Elections to elect the First Punjab Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 842 candidates contested for the 105 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.[1]
Results
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! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
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| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress
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| 121 || 96 || 76.19 || 18,30,601 || 36.69
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| style="text-align:left;" |Shiromani Akali Dal
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| 48 || 13 || 10.32 || 6,20,455 || 12.44
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| style="text-align:left;" |Zamindar Party
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| 31 || 2 || 1.59 || 3,72,126 || 7.46
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| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India
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| 26 || 4 || 3.17 || 1,93,974 || 3.89
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| style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
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| 19 || 1 || 0.79 || 69,694 || 1.40
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| style="text-align:left;" |Lal Communist Party Hind Union
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| 9 || 1 || 0.79 || 57,739 || 1.16
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| 446 || 9 || 7.14 || 11,92,896 || 23.91
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! colspan = 3| Total seats
! 126 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 86,23,498 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 49,89,077 (57.85%)
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State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab.[2] Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.
See also
- PEPSU state Legislative Assembly elections, 1952
- 1951–52 elections in India
- 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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