The West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952 was a part of the series of Legislative Assembly elections in 1952. It was the first ever assembly election held in West Bengal.
Alliances On the political left, two alliances had emerged the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Socialist Republican PartyContested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected. and the Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)) and the People's United Socialist Front (comprising the Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc (Ruikar) and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India).M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.
Results
Alliance wise result
The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.
USOISEATSPUSFSEATSINC+SEATSOTHERSSEATSOTHERSSEATS CPI 28 SPI 0 INC 150 BJS 9 IND 19 SRP 0 FB(R) 1 ABHM 4 KMPP 15 AFBM 11 RSP 0 ABRRP 0 TOTAL (1952) 39TOTAL (1952) 2TOTAL (1952) 150TOTAL (1952) 13TOTAL (1952) 34
Party wise result
!colspan=9| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 236 || 150 || 63.56 || 2,889,994 || 38.82
| style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | | 129 || 15 || 6.36 || 667,446 || 8.97
| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 86 || 28 || 11.86 || 800,951 || 10.76
| style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | | 85 || 9 || 3.81 || 415,458 || 5.58
| style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | | 48 || 11 || 4.66 || 393,591 || 5.29
| style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party | | 63 || 0 || || 215,382 || 2.89
| style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | | 33 || 4 || 1.69 || 1,76,762 || 2.37 |- | style="background-color:red"| | style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Ruikar) | | 32 || 2 || 0.85 || 1,07,905 || 1.45
| style="text-align:left;" |Revolutionary Socialist Party | | 16 || 0 || || 63,173 || 0.85
| style="text-align:left;" |Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore) | | 10 || 0 || || 32,859 || 0.44
| style="text-align:left;" |Bolshevik Party of India | | 8 || 0 || || 20117 || 0.27
| style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | |14 || 0 || || 7,100 || 0.10
| style="text-align:left;" |Independent | | 614 || 19 || 8.05 || 1,653,165 || 22.21 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total seats ! 238 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 17,628,239 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 7,443,903 (42.23%)
Elected members NoConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberParty1 Kalimpong None Lalit Bahadur Kharga 2 Darjeeling None Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj 3 Jore Bungalow None Shiva Kumar Rai 4 Kurseong Siliguri None Tenzing Wangdi George Mahbert 5 Jalpaiguri None Ashrumati Devi Khagendra Nath Dasgupta 6 Western Duars None Sasadhar Kar Munda Antoni Topno 7 Mainaguri None Surendra Nath Roy 8 Dhupguri None Rabindra Nath Sikdar 9 Alipur Duars None Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Dhirandra Bramha Mandal 10 Central Duars None Jajneswar Roy Bhagat Mangaldas 11 Mekliganj None Satyendra Prasanna Chatterjee 12 Mathabhanga None Sarada Prasad Pramanick 13 Dinhate None Satish Chandra Roy Singha Umesh Chandra Mandal 14 Cooch Behar None Maziruddin Ahmed Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar 15 Raiganj None Shyama Prasad Barman Gulam Hamidur Rahman 16 Itahar None Banamali Das 17 Gangarampur None Satindra Nath Basu 18 Balurghat None Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyaya Lakshman Chandra Hasda 19 Gazole None Dharanidhar Sarkar 20 Kharba None Tafazzal Hossain 21 Harishchandrapur