1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

1952 state assembly election in Delhi July 2018 July 2018 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election India parliamentary no 27 March 1952 1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election 1993 All 48 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly 25 58.52% File:Chaudhary Brahm Parkash.jpg Brahm Prakash Indian National Congress Nangloi Jat N/A 39 N/A 2,71,812 52.09% Oil lamp.svg Bharatiya Jana Sangh - N/A 5 N/A 1,14,207 21.89% Chief Minister Chief Minister Office established Brahm Prakash Indian National Congress thumb|Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951 The first Delhi Legislative Assembly election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly was held on 27 March 1952.https://books.google.com/books?id=XzZAIcOc52gC&pg=PA65 Modern Governments and Political Systems. Vol. 3 Mittal Publications Kaushik, S. L. Rama Patnayak 1995 New Delhi 65 Forty-eight seats were up for election. Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member. Results Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi. Chaudhary Brahm Prakash of Indian National Congress was elected Chief Minister. Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_DELHI.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Delhi PDF Election Commission of India 2014-03-11 yes !colspan=10|File:India Delhi Legislative Assembly 1952.svg |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! colspan=2|Party !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Indian National Congress | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | 47 || 39 || 81.25 || 271,812 || 52.09 |- | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 31 || 5 || 10.42 || 114,207 || 21.89 |- | Scheduled Castes Federation | style="text-align:left;" |Scheduled Castes Federation | 5 || 0 || 0 || 15,592 || 2.99 |- | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 7 || 0 || 0 || 13,646 || 2.62 |- | Socialist Party (India, 1948) | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party | 6 || 2 || 4.17 || 12,396 || 2.38 |- | Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 5 || 1 || 2.08 || 6,891 || 1.32 |- | Communist Party of India | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | 1 || 0 || 0 || 2,591 || 0.50 |- | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 4 || 0 || 0 || 849 || 0.16 |- | All India Forward Bloc | style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 1 || 0 || 0 || 503 || 0.10 |- | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | style="text-align:left;" |Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 || 0 || 0 || 307 || 0.06 |- | Independent politician | 78 || 1 || 2.08 || 82,972 || 15.90 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 2| Total Seats ! 48 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 744,668 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 521,766 (58.52%) |} Elected members S.No.ConstituencyMemberParty1 Kotla Feroze Shah Shanta Vasisht Indian National Congress2 Parliament Street Kaushaleshwar Prasad Shankara Indian National Congress3 Safdar Jang Daljit Singh Indian National Congress4 Lodhi Road Shiva Nandan Rishi Indian National Congress5 Puran Qilla Viney Nagar Pushpa Devi Indian National Congress6 Delhi Cantt Raghvendra Singh Indian National Congress7 Reading Road Amin Chand Bharatiya Jana Sangh8 Prafulla Ranjan Chakravarty Indian National Congress9 Chittar Gupta Kartar Singh Indian National Congress10 Mantola Mushtaq Rai Indian National Congress11 Ram Nagar Shankar Lal Indian National Congress12 Jhanday Walan Ghardhari Lal Salwan Bharatiya Jana Sangh13 Kashmere Gate Bhagwan Dass Indian National Congress14 Chandni Chowk Yudhvir Singh Indian National Congress15 Phatak Habash Khan Harkishan Lal Indian National Congress16 Maliwara Anand Raj Indian National Congress17 Ballimaran Sultan Yar Khan Indian National Congress18 Chawri Bazar Nuruddin Ahmad Indian National Congress19 Ajmeri Gate Shafiq Ur Rehman Kidwai Indian National Congress20 Sita Ram Bazar Turkman Gate Shiv Charan Dass Indian National Congress21 Sudershan Singh Indian National Congress22 Kucha Chelan Mushtaq Ahmad Socialist Party (India, 1948)23 Darya Ganj Gurmukh Nihal Singh Indian National Congress24 Chandrawal Hukam Singh Indian National Congress25 Roshanara Jagan Nath Indian National Congress26 Arya Pura Mangal Dass Indian National Congress27 Tokriwalan Gopinath Indian National Congress28 Deputy Ganj Sham Charan Bharatiya Jana Sangh29 Pahari Dhiraj Basti Jullahan Hem Chand Jain Indian National Congress30 Dhanpat Rai Indian National Congress31 Manak Pura B.D. Joshi Socialist Party (India, 1948)32 Tibbia College Ram Singh Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha33 Naiwala Dilawar Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh34 Rehgar Pura Dev Nagar Daya Ram Indian National Congress35 Sushila Nayar Indian National Congress36 Kishan Ganj Anad Parbat Jag Pravesh Chandra Indian National Congress37 Civil Lines Krishna Indian National Congress38 Kingsway Camp Jang bahadur Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh39 Wazirabad Fateh Singh Indian National Congress40 Shahdara Chinta Mani Indian National Congress41 Narela Mange Ram Indian National Congress42 Prabhu Dayal Indian National Congress43 Nangloi Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Indian National Congress44 Khanjhawla Bhup Singh Independent (politician)45 Isa Pur Subedat Hati Singh Indian National Congress46 Najaf Garh Ajit Singh Indian National Congress47 Mehrauli Mitter Sen Indian National Congress48 Sukh Dev Indian National Congress State Reorganization 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.http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1955_7/42/reorganisation_of_statesthe_approach_and_arrangements.pdf Reorganisation of States, 1955 The Economic Weekly 15 October 1955 25 July 2015 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.Sixty-ninth amendment Delhi Assembly official website http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160821020032/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm# 21 August 2016 dead dmy-all See also 1951–52 elections in India 1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election References 1952 Delhi Category:1950s in Delhi Category:March 1952 in Asia