1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
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The first Delhi Legislative Assembly election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly was held on 27 March 1952.[1][2] Forty-eight seats were up for election.[2] Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member.[1]
Results
[edit]Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.[1] Chaudhary Brahm Prakash of Indian National Congress was elected Chief Minister.
Party | Seats Contested |
Won | % of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | ||||
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Indian National Congress | 47 | 39 | 81.25 | 271,812 | 52.09 | ||||
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 31 | 5 | 10.42 | 114,207 | 21.89 | ||||
Scheduled Castes Federation | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15,592 | 2.99 | ||||
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13,646 | 2.62 | ||||
Socialist Party | 6 | 2 | 4.17 | 12,396 | 2.38 | ||||
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 5 | 1 | 2.08 | 6,891 | 1.32 | ||||
Communist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2,591 | 0.50 | ||||
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 849 | 0.16 | ||||
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 503 | 0.10 | ||||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 307 | 0.06 | ||||
Independent | 78 | 1 | 2.08 | 82,972 | 15.90 | ||||
Total Seats | 48 | Voters | 744,668 | Turnout | 521,766 (58.52%) |
Elected members
[edit]S.No. | Constituency | Member | Party | |
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1 | Kotla Feroze Shah | Shanta Vasisht | Indian National Congress | |
2 | Parliament Street | Kaushaleshwar Prasad Shankara | Indian National Congress | |
3 | Safdar Jang | Daljit Singh | Indian National Congress | |
4 | Lodhi Road | Shiva Nandan Rishi | Indian National Congress | |
5 | Puran Qilla Viney Nagar | Pushpa Devi | Indian National Congress | |
6 | Delhi Cantt | Raghvendra Singh | Indian National Congress | |
7 | Reading Road | Amin Chand | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
8 | Prafulla Ranjan Chakravarty | Indian National Congress | ||
9 | Chittar Gupta | Kartar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
10 | Mantola | Mushtaq Rai | Indian National Congress | |
11 | Ram Nagar | Shankar Lal | Indian National Congress | |
12 | Jhanday Walan | Ghardhari Lal Salwan | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
13 | Kashmere Gate | Bhagwan Dass | Indian National Congress | |
14 | Chandni Chowk | Yudhvir Singh | Indian National Congress | |
15 | Phatak Habash Khan | Harkishan Lal | Indian National Congress | |
16 | Maliwara | Anand Raj | Indian National Congress | |
17 | Ballimaran | Sultan Yar Khan | Indian National Congress | |
18 | Chawri Bazar | Nuruddin Ahmad | Indian National Congress | |
19 | Ajmeri Gate | Shafiq Ur Rehman Kidwai | Indian National Congress | |
20 | Sita Ram Bazar Turkman Gate | Shiv Charan Dass | Indian National Congress | |
21 | Sudershan Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
22 | Kucha Chelan | Mushtaq Ahmad | Socialist Party | |
23 | Darya Ganj | Gurmukh Nihal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
24 | Chandrawal | Hukam Singh | Indian National Congress | |
25 | Roshanara | Jagan Nath | Indian National Congress | |
26 | Arya Pura | Mangal Dass | Indian National Congress | |
27 | Tokriwalan | Gopinath | Indian National Congress | |
28 | Deputy Ganj | Sham Charan | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
29 | Pahari Dhiraj Basti Jullahan | Hem Chand Jain | Indian National Congress | |
30 | Dhanpat Rai | Indian National Congress | ||
31 | Manak Pura | B.D. Joshi | Socialist Party | |
32 | Tibbia College | Ram Singh | Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | |
33 | Naiwala | Dilawar Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
34 | Rehgar Pura Dev Nagar | Daya Ram | Indian National Congress | |
35 | Sushila Nayar | Indian National Congress | ||
36 | Kishan Ganj Anad Parbat | Jag Pravesh Chandra | Indian National Congress | |
37 | Civil Lines | Krishna | Indian National Congress | |
38 | Kingsway Camp | Jang bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
39 | Wazirabad | Fateh Singh | Indian National Congress | |
40 | Shahdara | Chinta Mani | Indian National Congress | |
41 | Narela | Mange Ram | Indian National Congress | |
42 | Prabhu Dayal | Indian National Congress | ||
43 | Nangloi | Chaudhary Brahm Prakash | Indian National Congress | |
44 | Khanjhawla | Bhup Singh | Independent | |
45 | Isa Pur | Subedat Hati Singh | Indian National Congress | |
46 | Najaf Garh | Ajit Singh | Indian National Congress | |
47 | Mehrauli | Mitter Sen | Indian National Congress | |
48 | Sukh Dev | Indian National Congress |
State Reorganization
[edit]On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.[3] Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Delhi" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ a b Kaushik, S. L.; Rama Patnayak (1995). Modern Governments and Political Systems. Vol. 3. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 65.
- ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.