Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Patiala and East Punjab States Union were held on 18 February 1954. 279 candidates competed for the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were twelve two-member constituencies and 36 single-member constituencies. Out of these, 2 single member constituencies were reserved for SC.

Results

!colspan=10| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 60 || 37 || 9 || 61.67 || 6,96,979 || 43.27 || 14.61

| style="text-align:left;" |Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann Group) | | 33 || 10 || New || 16.67 || 3,34,423 || 20.76 || New

| style="text-align:left;" |Shiromani Akali Dal (Raman Group) | | 22 || 2 || New || 3.33 || 1,19,301 || 7.41 || New

| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 10 || 4 || 2 || 6.67 || 97,690 || 6.06 || 1.29

| 139 || 7 || 1 || 11.67 || 3,42,787 || 21.28 || N/A |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total seats !! 60 ( 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 26,48,175 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|16,10,909 (60.83%)

Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/None)MemberParty1 Nalagarh None Surinder Singh 2Kandaghat Roshan Lal Gian Chand 3Banur Harchand Singh Kirpal Singh 4 Rajpura Prem Singh 5 Bassi Achhra Singh 6 Sirhind Balwant Singh 7 Patiala City Manmohan Kaur 8 Patiala Sadar Raghbir Singh 9Samana Pritam Singh Surinder Nath 10Amloh Gian Singh Mihan Singh 11 Bhadson Amrik Singh 12 Nabha Shiv Dev Singh 13 Bhawanigarh Jangir Singh 14 Sangrur Devinder Singh 15 Dhanaula Hardit Singh 16 Sunam Maheshinder Singh 17Lehra Pritam Singh Gujran Pritam Singh Sahoke 18Narwana Albel Singh Fakiria 19 Kalayat Brish Bhan 20 Jind Dal Singh 21 Safidon Kali Ram 22 Julana Ghasi Ram 23Dadri Amir Singh Ram Chand 24 Badhra Chandrawati 25 Mohindergarh Mangal Singh 26 Kanina Lal Singh 27 Ateli Manohar Sham Alias Sham Manohar 28 Narnaul Ramsaran Chand Mital 29 Nangal Chaudhri Nihal Singh 30 Bholath Harnam Singh 31 Kapurthala Thakur Singh 32Phagwara Hans Raj Sadhu Ram 33 Sultanpur Atma Singh 34 Faridkot Harindar Singh 35 Kot Kapura SC Kanwar Manjitinder Singh 36 Jaitu None Hira Singh 37Nehianwala Raman Chet Singh Kartar Singh Of Faridkot 38 Bhatinda Harcharan Singh 39 Maur Shamsher Singh 40 Mansa SC Jangir Singh 41 Sardulgarh None Pritam Singh 42Budhlada Dharam Singh Narotam Singh 43Dhuri Lehna Singh Parduman Singh 44 Malerkotla Mohd. Iftkhar Ali Khan 45 Ahmedgarh Chanda Singh 46 Sherpur Gurbakhshish Singh 47 Barnala Kartar Singh 48Phul Dhanna Singh Arjan Singh

State Reorganization and Merger On 1 November 1956, Patiala and East Punjab States Union was merged into Punjab under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

See also

Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly 1954 elections in India 1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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