1952 Bhopal State Legislative Assembly election

File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Bhopal Legislative Assembly were held on March 27, 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. A total of 91 contestants were in the 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, who was elected unopposed).

Political parties

Four 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 crossed the double digit.

Results

<section begin=Results />Template:Election table |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" !colspan=8|File:India Bhopal Legislative Assembly 1952.svg |- ! 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

Template:Number sign	Constituency	Member	Party
1	Shahajahanabad	Jalauddin Qureshi	Template:Full party name with color
2	Shishmahal	Syed Ajazuddin	Template:Full party name with color
3	Jahangirabad	Inayatullah Tarzi Mashriqui	Template:Full party name with color
4	Bairagarh	Baboolal Bhartia	Template:Full party name with color
		Lila Rai	Template:Full party name with color
5	Huzur	Sardarmal Lalwani	Template:Full party name with color
6	Berasia	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
7	Nazirabad	Shankar Dayal	Template:Full party name with color
8	Sehore	Umrao Singh	Template:Full party name with color
		Sultan Mohd Khan	Template:Full party name with color
9	Shyampur	Har Kishan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
		Baboolal	Template:Full party name with color
10	Ashta	Chandan Mal	Template:Full party name with color
		Gopi Das	Template:Full party name with color
11	Kotri	Maimoona Sultan	Template:Full party name with color
12	Ichhawar	Kesarimal Jain	Template:Full party name with color
13	Nasrullahganj	Vanshi Dhar	Template:Full party name with color
14	Budhni	Lachmi Narain	Template:Full party name with color
15	Raisen	Baboolal	Template:Full party name with color
		Kamta Prashad	Template:Full party name with color
16	Begumganj	Kundan Lal	Template:Full party name with color
17	Sultanganj	Baboolal Kamal	Template:Full party name with color
18	Goharganj	Dalip Singh	Template:Full party name with color
		Gulab Chand	Template:Full party name with color
19	Amrawad	Narbada Charan Lal	Template:Full party name with color
20	Bareli	Shyam Sundar	Template:Full party name with color
21	Silwani	Lila Dhar Rathi	Template:Full party name with color
		Daulat Shah	Template:Full party name with color
22	Udaipur	Nit Gopal	Template:Full party name with color
23	Deori	Ram Karan Lal	Template:Full party name with color

State Reorganisation and Merger

On November 1, 1956, Bhopal State was merged into Madhya Pradesh under the 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