1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Bhopal Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Shankar Dayal Sharma became the Chief Minister.

Constituencies

The Bhopal Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seats distributed in seven two-member constituencies and sixteen single-member constituencies. Total 91 contestants were in fray for these 30 seats. Silwani legislative assembly had the maximum number of contestants (8 candidates), while Ichhawar had the minimum contestants (only 1 candidate, which was elected unopposed).

Political Parties

4 National parties along with Kisan Mazdoor Mandal took part in the assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party while no other party cross the double digit.

Results

<section begin=Results />Template:Election table |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political Party !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Template:Party color cell ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | 28 || 25 || 83.33 || 1,17,656 || 52.01 |- | Template:Party color cell ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 9 || 1 || 3.33 || 31,684 || 14.01 |- | Template:Party color cell ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Independent politician | 32 || 4 || 13.33 || 51,736 || 22.87 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 2| Total Seats ! 30 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 6,10,182 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 2,26,210 (37.07%) |}<section end=Results />

Elected Members

Constituency	Member	Party
Shahajahanabad	Jalauddin Qureshi	Template:Full party name with color
Shishmahal	Syed Ajazuddin	Template:Full party name with color
Jahangirabad	Inayatullah Tarzi Mashriqui	Template:Full party name with color
Bairagarh	Baboolal Bhartia	Template:Full party name with color
	Lila Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Huzur	Sardarmal Lalwani	Template:Full party name with color
Berasia	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Nazirabad	Shankar Dayal	Template:Full party name with color
Sehore	Umrao Singh	Template:Full party name with color
	Sultan Mohd Khan	Template:Full party name with color
Shyampur	Har Kishan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
	Baboolal	Template:Full party name with color
Ashta	Chandan Mal	Template:Full party name with color
	Gopi Das	Template:Full party name with color
Kotri	Maimoona Sultana	Template:Full party name with color
Ichhawar	Kesarimal Jain	Template:Full party name with color
Nasrullahganj	Vanshi Dhar	Template:Full party name with color
Budhni	Lachmi Narain	Template:Full party name with color
Raisen	Baboolal	Template:Full party name with color
	Kamta Prashad	Template:Full party name with color
Begumganj	Kundan Lal	Template:Full party name with color
Sultanganj	Baboolal Kamal	Template:Full party name with color
Goharganj	Dalip Singh	Template:Full party name with color
	Gulab Chand	Template:Full party name with color
Amrawad	Narbada Charan Lal	Template:Full party name with color
Bareli	Shyam Sundar	Template:Full party name with color
Silwani	Lila Dhar Rathi	Template:Full party name with color
	Daulat Shah	Template:Full party name with color
Udaipur	Nit Gopal	Template:Full party name with color
Deori	Ram Karan Lal	Template:Full party name with color

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Bhopal State was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

See also

• 1951–52 elections in India
• Bhopal State
• Bhopal State (1949–56)
• 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election