1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

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1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

27 March 1952 1993 →

All 48 seats to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Chaudhary Brahm Parkash.jpg
Leader Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
Party INC Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Leader's seat Nangloi Jat -
Seats before N/A N/A
Seats won 39 5
Seat change N/A N/A
Popular vote 2,71,812 1,14,207
Percentage 52.09% 21.89%

Chief Minister

Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

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. <section begin=Results />

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Political Party Flag Seats
Contested
Won % of
Seats
Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 47 39 81.25 2,71,812 52.09
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31 5 10.42 1,14,207 21.89
Socialist Party 6 2 4.17 12,396 2.38
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 5 1 2.08 6,891 1.32
78 1 2.08 82,972 15.90
Total Seats 48 Voters 7,44,668 Turnout 5,21,766 (58.52%)

<section end=Results />

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]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DelhiECI1951
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kaushik, S. L.; Rama Patnayak (1995). Modern Governments and Political Systems. Vol. 3. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 65.
  3. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.