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

Elections to the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] were held on February 29, 1952. 616 candidates contested for the 140 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 20 two-member constituencies and 120 single-member constituencies.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

==Results==

<section begin=Results />{{Election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election<ref name="RajECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_Raj.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan | 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]]
|
| 156 || 82 || 51.25 || 12,86,953 || 39.46
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
|
| 59 || 24 || 15.00 || 3,99,958 || 12.26
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]
|
| 51 || 1 || 0.63 || 1,35,971 || 4.17
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
| 50 || 8 || 5.00 || 1,93,532 || 5.93
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Krishikar Lok Party]]
|
| 46 || 7 || 43.75 || 2,70,807 || 8.30
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
|
| 6 || 2 || 1.25 || 28,183 || 0.86
|-
| {{party color cell|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
|
| 6 || 1 || 0.63 || 16,411 || 0.50
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 230 || 35 || 21.88 || 8,96,671 || 27.49
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total seats
! 160 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 92,68,215 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 32,61,442 (35.19%)
|}

<sup>*</sup> : On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], the [[Ajmer State]], the Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district of [[Bombay State]], the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates"/><section end=Results />

==State Reorganization==
On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], the [[Ajmer State]], the Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district of [[Bombay State]], the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to [[Madhya Pradesh]].<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> This resulted in the change in assembly constituencies from 140 with 160 seats to 136 with 176 seats in 1957 assembly elections.

==See also==

* [[1951–52 elections in India]]
* [[1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
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