1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
{{Short description|Punjab Assembly Election of 1952}}
{{for|the election in Pakistan|1951 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1946 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1946
| next_election = 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1957
| election_date = 26 March 1952
| seats_for_election = All 126 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, 1957
| image_size = 80px
| image1 = File:Bhim Sen Sachar.png
| leader1 = Bhim Sen Sachar
| party1 = INC
| leaders_seat1 = Ludhiana City South
| seats1 = 96
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 1,830,601
| percentage1 = 36.69%
| swing1 =
| image2 = File:Gopal Singh Khalsa.jpg
| leader2 = Gopal Singh Khalsa
| leaders_seat2 = Jagraon
| party2 = Shiromani Akali Dal
| seats2 = 13
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 = 620,455
| percentage2 = 12.44%
| swing2 =
| title = Chief Minister
| posttitle = Chief Minister after election
| before_election = Bhim Sen Sachar
| before_party = INC
| after_election = Bhim Sen Sachar
| after_party = INC
| majority_seats = 64
}}
File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg
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.
Results
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_Punjab.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Punjab | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14}} |sortable=yes}}
!colspan=10|File:India Punjab Legislative Assembly 1952.svg
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! colspan=2 | Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress
| 70px
| 121 || 96 || 76.19 || 18,30,601 || 36.69
|-
| {{party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Shiromani Akali Dal
| 70px
| 48 || 13 || 10.32 || 6,20,455 || 12.44
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |Zamindar Party
|
| 31 || 2 || 1.59 || 3,72,126 || 7.46
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India
| 70px
| 26 || 4 || 3.17 || 1,93,974 || 3.89
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
|
| 19 || 1 || 0.79 || 69,694 || 1.40
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |Lal Communist Party Hind Union
|
| 9 || 1 || 0.79 || 57,739 || 1.16
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 446 || 9 || 7.14 || 11,92,896 || 23.91
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total seats
! 126 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 86,23,498 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 49,89,077 (57.85%)
|}
Elected members
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency !Member !colspan=2|Party | ||
| Sirsa | Devi Lal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Fatehabad | Ganga Ram | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Dalbir Singh Gohar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Hissar City | Balwant Rai | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Hissar Sadar | Ranjit Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Hansi | Lajpat Rai | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Narnaund | Sarup Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Bhiwani | Mam Raj | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Ram Kumar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Rai | Rizaq Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sonipat | Siri Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Ganaur | Lehri Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Gohana | Nanhu Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Mam Chand | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Kalanaur | Badlu Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Jhajjar | Sher Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Chand Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Rohtak City | Dev Raj | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Ferozepore Jhirka | Yasin Khan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Nuh | Abdul Ghani | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Palwal | Gurditta | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Hassanpur | Dharam Vir | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Rewari | Chuni Lal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Abhai Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Ballab Garh | Kidar Nath Sehgal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Gurgaon | Gajraj Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sohna | Babu Dayal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sambhalka | Mool Chand | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Panipat | Krishan Gopal Datt | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Karnal | Nand Lal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Asandh | Kasturi Lal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Gharaunda | Samar Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Butana | Ram Sarup | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Phaggu Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Thanesar | Benarsi Das | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Shahabad | Jagdish Chand | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Kaithal | Daulat Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Pundri | Gopi Chand | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jagadhri | Dev Datt | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Molana | Rattan Amol Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Molana | Ram Parkash | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Ambala City | Abdul Gaffar Khan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Ambala Cantt | Dev Raj | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Narain Garh | Sadhu Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Chandi Garh | Jagat Narain | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Rupar | Raijinder Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Partap Singh | {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} | |
| Simla | Som Datt | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Nurpur | Ram Chand | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Dharamsala | Hari Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Haripur | Bhagat Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Palampur | Kanaya Lal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sujanpur | Pratap Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Kulu | Lal Chand | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Seraj | Raghubir Singh | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| rowspan=2| Hamirpur | Daulat Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Mehr Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Dasuya | Hari Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Mukerian | Ralla Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Amb | Khushiram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Una | Mansa Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Balachar | Baloo Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Gharhshankar | Harbhajan Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Kartar Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| rowspan=2| Hoshiarpur | Jagat Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Guran Dass | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| rowspan=2| Nawanshehr | Bishna | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Gurbachan Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Phillaur | Niranjan Dass | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Nurmahal | Darbara Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Nakodar | Sant Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Swaran Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| rowspan=2| Adampur | Gurbanta Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Mota Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Kartarpur | Gurdial Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jullundur City North West | Ram Kishan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jullundur City South East | Sita Devi | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Samrala | Naurang Singh | {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| Ajmer Singh | {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} | |
| Ludhiana City North | Jagdish Chander | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Ludhiana City South | Bhim Sen Sachar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Jagraon | Iqbal Singh | {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| Gopal Singh | {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} | |
| Ludhiana Sadar | Shamsher Singh | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| rowspan=2| Moga Dharmkot | Mukhtair Singh | {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| Davinder Singh | {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} | |
| Khuian Sarwar | Teg Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Abohar | Chandi Ram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Mallanwala | Partap Singh | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Ferozepore | Harnam Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Guru Har Sahai | Partap Singh | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| rowspan=2| Kot Bhai | Puran Singh | {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} |
| Bhag Singh | {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} | |
| Fazilka | Wadhawa Ram | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Ramdas | Parkash Kaur | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Amritsar | Waryam Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Khem Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Amritsar City North | Satya Pal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Amritsar City Central | Amir Chand Gupta | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Amritsar City West | Shanoo Devi | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jhabal | Gurdial Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Khalra | Balwant Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Patti | Partap Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Tarn Tarn | Mohan Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Darshan Singh | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} | |
| Beas | Sohan Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Dera Baba Nanak | Joginder Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Serah | Waryam Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Batala | Gurbachan Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sri Gobind Pur | Uttam Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Rania | Shiv Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Gurdas Pur | Sunder Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Parbodh Chandra | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | |
| Narot Jaimal Singh | Gorakh Nath | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Pathankot | Kesho Dass | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab.{{cite web | url=http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1955_7/42/reorganisation_of_statesthe_approach_and_arrangements.pdf | title=Reorganisation of States, 1955 | publisher=The Economic Weekly | date=15 October 1955 | accessdate=25 July 2015}} Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.