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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1952 Vindhya Pradesh 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
| seats_for_election= All 60 seats in the [[Vindhya Pradesh]] [[Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 31
| registered = {{formatnum:2403588}}
| turnout = 28.37%

| image1 = Hand INC.svg
| leader1 = [[S.N.Shukla|S.N. Shukla]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| leader_since1 =
| leaders_seat1 = Amarpur
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = 40
| popular_vote1 = 2,70,013
| percentage1 = 39.60%

| image2 =
| leader2 =
| party2 = Socialist Party (India)
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| seats2 = 11
| popular_vote2 = 1,28,187
| percentage2 = 18.80%

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

| title = Chief Minister of [[Vindhya Pradesh]]
| before_election =
| after_election = [[S.N.Shukla|S.N. Shukla]]
| 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 [[Vindhya Pradesh]] were held on March 26, 1952. 252 candidates contested for the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 12 two-member constituencies, and 36 single-member constituencies.<ref name="VPECI1951"/> The [[Indian National Congress]] won a majority of seats and [[S.N.Shukla|Sambhu Nath Shukla]] became the new Chief Minister.

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election<ref name="VPECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_VP.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-17}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
!colspan=8|[[File:India Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1952.svg]]
|-
! 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]]
| 56 || 40 || 66.67 || 2,70,013 || 39.60
|-
| {{party color cell|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
| 49 || 3 || 5.00 || 1,10,465 || 16.2
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]
| 46 || 11 || 18.33 || 1,28,187 || 18.80
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| 33 || 2 || 3.33 || 67,330 || 9.88
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
| 17 || 2 || 3.33 || 30,817 || 4.52
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Independent politician
| 42 || 2 || 3.33 || 62,102 || 9.11
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 2| Total Seats
! 60 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 24,03,588 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 6,81,799 (28.37%)
|}<section end=Results />

==Elected Members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| rowspan=2| Pushprajgarh || Ram Prasad Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Dan Bahadur Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Burhar || Saraswati Prasad Patel || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sohagpur || Lal Rajendra Bahadur Singh || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Jaitpur-Kotma || Saheb Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Padam Chand Patni || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Beohari || Baba Din || {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
|-
| Ram Kishore || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Umariya || Lal Aditya Nath Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Amarpur || [[S.N.Shukla|Sambhu Nath Shukla]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Singrauli Niwas || Sumitri Devi || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Shyam Kartik || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| [[Deosar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Deosar]] || Ganga Dhar || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Sidhi Madwas || Chandra Pratap || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Dadhi || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Churhat || Jagat Bahadur Singh || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Kanpura || Bhai Lal || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Hanumana || Bhuneshwar Prasad || {{Full party name with color|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Maugani Naigarhi || Someshwar Singh || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Sahdiya Chamar || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Teonthar || Rajeshwar Prasad Misra || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Garhi || Rana Samser Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Semariya || Baikunth Prasad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sirmaur || Narmada Prasad Singh || {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
|-
| Mangawan || Sriniwas Tiwari || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Gurh || Brij Raj Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rewa || Jagdish Chandra Joshi || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Raipur || Shatru Sudan Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Mukundpur || Kesho Prasad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ram Nagar || Balwant Singh || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
| Amarpatan || Lal Bihari Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rampur-Baghelan || Govind Narain Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sabhapur || Ram Sajiwan Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Satna || Shiva Nand || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kothi || Kaushalendra Pratap Bahadur Singh || {{Full party name with color|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
|-
| Amdara || Ramadhar Pandey || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Nagod || Gopal Saran Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Het Ram || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Pawai || Bhura || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Narendra Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ajaigarh || Lalmohammad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Panna || Saryu Prasad Chanpuriya || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Chandla || Kamta Prasad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Laundi || Mahendra Kumar Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rajnagar || Gokal Prasad || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Chhatarpur || Govinda || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Panna Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Bijawar || Diwan Pratap Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Piyare Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Malhera || Basant Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Tikamgarh || Krishna Kant || {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
|-
| Rilli Chamar || {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Chandpura || Thakur Das || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Jatara || Narain Das || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Lidhaura || Raghuraj Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Niwari || Lala Ram Bajpai || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Prithvipur || Shyam Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan=2| Seondha || Ram Das || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Laxmi Narain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Datia || Shyam Sunder Das || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}

== State Reorganization and Merger==
On 1 November 1956, [[Vindhya Pradesh]] 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==

* [[Vindhya Pradesh]]
* [[1951–52 elections in India]]
*[[1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Madhya Pradesh elections}}

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