Template:Infobox election On June 4, 1952 a by-election for one of the two seats of the Ahmedabad City nos. VI, VII constituency of the Bombay Legislative Assembly was held.[1] The by-election was called following the resignation of Somnath Prabhashankar Dave.[2][3]
The Indian National Congress fielded the Chief Minister Morarji Desai whilst the Communist Party of India fielded Dinkar Mehta.[4] Desai won the seat with 18,583 votes (61.08%) against 11,841 (38.92%) votes for Mehta.[1][4][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Indian Review{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. G.A. Natesan & Company(1952)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
- ↑ Election Commission of India. Bombay 1951
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Three General Elections in Gujarat: Development of a Decade, 1952-1962{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Gujarat University(1966)