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The '''Ajmer Legislative Assembly''' was the [[Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) of [[Ajmer State]], [[India]].

As Ajmer State was included in the [[Constitution of India]] as a class 'C' state, a legislative assembly was formed in May 1952, constituted by the winners of the [[1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="Malhotra2004">{{cite book|author=G. C. Malhotra|title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA744|year=2004|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|isbn=978-81-200-0400-9|page=744}}</ref> The assembly had 30 members, 12 elected from double-member constituencies and 18 elected from single-member constituencies.<ref name="Malhotra2004"/><ref name="JainSecretariat1993">{{cite book|author1=C. K. Jain|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Secretariat|title=The Union and State legislatures in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ff2KAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7023-339-8|page=687}}</ref>

Following the 1952 election, the Ajmer Legislative Assembly had 20 members from the [[Indian National Congress]], 3 from the [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]], 3 from [[Pursharathi Panchayat]] and 4 independents.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4110-ajmer-1951/ Ajmer, 1951]''</ref> Five by-elections were held in Jethana (March 1953, following the death of incumbent legislator [[Narayan (politician)|Narayan]]), Bhinai (September 1953, as nomination papers had been improperly rejected), Gagwana (by-elections held twice, first in September 1953 as nomination paper had been improperly rejected, then again as the election had been rejected due to office of profit issue) and Nayanagar (September 1953, as nomination papers had been improperly rejected).<ref name="e">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Press Digests|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R045AQAAIAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Bureau of International Relations of the Department of Political Science, University of California|page=211}}</ref>

As of 1954 Chowdhury Bhagirath Singh was the Speaker of the Ajmer Legislative Assembly.<ref name="RaoBinani1954">{{cite book|author1=T. V. Rama Rao|author2=G. D. Binani|title=India at a Glance: A Comprehensive Reference Book on India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2b9NOnb8WigC|year=1954|publisher=Orient Longmans|page=578}}</ref> As of 1956 Ramesh Chandra Bhargava was the speaker of the Ajmer Legislative Assembly, and Syed Abbas Ali the Deputy Speaker.<ref name="Reed1956">{{cite book|author=Sir Stanley Reed|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G5AjAQAAMAAJ|year=1956|publisher=Times of India Press|page=770}}</ref> Committees of the Ajmer Legislative Assembly included Estimates Committee, the Public Accounts Committee, the Privilege Committee, the Assurance Committee and the Petition Committee.<ref name="JainSecretariat1993"/>

The Ajmer Legislative Assembly held a session 4–6 April 1956, to discuss the [[States Reorganisation Act]] and approved the merger of the state into [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="JainSecretariat1993"/> As Ajmer State was merged into Rajasthan in 1956, the erstwhile Ajmer Legislative Assembly members were included in the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] until the end of the term of the assembly.<ref name="Malhotra2004"/>

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