Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Bombay were held on 26 March 1952. 1239 candidates contested for the 268 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 1 three-member, 47 two-member constituencies and 220 single-member constituencies.
Results
List of political parties participating in the 1952 Bombay assembly elections
Party Abbreviation National parties HMS Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh BJS RRP INC Socialist Party SP KLP KMPP CPI Forward Bloc FB All India Scheduled Castes Federation SCFState parties Peasants and Workers Party PWP KKP
!colspan=10| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats contested !! Won !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 313 || 270 || 55,56,334 || 49.95%
| style="text-align:left;" |Peasants and Workers Party of India | | 87 || 14 || 7,17,963 || 6.45%
| style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party | | 182 || 9 || 13,30,246 || 11.96%
| style="text-align:left;" |Kamgar Kisan Paksha | | 33 || 2 || 2,48,130 || 2.23%
| style="text-align:left;" |Scheduled Castes Federation | | 37 || 1 || 3,44,718 || 3.10%
| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 25 || 1 || 1,59,994 || 1.44%
| style="text-align:left;" |Krishikar Lok Party | | 16 || 1 || 1,07,408 || 0.97%
| 67||0||5,59,492||5.03%
|37||0|| 1,24,466|| 1.12%
|9||0|| 35,194|| 0.32%
|style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | |8||0|| 16,847|| 0.15%
|style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |2||0|| 4,876|| 0.04%
| 427 || 19 || 19,17,574 || 17.24% |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total ! 1243 !! 317 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout (voters) 1,11,23,242 (2,19,04,595) !! 50.78%
Elected members Election results from constituencies which would later become part of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Mysore State are listed here.
Maharashtra