The Ajmer Legislative Assembly was the

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, also known as the Vidhan Sabha or the Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in each of the states and certain union territories of India. Members of the legislative assembly are often directly elected to serve fiv ...

(Legislative Assembly) of

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. ...

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. As Ajmer State was included in the

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as a class 'C' state, a legislative assembly was formed in May 1952, constituted by the winners of the

1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election Elections to the Ajmer 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: on 1 November 1956, under the provisions of the ...

. The assembly had 30 members, 12 elected from double-member constituencies and 18 elected from single-member constituencies.

History

Following the 1952 election, the Ajmer Legislative Assembly had 20 members from the

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, 3 from 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 ...

, 3 from Pursharathi Panchayat and 4 independents. Five by-elections were held in Jethana (March 1953, following the death of incumbent legislator Narayan), Bhinai (September 1953, as nomination papers had been improperly rejected), Gagwana (by-elections held twice, first in September 1953 as nomination paper had been improperly rejected, then again as the election had been rejected due to office of profit issue) and Nayanagar (September 1953, as nomination papers had been improperly rejected).Election Commission of India.
Bye-election results 1952-95
' As of 1954 Chowdhury Bhagirath Singh was the Speaker of the Ajmer Legislative Assembly. As of 1956 Ramesh Chandra Bhargava was the speaker of the Ajmer Legislative Assembly, and Syed Abbas Ali the Deputy Speaker. Committees of the Ajmer Legislative Assembly included Estimates Committee, the Public Accounts Committee, the Privilege Committee, the Assurance Committee and the Petition Committee. The Ajmer Legislative Assembly held a session 4–6 April 1956, to discuss the

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and approved the merger of the state into

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. As Ajmer State was merged into Rajasthan in 1956, the erstwhile Ajmer Legislative Assembly members were included in the

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until the end of the term of the assembly.

Members of Legislative Assembly

References

{{reflist Historical state legislatures in India History of Ajmer State lower houses in India Defunct lower houses