1952 Ajmer State Legislative Assembly election

August 2018 August 2018 1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election India legislative Popular no Pt. Haribhau Upadhyaya.jpg 120 100 120 11 0 Haribhau Upadhyaya Indian National Congress 20 Oil lamp.svg Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 1952 03 27 yes 1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 1957 (RJ) All 30 seats in the Ajmer Legislative Assembly 16 Haribhau Upadhyaya Indian National Congress Chief Minister of Ajmer thumb|Ajmer State thumb|Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951 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 States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State was abolished and its constituencies were merged into Rajasthan.15 October 1955 Reorganisation of States, 1955 http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1955_7/42/reorganisation_of_statesthe_approach_and_arrangements.pdf The Economic Weekly 25 July 2015 Constituencies The Ajmer Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seats distributed in six two-member constituencies; Ajmer-I (South West), Ajmer-II (East), Jethana, Nasirabad, Kekri and Masuda and eighteen single-member constituencies. None of these seats were under reserved category for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Total 134 candidates contested for these 30 seats. Maximum number of candidates were 13 from Ajmer-I (South West) and Ajmer-II (East), while Bhinai had only 2 contestants, minimum of all the constituencies. Results Summary of results of the 1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_AJMER.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Ajmer PDF Election Commission of India 2014-10-13 yes !colspan=8|File:India Ajmer Legislative Assembly 1952.svg |- !colspan=2|Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Indian National Congress | 70px | 30 || 20 || 66.67 || 1,04,411 || 44.47 |- | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | | 15 || 3 || 10.00 || 28,057 || 11.95 |- | Pursharathi Panchayat | | 6 || 3 || 10.00 || 15,781 || 7.72 |- | Communist Party of India | 70px | 2 || 0 || || 3,494 || 1.49 |- | Socialist Party (India, 1948) | | 2 || 0 || || 1,055 || 0.45 |- | Independent politician | | 79 || 4 || 13.33 || 81,990 || 34.92 |- ! colspan = 3| Total Seats ! 30 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 4,62,810 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 2,34,788 (50.73%) |} Elected members ConstituencyMemberParty1Ajmer-I (South West) Parasram Pursharathi Panchayat Arjandas Pursharathi Panchayat2Ajmer-II (East) Bal Krishna Kaul Indian National Congress Harjit Lal Indian National Congress3 Ajmer-III (Kala Bagh) Ramesh Chandra Indian National Congress4 Ajmer-IV (Town Hall) Bhiman Das Pursharathi Panchayat5 Ajmer - V (Naya Bazar) Ambalal Bharatiya Jana Sangh6 Ajmer-VI (Dhaldin Ka Jhopra) Syed Abbas Ali Indian National Congress7 Shrinagar Hari Bhao Upadhaya Indian National Congress8 Derathu Himmat Ali Indian National Congress9Jethana Narayan Indian National Congress Bhagirath Singh Indian National Congress10 Pushker South Jai Narain Indian National Congress11 Pushker North Shiv Narayan Singh Indian National Congress12 Gagwana Kishan Lal Lamror Indian National Congress13Nasirabad Laxminaryan Indian National Congress Mahendra Singh Independent (politician)14 Bhinai Kalyan Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh15 Deolia Kalan Chagan Lal Indian National Congress16 Sawar Laxman Singh Independent (politician)17Kekri Jethmal Indian National Congress Sewadas Indian National Congress18 Beawar City North Brijmohanlal Indian National Congress19 Beawar City South Jagan Nath Indian National Congress20 Shyamgarh Wali Mohammad Indian National Congress21Masuda Narayan Singh Independent (politician) Surajmal Morya Indian National Congress22 Nayanagar Ganpati Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh23 Jawaja Chiman Singh Independent (politician)24 Todgarh Prem Singh Indian National Congress By-elections In September 1953 a by-election was held for the Bhinai seat.Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95https://books.google.com/books?id=tu4sAAAAIAAJ Indian Press Digests. Monograph Series 1956 2-3 1 In the original election, the Bhinai seat had been won by Kalyan Singh of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, who defeated the Indian National Congress candidate Madan Singh with 3,164 votes (51.58%) against 2,970 (48.42%).Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF AJMER However, the election in Bhinai was declared void as nomination papers had been improperly rejected and a by-election was called. Three candidates contested the by-election; Kalyan Singh of BJS, Chiman Singh of INC and independent candidate Misri Lal Chitlangia.https://books.google.com/books?id=KTsPAQAAIAAJ Gazette of India Controller of Publications 1954 280 Kalyan Singh retained the seat with 3,662 votes (65.3%). The Congress candidate got 1,635 votes (29.2%) and Chitalngia got 310 votes (5.5%). See also India 1951–52 elections in India Ajmer State 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election References Ajmer Category:Ajmer Legislative Assembly Category:Ajmer district Category:March 1952 in Asia Category:History of Ajmer