The Kisan Mazdoor Mandal ('Peasant Worker Association', abbreviated KMM) was a political party in Bhopal State, India. The party was formed in 1950 by proponents of a merger with Madhya Bharat, who split away from the Indian National Congress.[1][2] The party had a Marxian orientation.[3] KMM was supported by the 10,000-member trade union Mazdoor Sabha.[3] Khan Shakir Ali Khan was the president of KMM.[4] In the run-up to the 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election, KMM was the main opposition to the Bhopal Congress.[4]
KMM was recognized by the Election Commission of India as a state party.[2] The party was assigned the election symbol 'cultivator winnowing grain' by the Election Commission.[5] The party published a socialist manifesto before the polls.[3] The election result was a back-lash for the party.[6] KMM became the third-most voted party in the election, contesting 11 out of 30 seats in the state.[2] It obtained 12,255 votes (5.42% of the votes in the state), but didn't win any seats.[2] Khan stood as the KMM candidate in Jahangirabad constituency, finishing in second place with 2,581 votes (43.41% of the votes in the constituency).[2] KMM also fielded one candidate in the 1951-1952 Lok Sabha parliamentary election; Ratankumar in the Sehore constituency. He obtained 8,808 votes (9.28%).[7]
References
- ↑ Bhopal, Past and Present : a Brief History of Bhopal from the Hoary Past Up to the Present Time{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Jai Bharat Publishing House(1981)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Election Commission of India. Bhopal, 1951
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Party and democracy in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Tata McGraw-Hill(1977)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 State Politics in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Princeton University Press(8 December 2015). ISBN 978-1-4008-7914-4
- ↑ Electoral Geography of India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Adhyayan Publishers & Distributors(1 January 2007). ISBN 978-81-8435-020-3
- ↑ Indian Elections and Legislators{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. All India Publications(1953)
- ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA