1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

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1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
27 March 1952 1993 →
All 48 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Chaudhary Brahm Parkash.jpg
Leader Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
Party INC BJS
Leader's seat Nangloi Jat -
Seats before N/A N/A
Seats won 39 5
Seat change N/A N/A
Popular vote 2,71,812 1,14,207
Percentage 52.09% 21.89%
Chief Minister

Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

The first Delhi Legislative Assembly election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly was held on 27 March 1952.[1][2] Forty-eight seats were up for election.[2] Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member.[1]

Results[]

Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.[1] Chaudhary Brahm Prakash of Indian National Congress was elected Chief Minister.

Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election[1]
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won % of
Seats		 Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 47 39 81.25 2,71,812 52.09
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31 5 10.42 1,14,207 21.89
Socialist Party 6 2 4.17 12,396 2.38
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 5 1 2.08 6,891 1.32
Independent 78 1 2.08 82,972 15.90
Total Seats 48 Voters 7,44,668 Turnout 5,21,766 (58.52%)

State Reorganization[]

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.[3] Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Delhi" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Kaushik, S. L.; Rama Patnayak (1995). Modern Governments and Political Systems. Vol. 3. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 65.
  3. ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
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