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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| vote_type = Popular 
| ongoing = no
| election_date = 27 March 1952
| elected_members =
| next_election = 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1957
| seats_for_election= All 30 seats in the [[Bhopal State (1949–56)|Bhopal]] [[Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 16
| registered = {{formatnum:610182}}
| turnout = 37.07%

| image1 = Hand INC.svg
| leader1 =
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| leader_since1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = 25
| popular_vote1 = 1,17,656
| percentage1 = 52.01%

| image2 = Horse and rider Indian election symbol.png
| leader2 =
| party2 = Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| seats2 = 1
| popular_vote2 = 31,684
| percentage2 = 14.01

| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption =

| title = Chief Minister of [[Bhopal State (1949–56)|Bhopal]]
| before_election =
| after_election = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}
[[File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg|thumb|Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951]]
Elections to the [[Bhopal State (1949–56)|Bhopal]] [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] were held on 27 March 1952.<ref name="BhopalECI1951"/> The [[Indian National Congress]] won a majority of seats and [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] became the Chief Minister.

==Constituencies==
The Bhopal Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seats distributed in seven two-member constituencies and sixteen single-member constituencies. Total 91 contestants were in fray for these 30 seats. Silwani legislative assembly had the maximum number of contestants (8 candidates), while Ichhawar had the minimum contestants (only 1 candidate, which was elected unopposed).<ref name="BhopalECI1951"/>

==Political Parties==
4 National parties along with [[Kisan Mazdoor Mandal]] took part in the assembly election. [[Indian National Congress]] emerged as the single largest party while no other party cross the double digit.<ref name="BhopalECI1951"/>

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election<ref name="BhopalECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_BHOPAL.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bhopal | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-13}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |
! Political Party !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| 28 || 25 || 83.33 || 1,17,656 || 52.01
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
| 9 || 1 || 3.33 || 31,684 || 14.01
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Independent politician
| 32 || 4 || 13.33 || 51,736 || 22.87
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 2| Total Seats
! 30 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 6,10,182 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 2,26,210 (37.07%)
|}<section end=Results />

==Elected Members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| Shahajahanabad || Jalauddin Qureshi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Shishmahal || Syed Ajazuddin || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Jahangirabad || Inayatullah Tarzi Mashriqui || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Bairagarh || Baboolal Bhartia || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Lila Rai || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Huzur || Sardarmal Lalwani || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| [[Berasia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Berasia]] || [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Nazirabad || Shankar Dayal || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Sehore || Umrao Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sultan Mohd Khan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Shyampur || Har Kishan Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Baboolal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Ashta || Chandan Mal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gopi Das || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kotri || Maimoona Sultana || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ichhawar || Kesarimal Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Nasrullahganj || Vanshi Dhar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Budhni || Lachmi Narain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Raisen || Baboolal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kamta Prashad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Begumganj || Kundan Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sultanganj || Baboolal Kamal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Goharganj || Dalip Singh || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Gulab Chand || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Amrawad || Narbada Charan Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bareli || Shyam Sundar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Silwani || Lila Dhar Rathi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Daulat Shah || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Udaipur || Nit Gopal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Deori || Ram Karan Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}

== State Reorganization and Merger==
On 1 November 1956, [[Bhopal State]] was merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]] 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 | accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[1951–52 elections in India]]
*[[Bhopal State]]
*[[Bhopal State (1949–56)]]
*[[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Madhya Pradesh elections}}

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