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{{Short description|Indian state election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| vote_type = Popular 
| ongoing = no
| election_date = 26 March 1952
| elected_members =
| next_election = 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1957 (MP)
| seats_for_election= All 99 seats in the [[Madhya Bharat]] [[Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 50
| registered = {{formatnum:5723673}}
| turnout = 34.72%

| image1 = Hand INC.svg
| leader1 = [[Mishrilal Gangwal]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| leader_since1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Bagli Assembly constituency|Bagli]]
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = 75
| popular_vote1 = 9,38,918
| percentage1 = 47.24%

| image2 = Horse and rider Indian election symbol.png
| leader2 =
| party2 = Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| seats2 = 11
| popular_vote2 = 2,36,824
| percentage2 = 11.92%

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

| title = Chief Minister of [[Madhya Bharat]]
| before_election = Takhatmal Jain
| after_election = [[Mishrilal Gangwal]]
| after_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
[[File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg|thumb|Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951]]
Elections to the [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] of the Indian state of [[Madhya Bharat]] were held on 26 March 1952. 440 candidates contested for the 79 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 20 two-member constituencies and 59 single-member constituencies.<ref name="MBECI1951"/> The [[Indian National Congress]] won a majority of seats and [[Mishrilal Gangwal]] became the new Chief Minister.

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election<ref name="MBECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
!colspan=8|[[File:India Madhya Bharath Legislative Assembly 1952.svg]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |
! Political party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| [[File:Flag of Indian National Congress.png|70px]]
| 99 || 75 || 75.76 || 9,38,918 || 47.24
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
|
| 59 || 4 || 4.04 || 1,45,845 || 7.34
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
| 42 || 4 || 4.04 || 1,93,627 || 9.74
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
|
| 39 || 2 || 2.02 || 1,43,132 || 7.20
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
|
| 33 || 11 || 11.11 || 2,36,824 || 11.92
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 131 || 3 || 3.03 || 2,58,157 || 12.99
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total seats
! 99 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 57,23,673 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 19,87,410 (34.72%)
|}<section end=Results />

==Elected members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Reserved for<br/>([[Scheduled Castes|SC]]/[[Scheduled Tribes|ST]]/None)
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| Barwani || ST || Partap Singh || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Sendhwa || rowspan=2| None || Ram Chandra || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
| Barku || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Khargone || rowspan=2| None || Khode Ramakant || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Mandloi Swaisingh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bhikangaon || None || Vallabhdas Sitaram || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Barwaha || rowspan=2| None || Jadav Chand || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sitaram Sadhu || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rajpur || None || Hiralal || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
| Manawar North || ST || Shivbhanu Galaji || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Manawar South || ST || Bhume Kiratsingh || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Kukshi || ST || Ratu Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Alirajpur || ST || Bhima || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Jobat || ST || Premsingh || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Sardarpur || None || Shankar Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Jhabua || ST || Jamuna Bai || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Thandla || ST || Lal Singh || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Sailana || ST || Jeta Bhagga || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Dhar-Badnawar || rowspan=2| None || Gopal Prashad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Jagannath || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Mhow || None || Jal Rusramji Kavasji || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Indore City A || None || Verma Ram Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Indore City B || None || V. V. Dravid || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Indore City C || None || Manohar Singh Hullasmal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Indore City D || None || V. V. Sarwate || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Depalpur || rowspan=2| None || Sajjansingh Vishnar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Khadiwala Kanahiyalal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ratlam Tehsil || None || Devisingh Surajmal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ratlam City || None || Premsingh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Barnagar || None || Sawai Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ujjain City || None || Vishwanath Vasudeo || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Ujjain Tehsil || rowspan=2| None || Durga Das || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Masood Ahmed || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Kachraud-Mahidpur || rowspan=2| None || Ram Chandra || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bherulal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Alot || None || Kusumkant Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Jaora || None || Chaudhary Faizulla Alibaksh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Mandsaur South || None || Shyam Sukh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Sitamau || rowspan=2| None || Sagar Dhaniram Harish Chandra || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Chaudhari Bapulal Champalal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bhanpura || None || Vimal Kumar Mannalal || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
| Manasa || None || Ram Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Jawad || None || Badri Datt || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Neemuch || None || Sita Ram Jajoo || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Mandsaur North || None || Patidar Shyam Sunder || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Agar || None || Sobhagmal Bapulal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sasner || None || Rana Mal Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Tarana || None || Totla Rameshwar Dayal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Dewas || rowspan=2| None || Patwardhan Anant Sadashiv || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Malviya Bapoo Krishna || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Bagli Assembly constituency|Bagli]] || None || [[Mishrilal Gangwal]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Khategaan || None || Kailash Chandra Giri || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Shajapur || rowspan=2| None || Masoorkar Hari Laxman || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kishanlal Nagaji || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Shujalpur || None || Gokhale Trimbak Sadashiv || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sonkatch || None || Vijaysingh Hira Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Narsingarh || rowspan=2| None || Radha Vallabh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bhanwarlal Jivan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Khilchipur West || None || Prabhu Dayal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Khilchipur East || None || Raghuraj Singh || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Rajgarh || None || Pratibha Devi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Biaora || None || Madan Lal || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Chachaura || None || Dwarkadas Ramnarayan || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Raghogarh || None || Raja Balbhadra Singh || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Bhilsa || rowspan=2| None || Jamuna Prasad Mukharraya || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Chaturbhuj Jatav || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Basoda || None || Niranjan Verma || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Kurwai || None || Ram Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Mungaoli || None || Kundanlal Madanlal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Pachhar || rowspan=2| None || Ram Dayal Singh Raghuwanshi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Duli Chand || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Guna || None || Tatke Sitaram || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Shivpuri Kolaras || rowspan=2| None || Tula Ram || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Narhari Prashad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Pichhore South || None || Barjor Singh || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Pichhore North || None || Laxmi Narayan || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Karera || None || Bhagwan Dass || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Ghatigaon || None || Ghule Murlidhar Vishwanath Rao || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Lashkar || None || Har Kishore || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Gwalior || None || Purshottam Rao Inamdar || {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|-
| Morar || None || Pandviya Shyam Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Sheopur Pohri || rowspan=2| None || Soma || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Udaybhan Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bijaypur || None || Balmukund || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sabalgarh || None || Laxmi Chand || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Joura || None || Ram Chandra Mishra || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Ambah || rowspan=2| None || Jamuna Prasad Singh || {{Full party name with color|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
|-
| Chandana || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Morena || rowspan=2| None || Sowran Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Karan Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Gohad-Mehgaon || rowspan=2| None || Ram Dhan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Prabhu || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Pichhore Bhandair || rowspan=2| None || Rudra Deo Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kishorilal Sukhram || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Lahar || rowspan=2| None || Har Sewak || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gokul Prasad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Umri || None || Ranvijay Singh || {{Full party name with color|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
|-
| Bhind || None || Narsingh Rao || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Attair || None || Baboo Ram || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}

==State Reorganization and Merger==
On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], All districts of [[Madhya Bharat]], except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district, was merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district was merged in [[Rajasthan]].<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=15 October 1955 | accessdate=25 July 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Madhya Bharat]]
* [[1951–52 elections in India]]
*[[1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Madhya Pradesh elections}}

[[Category:State Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:1950s in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:1952 State Assembly elections in India|Madhya Bharath]]
[[Category:Madhya Bharat]]
[[Category:March 1952 in Asia]]

1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

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