Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 2,604 candidates contested for the 347 constituencies in the Assembly.[1] The Indian National Congress won the majority of seats and its leader Govind Ballabh Pant was re-elected as the Chief Minister.[2]
After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951, the constituencies were set to the ones used in this election.[3] There were 83 two-member constituencies and 264 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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| 429 || 388 || 90.23 || 80,32,475 || 47.93
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| style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party
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| 349 || 20 || 4.65 || 20,15,320 || 12.03
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| style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
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| 268 || 1 || 0.23 || 9,55,708 || 5.70
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| style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh
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| 211 || 2 || 0.47 || 10,81,395 || 6.45
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| style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
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| 95 || 1 || 0.23 || 2,91,247 || 1.75
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| style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
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| 63 || 1 || 0.23 || 2,39,110 || 1.43
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| style="text-align:left;" |Uttar Pradesh Praja Party
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| 55 || 1 || 0.23 || 3,01,322 || 1.80
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| style="text-align:left;" |Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party
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| 9 || 1 || 0.23 || 57,284 || 0.34
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| 1006 || 15 || 3.49 || 32,94,500 || 19.66
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! colspan = 3| Total Seats
! 430 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 4,40,89,646 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 1,67,58,619 (38.01%)
|}<section end=Results />
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedUPECI1951 - ↑ Chief Ministers. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951. Election Commission of India(23 August 1951). Retrieved 13 October 2021.