Elections to the

Ajmer Ajmer () is a city in the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Ajmer district and Ajmer division. It lies at the centre of Rajasthan, earning it the ...

Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952. 134 candidates competed for the 30 seats in the Assembly. This was the final election for the

Ajmer Legislative Assembly The Ajmer Legislative Assembly was the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) of Ajmer State, India. As Ajmer State was included in the Constitution of India as a class 'C' state, a legislative assembly was formed in May 1952, constituted by the wi ...

: on 1 November 1956, under the provisions of the

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 ...

, the

Ajmer State Ajmer State was a separate state within India from 1950 to 1956 with Ajmer as its capital. Ajmer State was formed in 1950 out of the territory of former province of Ajmer-Merwara, which became a province of the Indian Union on 15 August 1947. ...

was abolished and its constituencies were merged into

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 ...

Constituencies

The Ajmer Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seats distributed in six two-member constituencies; Ajmer-I (South West), Ajmer-II (East), Jethana, Nasirabad, Kekri and Masuda and eighteen single-member constituencies. None of these seats were under reserved category for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Total 134 candidates contested for these 30 seats. Maximum number of candidates were 13 from Ajmer-I (South West) and Ajmer-II (East), while Bhinai had only 2 contestants, minimum of all the constituencies.

Results

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Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , , 30 , , 20 , , 66.67 , , 1,04,411 , , 44.47 , - , , , 15 , , 3 , , 10.00 , , 28,057 , , 11.95 , - , , , 6 , , 3 , , 10.00 , , 15,781 , , 7.72 , - , , , 2 , , 0 , , , , 3,494 , , 1.49 , - , , , 2 , , 0 , , , , 1,055 , , 0.45 , - , , , 79 , , 4 , , 13.33 , , 81,990 , , 34.92 , - ! colspan = 3, Total Seats ! 30 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 4,62,810 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 2,34,788 (50.73%)

Elected members

By-elections

In September 1953 a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

was held for the Bhinai seat.Election Commission of India.
Bye-election results 1952-95
' In the original election, the Bhinai seat had been won by Kalyan Singh of the

Bharatiya Jan Sangh The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...

, who defeated 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 ...

candidate Madan Singh with 3,164 votes (51.58%) against 2,970 (48.42%).Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF AJMER
' However, the election in Bhinai was declared void as nomination papers had been improperly rejected and a by-election was called. Three candidates contested the by-election; Kalyan Singh of BJS, Chiman Singh of INC and independent candidate Misri Lal Chitlangia. Kalyan Singh retained the seat with 3,662 votes (65.3%). The Congress candidate got 1,635 votes (29.2%) and Chitalngia got 310 votes (5.5%).

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Constituencies

Results

Elected members

By-elections

See also

References