The West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952 was a part of the series of Legislative Assembly elections in 1952. It was the first ever assembly election held in

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

Alliances

On the political left, two alliances had emerged the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between the

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 ...

, the Socialist Republican Party and the Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)) and the People's United Socialist Front (comprising the

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 ...

, the Forward Bloc (Ruikar) and the

Revolutionary Communist Party of India A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society. Definition The term—bot ...

).M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''.

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: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.

Results

Alliance wise result

The election was won by 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 ...

, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.

Party wise result

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

, , 236 , , 150 , , 63.56 , , 2,889,994 , , 38.82 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (''Farmer Worker People's Party''), or Praja Party for short, 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. The A ...

, , 129 , , 15 , , 6.36 , , 667,446 , , 8.97 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 86 , , 28 , , 11.86 , , 800,951 , , 10.76 , - , , 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 ...

, , 85 , , 9 , , 3.81 , , 415,458 , , 5.58 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) , , 48 , , 11 , , 4.66 , , 393,591 , , 5.29 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 63 , , 0 , , , , 215,382 , , 2.89 , - , , 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 , , 4 , , 1.69 , , 1,76,762 , , 2.37 , - , style="background-color:red", , style="text-align:left;" , Forward Bloc (Ruikar) , , 32 , , 2 , , 0.85 , , 1,07,905 , , 1.45 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Revolutionary Socialist Party , , 16 , , 0 , , , , 63,173 , , 0.85 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, , 10 , , 0 , , , , 32,859 , , 0.44 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Bolshevik Party of India The Bolshevik Party of India (abbreviated BPI) is an Indian political party in India. The party was founded in 1939. The party had a certain role in the trade union movement in West Bengal and was briefly represented in the state government in 19 ...

, , 8 , , 0 , , , , 20117 , , 0.27 , - , , 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 ...

, , 14 , , 0 , , , , 7,100 , , 0.10 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, , 614 , , 19 , , 8.05 , , 1,653,165 , , 22.21 , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, Total seats ! 238 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 17,628,239 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 7,443,903 (42.23%)

Elected members

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under

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, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from

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to West Bengal. Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.

References

{{West Bengal assembly elections State Assembly elections in West Bengal 1950s in West Bengal

March 1952 in Asia