Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of

Bombay Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities i ...

were held on 26 March 1952. 1239 candidates contested for the 268 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 1 three-member, 47 two-member constituencies and 220 single-member constituencies.

Results

List of political parties participating in the 1952 Bombay assembly elections

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contested !! Won !! Votes !! Vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

, , 313 , , 270 , , 55,56,334 , , 49.95% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Peasants and Workers Party of India The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded in 1948, having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is large ...

, , 87 , , 14 , , 7,17,963 , , 6.45% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

, , 182 , , 9 , , 13,30,246 , , 11.96% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Kamgar Kisan Paksha The Kamgar Kisan Paksha ('Worker Peasant Party') was a political party in Bombay State, India. The party was formed by a group of dissidents from the Peasants and Workers Party of India in November 1951, just before the 1951-1952 elections. The f ...

, , 33 , , 2 , , 2,48,130 , , 2.23% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Scheduled Castes Federation The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) was a political party in India. It had its roots in the All-India Scheduled Castes Federation led by N. Sivaraj and B. R. Ambedkar. The Party was e ...

, , 37 , , 1 , , 3,44,718 , , 3.10% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

, , 25 , , 1 , , 1,59,994 , , 1.44% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Krishikar Lok Party Krishikar Lok Party (Peasants People's Party) was a political party in the Hyderabad State, India, which existed from April to June 1951. The KLP was formed when Acharya N. G. Ranga separated from the Hyderabad State Praja Party. KLP contested ...

, , 16 , , 1 , , 1,07,408 , , 0.97% , - , , , 67, , 0, , 5,59,492, , 5.03% , - , , , 37, , 0, , 1,24,466, , 1.12% , - , , , 9, , 0, , 35,194, , 0.32% , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) , , 8, , 0, , 16,847, , 0.15% , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh , , 2, , 0, , 4,876, , 0.04% , - , , , 427 , , 19 , , 19,17,574 , , 17.24% , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, Total ! 1243 !! 317 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout (voters) 1,11,23,242 (2,19,04,595) !! 50.78%

Elected members

Election results from constituencies which would later become part of

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

and Mysore State are listed here.

Maharashtra

Mysore State

Gujarat

State reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under

States Reorganisation Act, 1956 The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines. Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States ...

Bombay state Bombay State was a large Indian state created in 1950 from the erstwhile Bombay Province, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Province (in British India roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Mah ...

was enlarged by the addition of

Saurashtra state Saurashtra State, formally known as United State of Kathiawar and later United State of Saurashtra, was a state of India that existed between 1948 and 1956, on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital. History For ...

and

Kutch state Kutch State was a state within India from 1947 to 1956. Its capital was Bhuj. The state's territory now forms a Kachchh district within the Indian state of Gujarat. History Kutch State was formed out of the territory of the former princel ...

, the Marathi-speaking districts of

Nagpur Division The Nagpur Division is one of six administrative divisions of the state of Maharashtra in India. Nagpur is the easternmost division in the state, with an administrative headquarters in the city of Nagpur. It covers 51,336 km² (19,821 m ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

, and the Marathi speaking

Marathwada Marathwada () is a geographical region of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Maharashtra. It was formed during the Nizam of Hyderabad, Nizam's rule and was part of the then Hyderabad State. The region coincides with the Aurang ...

region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost Kannada-speaking districts of Dharwar, Bijapur, North Kanara and Belgaum (excluding the Chandgad taluk) were transferred to Mysore state, while Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district was transferred to

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

. Hence the constituencies increased from 315 to 396 in 1957 elections.

References

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