Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of

Madhya Bharat Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramuk ...

were held on 26 March 1952. 440 candidates contested for the 79 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 20 two-member constituencies and 59 single-member constituencies. 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 a majority of seats and Mishrilal Gangwal became the new Chief Minister.

Results

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

, , 99 , , 75 , , 75.76 , , 9,38,918 , , 47.24 , - , , 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 ...

, , 59 , , 4 , , 4.04 , , 1,45,845 , , 7.34 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Bharatiya Jana 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 ...

, , 42 , , 4 , , 4.04 , , 1,93,627 , , 9.74 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (RRP, "All India Council of Ram's Kingdom") was an Indian Hindu nationalist political party founded by Swami Karpatri in 1948. The RRP won three Lok Sabha seats in the 1952 elections to the national Parliament ...

, , 39 , , 2 , , 2.02 , , 1,43,132 , , 7.20 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (), simply known as Hindu Mahasabha, is a Hindu nationalist political party in India. Founded in 1915 by Madan Mohan Malviya, the Mahasabha functioned mainly as a pressure group advocating the interests of O ...

, , 33 , , 11 , , 11.11 , , 2,36,824 , , 11.92 , - , , , 131 , , 3 , , 3.03 , , 2,58,157 , , 12.99 , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, Total seats ! 99 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 57,23,673 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 19,87,410 (34.72%)

Elected Members

State Reorganization and Merger

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 ...

, All districts of

, except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district, was merged into

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 ...

. The Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district was merged in

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 ...

References

{{Madhya Pradesh elections State Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh 1950s in Madhya Pradesh Madhya Bharath Madhya Bharat March 1952 in Asia

Results

Elected Members

State Reorganization and Merger

See also

References