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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = N/A
| previous_year = N/A
| next_election = 1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = '''1957'''
| election_date = 27 March 1952
| seats_for_election = 430 seats in the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], 1951-1952
| image1 = [[File:1931 Flag of India.svg|140px]]
| leader1 = [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = Bareilly Municipality
| seats1 = 388
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 80,32,475
| percentage1 = 47.93%
| swing1 =
| image2 =
| leader2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| party2 = Socialist Party (India)
| seats2 = 20
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 = 20,15,320
| percentage2 = 12.03%
| swing2 =
| title = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 216
}}
[[File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg|thumb|Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951]]

Elections to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] were held on 26 March 1952. 2,604 candidates contested for the 347 constituencies in the Assembly.<ref name="UPECI1951"/> The [[Indian National Congress]] won the majority of seats and its leader [[Govind Ballabh Pant]] was re-elected as the Chief Minister.<ref name="CM">{{cite web |url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CHIEF%20MINISTERS.HTM |title=Chief Ministers |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 August 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130812234844/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CHIEF%20MINISTERS.HTM |publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] |access-date=27 July 2013}}</ref>

After the passing of ''The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951'', the constituencies were set to the ones used in this election.<ref name=delimitation1951>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3968-dpaco-1951/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=23 August 1951 |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> There were 83 two-member constituencies and 264 single-member constituencies.<ref name="UPECI1951"/>

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election<ref name="UPECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_UP.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-17}}</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]]
|
| 429 || 388 || 90.23 || 80,32,475 || 47.93
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]
|
| 349 || 20 || 4.65 || 20,15,320 || 12.03
|-
| {{party color cell|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
|
| 268 || 1 || 0.23 || 9,55,708 || 5.70
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
| 211 || 2 || 0.47 || 10,81,395 || 6.45
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
|
| 95 || 1 || 0.23 || 2,91,247 || 1.75
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
|
| 63 || 1 || 0.23 || 2,39,110 || 1.43
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Uttar Pradesh Praja Party]]
|
| 55 || 1 || 0.23 || 3,01,322 || 1.80
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|
| 9 || 1 || 0.23 || 57,284 || 0.34
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 1006 || 15 || 3.49 || 32,94,500 || 19.66
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total Seats
! 430 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 4,40,89,646 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 1,67,58,619 (38.01%)
|}<section end=Results />

==See also==

*[[1951–52 elections in India]]

==References==
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