Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Patiala and East Punjab States Union were held on 18 February 1954. 279 candidates competed for the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were twelve two-member constituencies and 36 single-member constituencies. Out of these, 2 single member constituencies were reserved for SC.[1]
Results
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! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net change
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| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress
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| 60 || 37 || Template:Increase 9 || 61.67 || 6,96,979 || 43.27 || Template:Increase 14.61
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| style="text-align:left;" |Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann Group)
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| 33 || 10 || New || 16.67 || 3,34,423 || 20.76 || New
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| style="text-align:left;" |Shiromani Akali Dal (Raman Group)
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| 22 || 2 || New || 3.33 || 1,19,301 || 7.41 || New
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| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India
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| 10 || 4 || Template:Increase 2 || 6.67 || 97,690 || 6.06 || Template:Increase 1.29
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| 139 || 7 || Template:Decrease 1 || 11.67 || 3,42,787 || 21.28 || N/A
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! style="text-align:center;" |Total seats !! 60 (Template:Steady 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 26,48,175 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|16,10,909 (60.83%)
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State Reorganization and Merger
On 1 November 1956, Patiala and East Punjab States Union was merged into Punjab under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2]
See also
- Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly
- 1954 elections in India
- 1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election
- 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
- 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedPEPSUECI1954 - ↑ Reorganisation of States, 1955. The Economic Weekly(15 October 1955).