West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1952
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Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951
West Bengal, India
The West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952 was a part of the series of Legislative Assembly elections in 1952.
Contents
1 Alliances
2 Results
2.1 Alliance wise result
2.2 Party wise result
3 State Reorganization
4 See also
5 References
Alliances
On the political left, two alliances had emerged the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Socialist Republican Party[1] and the Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)) and the People's United Socialist Front (comprising the Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc (Ruikar) and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India).[2]
Results
Alliance wise result
The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.
USOI | SEATS | PUSF | SEATS | INC+ | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | 28 | SPI | 0 | INC | 150 | BJS | 9 | IND | 19 |
| SRP | 0 | FB(R) | 1 | ABHM | 4 | KMPP | 15 | ||
| AFBM | 11 | RSP | 0 | ABRRP | 0 | ||||
| TOTAL (1952) | 39 | TOTAL (1952) | 2 | TOTAL (1952) | 150 | TOTAL (1952) | 13 | TOTAL (1952) | 34 |
Party wise result
| Political party | Flag | Seats Contested | Won | % of Seats | Votes | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indian National Congress |  | 236 | 150 | 63.56 | 2,889,994 | 38.82 | |
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 129 | 15 | 6.36 | 667,446 | 8.97 | ||
Communist Party of India |  | 86 | 28 | 11.86 | 800,951 | 10.76 | |
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 85 | 9 | 3.81 | 415,458 | 5.58 | ||
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 48 | 11 | 4.66 | 393,591 | 5.29 | ||
Socialist Party | 63 | 0 | 215,382 | 2.89 | |||
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 33 | 4 | 1.69 | 1,76,762 | 2.37 | ||
Forward Bloc (Ruikar) | 32 | 2 | 0.85 | 1,07,905 | 1.45 | ||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 16 | 0 | 63,173 | 0.85 | |||
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore) | 10 | 0 | 32,859 | 0.44 | |||
Bolshevik Party of India | 8 | 0 | 20117 | 0.27 | |||
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 14 | 0 | 7,100 | 0.10 | |||
Independent | 614 | 19 | 8.05 | 1,653,165 | 22.21 | ||
| Total seats | 238 | Voters | 17,628,239 | Turnout | 7,443,903 (42.23 %) | ||
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from Bihar to West Bengal.[4] Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.
See also
- 1951–52 elections in India
- West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957
References
^ Contested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected.
^ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
