1951 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Elections to the
Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Member of the Legislative Assembl ...
were held on 26 March 1952. 2,604 candidates contested for the 347 constituencies in the Assembly. The 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 ...
won the majority of seats and its leader Govind Ballabh Pant
Govind Ballabh Pant (10 September 1887 – 7 March 1961) was an Indian freedom fighter and the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabh Bhai Patel, Pant was a key figure in the movement for ...
was re-elected as the Chief Minister.
After the passing of ''The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951'', the constituencies were set to the ones used in this election. There were 83 two-member constituencies and 264 single-member constituencies.
Results
Elected members
See also
*1951–52 elections in India
The Indian Republic held its first elections in 1951–52.
Presidential election
The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 670000 votes ...
References
{{Uttar Pradesh elections1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, ...
Uttar
March 1952 in Asia
1950s in Uttar Pradesh