Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Saurashtra were held on March 26, 1952. 222 candidates contested for the 55 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 5 two-member constituencies and 50 single-member constituencies.

Results

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

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

, , 59 , , 55 , , 91.67 , , 606,934 , , 63.79 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Saurashtra Khedut Sangh , , 37 , , 1 , , 1.67 , , 139,449 , , 14.66 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha , , 25 , , 0 , , , , 43,043 , , 4.52 , - , , 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 ...

, , 28 , , 2 , , 3.33 , , 34,778 , , 3.66 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (''Farmer Worker People's Party'') was a political party of India. Established in 1951, it merged with the Socialist Party to form the Praja Socialist Party in the following year. History In June, 1951 Indian ...

, , 16 , , 0 , , , , 30,907 , , 3.25 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

, , 3 , , 0 , , , , 7,791 , , 0.82 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Scheduled Castes Federation The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) is a political party in India. It has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The 'Training School for Entrance to Polit ...

, , 3 , , 0 , , , , 4,977 , , 0.52 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the pol ...

, , 3 , , 0 , , , , 4,346 , , 0.46 , - , , 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 ...

, , 1 , , 0 , , , , 3,660 , , 0.38 , - , , , 50 , , 2 , , 3.33 , , 75,624 , , 7.95 , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, Total seats ! 60 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 20,81,140 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 9,51,509 (45.72%)

Winning candidates

State reorganization and merger

On 1 November 1956,

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

was merged into

Bombay State Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou ...

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 ...

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Results

Winning candidates

State reorganization and merger

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