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{{Infobox election
| election_name = West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1946 Indian provincial elections
| previous_year = 1946
| next_election = 1957 West Bengal state assembly election
| next_year = 1957
| election_date = 31 March 1952
| seats_for_election = All 187 seats in the [[West Bengal state assembly]]
| image1 = [[File:Dr._Bidhan_Chandra_Roy_in_1943_(cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
| leader1 = [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Bowbazar]]
| seats1 = 150
| seat_change1 = n/a
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 = 38.82%
| swing1 = n/a
| image2 = [[File:Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png|100x100px]]
| leader2 = [[Jyoti Basu]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Baranagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baranagar]]
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| alliance2 =
| seats2 = 28
| seat_change2 = n/a
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 = 10.76%
| swing2 = n/a
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 94
}}

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

[[Image:1952WestBengal.png|right|250px|thumb|West Bengal, India]]
The ''' West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952''' was a part of the series of [[1951–52 elections in India#Legislative Assembly elections|Legislative Assembly elections in 1952]].

==Alliances==
On the political left, two alliances had emerged the [[United Socialist Organisation of India]] (an alliance between the [[Communist Party of India]], the [[Socialist Republican Party (India)|Socialist Republican Party]]<ref>Contested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected.</ref> and the [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)]]) and the [[People's United Socialist Front]] (comprising the [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]], the [[Forward Bloc (Ruikar)]] and the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]).<ref>M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''. [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.</ref>

==Results==

===Alliance wise result===

The election was won by the [[Indian National Congress]], who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|[[United Socialist Organisation of India|USOI]]
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#DC143C; color:white"|[[People's United Socialist Front|PUSF]]
! style="background-color:#DC143C; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|INC+
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#FF9900; color:white"|OTHERS
! style="background-color:#FF9900; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#cedff2; color:white"|OTHERS
! style="background-color:#cedff2; color:white"|SEATS
|----
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] || 28 || [[Socialist Party (India)|SPI]] || 0
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || 150 || [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]] || 9
| [[Independent (politician)|IND]] || 19
|----
| [[Socialist Republican Party (India)|SRP]] || 0 || [[Forward Bloc (Ruikar)|FB(R)]] || 1 || ||
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha|ABHM]] || 4 || [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|KMPP]] || 15
|----
| [[All India Forward Bloc|AFBM]] || 11 || [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|RSP]] || 0 || ||
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad|ABRRP]] || 0 || ||
|----
| bgcolor=#FF0000|TOTAL (1952) || bgcolor=#FF0000|39
| bgcolor=#DC143C|TOTAL (1952) || bgcolor=#DC143C|2
| bgcolor=#009900|TOTAL (1952) || bgcolor=#009900|150
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|TOTAL (1952) || bgcolor=#FFF3E1|13
| bgcolor=#cedff2|TOTAL (1952) || bgcolor=#cedff2|34
|}

===Party wise result===
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election<ref name="WBECI1951">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | 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]]
|
| 236 || 150 || 63.56 || 2,889,994 || 38.82
|-
| {{party color cell|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
|
| 129 || 15 || 6.36 || 667,446 || 8.97
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]
| 86 || 28 || 11.86 || 800,951 || 10.76
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
| 85 || 9 || 3.81 || 415,458 || 5.58
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)]]
|
| 48 || 11 || 4.66 || 393,591 || 5.29
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Socialist Party of India|Socialist Party]]
|
| 63 || 0 || || 215,382 || 2.89
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
|
| 33 || 4 || 1.69 || 1,76,762 || 2.37
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Forward Bloc (Ruikar)]]
|
| 32 || 2 || 0.85 || 1,07,905 || 1.45
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|
| 16 || 0 || || 63,173 || 0.85
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore)]]
|
| 10 || 0 || || 32,859 || 0.44
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bolshevik Party of India]]
|
| 8 || 0 || || 20117 || 0.27
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
|
|14 || 0 || || 7,100 || 0.10
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 614 || 19 || 8.05 || 1,653,165 || 22.21
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total seats
! 238 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 17,628,239 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 7,443,903 (42.23%)
|}<section end=Results />

==State Reorganization==
On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from [[Bihar]] to West Bengal.<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 | access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.

==See also==
* [[1951–52 elections in India]]
* [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{West Bengal assembly elections}}

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