdate=17 February 2019|url=http://uplegassembly.nic.in/ENGLISH/deputy_speaker.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530111821/http://www.uplegassembly.nic.in/ENGLISH/deputy_speaker.htm|archive-date=30 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>|| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
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| 04 || 1952 || 1957 || Leader of the House || [[Govind Ballabh Pant]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
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| 05 || 1952 || 1955 || Leader of the Opposition || [[Raj Narain|Lokbandhu Raj Narain]]<ref name="Previous LOP">{{cite news|title=Previous LOP|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] website|accessdate=17 February 2019|url=http://uplegassembly.nic.in/ENGLISH/prev_opposition_leader.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813025543/http://uplegassembly.nic.in/ENGLISH/prev_opposition_leader.htm|archive-date=13 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>|| [[Socialist Party (India)|SP]]<br />
|-<br />
| 06 || 1955 || 1957 || Leader of the Opposition || [[Genda Singh]]<ref name="Previous LOP"/>|| [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/<br />
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