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{{Short description|Punjab Assembly Election of 1952}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1946 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1946
| next_election = 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = '''1957'''
| election_date = 26 March 1952
| seats_for_election = All 126 seats in the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]], 1957
| image1 = File:Bhim Sen Sachar.png
| image1_size = 80x80px
| leader1 = [[Bhim Sen Sachar]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = Ludhiana City South
| seats1 = 96
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 18,30,601
| percentage1 = 36.69
| swing1 =
| image2 =
| leader2 = [[Gopal Singh khalsa]]
| leaders_seat2 = -
| party2 = Shiromani Akali Dal
| seats2 = 13
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 = 6,20,455
| percentage2 = 12.44
| swing2 =
| title = [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Bhim Sen Sachar]]
੧ 13 April 1949 – 18 October 1949
੨ 17 April 1952 – 23 January 1956
2nd chief minister of Punjab
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = <br /> [[Bhim Sen Sachar]] <br /> (17 Apr. 1952 – 23 Jan. 1956) <br /> [[Partap Singh Kairon]] <br /> (23 Jan. 1956 - Apr. 1957)
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 64
}}

[[File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg|thumb|Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951]]

Elections to elect the [[First Punjab Legislative Assembly]] were held on 26 March 1952. 842 candidates contested for the 105 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.<ref name="PunjabECI1951"/>

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election<ref name="PunjabECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_Punjab.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Punjab | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- 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]]
|
| 121 || 96 || 76.19 || 18,30,601 || 36.69
|-
| {{party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|
| 48 || 13 || 10.32 || 6,20,455 || 12.44
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Zamindar Party]]
|
| 31 || 2 || 1.59 || 3,72,126 || 7.46
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]
| 26 || 4 || 3.17 || 1,93,974 || 3.89
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)]]
|
| 19 || 1 || 0.79 || 69,694 || 1.40
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Lal Communist Party Hind Union]]
|
| 9 || 1 || 0.79 || 57,739 || 1.16
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 446 || 9 || 7.14 || 11,92,896 || 23.91
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total seats
! 126 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 86,23,498 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 49,89,077 (57.85%)
|}<section end=Results />

==State Reorganization==
On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], [[Patiala & East Punjab States Union]] was merged with [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]].<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> Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

==See also==

* [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union|PEPSU]] state [[1952 Patiala & East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly elections, 1952]]
* [[1951–52 elections in India]]
* [[1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
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{{Punjab (India) elections}}

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