None Ramhari Roy 22 Ratua None Md. Sayeed Mia 23 Manikchak None Pashupati Jha 24 Malda None Nikunjabehari Gupta Raipada Das 25 Kalichak (north) None Abul Barkat Ataul Gani 26 Kaliachak (south) None Sowrindra Mohan Misra 27 Nalhati None Yeakub Hossain 28 Murarai None Jogendra Narayan Das 29 Rampurhat None Panchanan Let Srikumar Bandopadhyaya 30 Nanur None Saha Sisir Kumar Murarka Basanta Lal 31 Bolpur None Roy Hanseswar Hansadah Bhusan 32 Suri None Majhi Nishapati Sen Gupta Gopika Bilas 33 Khayrasole None Bandopadhyaya Khagendra Nath 34 Farakka None Giasuddin 35 Suti SC Lutfal Haque 36 Sagardighi None Shyamapada Bhattacharyya Kuber Chand Haldar 37 Lalgola None Kazeemali Meerza 38 Murshidabad None Durgapada Sinha 39 Raninagar None Jainal Abedin Kezi 40 Jallangi None A . M . A . Zaman 41 Hariharpara None A . Hamid ( Haji ) 42 Newada None Mahammad Israil 43 Beldanga None Kshitish Chandra Ghose 44 Bharatpur None Bijoyendu Narayan Roy 45 Burwan Khargram None Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Maulik Sudhir Mondal 46 Kandi None Goalbadan Trivedi 47 Berhampore None Bejoy Kumar Ghosh 48 Chhatna None Probodh Chandra Dutta Kamala Kanta Hembram 49 Raipur None Jadu Nath Murmu Jatindra Nath Basu 50 Khatra None Ashutosh Mallik Amulya Ratan Ghose 51 Taldangra None Purabi Mukherjee 52 Barjora None Prafulla Chandra Roy 53 Gangajalghati None Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee 54 Bankura SC Rakhahari Chatterjee 55 Vishnupur None Kiran Chandra Digar Radha Gobinda Roy 56 Sonamukhi None Sishuram Mandal Bhabataran Chakraborty 57 Binpur None Mongal Chandra Saren Nripendra Gopal Mitra 58 Gopiballavepore None Dhananjoy Kar Jagatpati Hansda 59 Jhargram None Madan Mohan Khan Mohendra Nath Mahato 60 Narayangarh None Surendranath Pramanik Krishna Chandra Satpati 61 Pingla None Pulin Behari Maity 62 Danton None Jnanendra Kumar Choudhury 63 Kharagpur None Moulana Muhammad Momtaz 64 Garbetta None Saroj Roy 65 Salboni None Bejoy Gopal Goswami 66 Patashpur None Janardan Sahu 67 Keshpur None Nagendra Doloi Gangapada Kuor 68 Ghatal None Amulyacharan Dal Jatishchandra Ghosh 69 Daspur None Mrigendra Bhattachariya 70 Panskura North None Rajanikanta Pramanik 71 Panskura South None Shyama Bhattacharyya 72 Sabang None Gopal Chandra Das Adhikary 73 Moyna None Kanilal Bhowmic 74 Tamluk None Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee 75 Mahisadal None Kumar Deba Prosad Garga 76 Nandigram North None Subodh Chandra Maity 77 Nandigram South None Prabir Chandra Jana 78 Sutahata None Kumar Chandra Jana 79 Ramnagar None Trailakya Nath Pradhan 80 Contai North None Sudhir Chandra Das 81 Contai South None Natendra Nath Das 82 Mohanpur None Basanta Kumar Panigrahi 83 Khejri None Koustuv Kanti Karan Abha Maity 84 Bhagawanpur None Rameswar Panda 85 Shyampur None Sasabindu Bera 86 Uluberia None Bijoy Mondal Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh 87 Bagnan None Sambhu Charan Mukhopadhaya 88 Amta South None Arabinda Roy 89 Amta Central None Tarapada Pramanik 90 Amta North None Alamohon Dass 91 Sankrail None Kanai Lal Bhattacharya Kripa Sindhu Shaw 92 Jagatballavpur None Amrita Lal Hazra 93 Howrah North None Biren Banerjee 94 Howrah East None Saila Kumr Mukhopadhyaya 95 Howrah West None Bankim Chandra Kar 96 Howrah South None Beni Charan Dutta 97 Domjur None Tarapada Dey 98 Bally None Ratan Moni Chattopadhyaya 99 Singoor None Sourendra Nath Saha Ajit Kumar Basu Uttarpara None Monoranjan Hazra 101 Serampore None Jitendra Nath Lahiri 102 Bhadreswar None Byomkerh Majumdar 103 Goghat None Radha Krishna Pal 104 Arambagh None Madan Mohan Saha Radha Krishna Pal 105 Tarakeswar None Parbati Hazra 106 Chinsurah None Jyotish Chandra Ghosh Radha Nath Das 107 