Elections to the Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952. 374 candidates competed for the 50 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 10 two-member constituencies and 40 single-member constituencies.
Results
!colspan=10| |- 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 | | 51 || 26 || 43.33 || 3,88,185 || 28.66 |- style="background: #90EE90;"
| 41 || 19 || 31.67 || 3,17,502 || 23.44
| style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | | 23 || 2 || 3.33 || 43,809 || 3.23 |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | | 15 || 1 || 1.67 || 20,179 || 1.49 |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 14 || 2 || 3.33 || 64,652 || 4.77 |- style="background: #90EE90;"
| 5 || 1 || 1.67 || 21,539 || 1.59
| style="text-align:left;" |Scheduled Caste Federation | | 7 || 1 || 1.67 || 47,216 || 3.49 |- style="background: #90EE90;"
| 188 || 8 || 13.33 || 3,96,956 || 29.31 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total seats ! 60 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 22,98,385 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 13,54,476 (58.93%)
Elected members ConstituencyMemberParty1 Faridkot Hazura Singh 2Kot Kapura Jaitu Ranjit Singh Manjitinder Singh 3 Bhatinda Saddar Pritam Singh 4 Nahianwala Harbans Lal 5 Rama Jang Singh 6 Maur Bhupinder Singh 7Mansa Bali Singh Harchand Singh 8 Sardul Garh Inder Singh 9 Bhiki Bakhshish Singh 10 Budhlada Bareta Des Raj 11Mahal Kalan Dhanna Singh Arjan Singh 12 Sehna Phul Gurdial Singh 13 Dhanaula Sampuran Singh 14 Barnala Raghbir Parkash 15 Sherpur Hira Singh 16 Dhuri Tirath Singh 17 Malerkotla Iftikharali Khan 18 Ahmadgarh Kartar Singh 19 Sangrur Gajjan Singh 20 Bhawanigarh Baldev Singh 21Narwana Klait Bhale Ram Kali Ram 22 Sunam Bachan Singh 23Lehra Pritam Singh Brish Bhan 24 Uchana Inder Singh 25 Jind Dal Singh 26 Safidon Inder Singh 27 Julana Ram Singh 28Kandaghat Ranjit Singh Lekh Ram 29Banur Harchand Singh Bishan Nath 30 Rajpura Prem Singh 31 Patiala City Jaswant Singh 32 Ghanaur Kirpal Singh 33 Patiala Saddar Raghbir Singh 34 Bhadson Dara Singh 35 Nabha Gurbhajnik Singh 36 Samana Fateh Singh 37 Bassi Gurdial Singh 38 Sirhind Balwant Singh 39Amloh Payal Mihan Singh Gian Singh 40Phagwara Sadhu Ram Hans Raj 41 Sultanpur Atma Singh 42 Kapurthala Thakar Singh 43 Dhilwan Basawa Singh 44Dadri Harnam Nihal Singh 45 Badra Satnali Attar Singh 46 Kanina Onkar Singh 47 Mohindergarh Kahan Singh 48 Ateli Manohar Sham 49 Narnaul Ramsaran Chand 50 Nangal Chaudhri Devkinandan
United Democratic Front
After the elections, Congress party emerged as the single largest party, but in the absence of majority, Gian Singh Rarewala formed the government with the support of Akali Dal, Communist Party of India, Lal Communist Party Hind Union, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party and Independents on 22 April 1952. The coalition was named as United Democratic Front. Thus, he became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of any state in independent India.
See also
Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly 1951–52 elections in India 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1954 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election
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