Dhanialkhali None Dhirendra Narayan Mukherji Loso Hasda 108 Balagarh None Brindaban Chattopadhyay 109 Burdwan None Binoy Krishna Chaudhury 110 Khandaghosh None Jonab Mahammad Hossain 111 Raina None Dasarathi Tah Mritunjoy Pramanik 112 Galsi None Mahitosh Saha Jadabendra Nath Panja 113 Ausgram None Ananda Gopal Mukhepadhyay Kanai Lal Das 114 Raniganj None Banku Behari Mandal Pashupati Nath Maliah 115 Kulti None Baidyanath Mandal Joynarayan Sarma 116 Asansol None Atindra Nath Bose 117 Kalna None Baidyanath Santal Rash Behari Sen 118 Purbasthali None Bimalananda Tarkatirtha 119 Manteswar None Annada Prasad Mandal 120 Katwa None Subodh Chowdhury 121 Mangalkot None Bhakta Chandra Roy 122 Ketugram None Tarapada Bandyopadhyay 123 Karimpur None Haripada Chatterjee 124 Tehatta None Raghunandan Biswas 125 Kaliganj None Jonab S. M. Fazlur Rahaman 126 Nakesipara None Jagannath Majumdar 127 Chapra None Smarajit Bandopadhya 128 Krishnagar None Bejoy Lal Chattapadhya 129 Nabadwp None Niranjan Modak 130 Santipur None Sashibhusan Khan 131 Ranaghat None Bijoy Krishna Sarkar Keshab Chandra Mitra 132 Bongaon None Jiban Ratan Dhar 133 Gaighata None Ziaul Hoque 134 Habra None Tarun Kanti Ghosh 135 Sarup Nagar None Mahammad Ishaque 136 Deganga None Rafiuddin Ahmed 137 Haroa Sandeshkhali None Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal 138 Hasnabad None Bijesh Chandra Sen Rajkrishna Mandol 139 Basirhat SC Prafulla Banerjee 140 Dum Dum None Kanai Lal Das 141 Bhangar None Hemchandra Naskar Gangadhar Naskar 142 Baruipore None Lalit Kumar Sinha Abdus Shokur 143 Joynagar None Subodh Banerjee Dintaran Moni 144 Baraset None Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay 145 Bizpur None Bipin Behari Ganguli 146 Naihati None Suresh Chandra Paul 147 Barrackpur None Phanindranath Mukhopadhya 148 Bhatpara None Dayaram Beri 149 Titagarh None Krishna Kumar Sukla 150 Baranagar SC Jyoti Basu 151 Mathurapur None Bhusan Chandra Das Brindaban Gayan 152 Saugar None Haripaba Baguli 153 Kulpi None Nalini Kanta Halder Prankrishna Kumar 154 Mograhat None Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar Abul Hashem 155 Falta None Jyotish Chandra Roy 156 Diamond Harbour SC Charu Chandra Bhandari 157 Bishnupur None Basanta Kumar Mal Provash Chandra Roy 158 Budge Budge None Bankim Mukherjee 159 Mohestola None Sudhir Chandra Bhandari 160 Garden Reach None S . M . Abdullah 161 Tollyganj None Jyotish Joarder 162 Behala None Biren Roy 163 Cossipur None Biswanath Roy 164 Shampukur None Hemanta Kumar Bose 165 Kumartuli None Nepal Chandra Roy 166 Burtola None Nirmal Chandra De 167 Muchipara None Sankar Prasad Mitra 168 Jorabagan None Ram Lagan Singh 169 Jorasanko None Amarendra Nath Basu 170 Belgachia None Ganesh Ghose 171 Manicktala None Ranendra Nath Sen 172 Beliaghata None Suhrid Kumar Mullick Choudhury 173 Barabazar None Iswar Das Jalan 174 Colootola None Anandi Lal Poddar 175 Sealdah None Pannalal Bose 176 Vidyasagar None Narayan Chandra Roy 177 Taltola None Moulavi Shamsul Haque 178 Baniapukur Ballygunge None Pulin Behari Khatic Jogesh Chandra Gupta 179 Bhawanipur None Mira Dutta Gupta 180 Kalighat None Manikuntala Sen 181 Tollygunge (north) None Priya Ranjan Sen 182 Tollygunge (south) None Ambica Chakravorty 183 Watgunge None Kali Mukherjee 184 Alipur ST Satyendra Kumar Basu 185 Fort None Narendra Nath Sen 186 Bowbazar None Bidhan Chandra Roy 187 Entally None Debendra Chandra Dev
State Reorganization On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from Bihar to West Bengal. Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.
See also 1951–52 elections in India 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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