1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Elections to elect the First Punjab Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 842 candidates contested for the 105 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.

Results

!colspan=10| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! colspan=2 | Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 121 || 96 || 76.19 || 18,30,601 || 36.69

| style="text-align:left;" |Shiromani Akali Dal | | 48 || 13 || 10.32 || 6,20,455 || 12.44

| style="text-align:left;" |Zamindar Party | | 31 || 2 || 1.59 || 3,72,126 || 7.46

| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 26 || 4 || 3.17 || 1,93,974 || 3.89

| style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | | 19 || 1 || 0.79 || 69,694 || 1.40

| style="text-align:left;" |Lal Communist Party Hind Union | | 9 || 1 || 0.79 || 57,739 || 1.16

| 446 || 9 || 7.14 || 11,92,896 || 23.91 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total seats ! 126 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 86,23,498 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 49,89,077 (57.85%)

Elected members ConstituencyMemberParty Sirsa Devi Lal Fatehabad Ganga Ram Dalbir Singh Gohar Hissar City Balwant Rai Hissar Sadar Ranjit Singh Hansi Lajpat Rai Narnaund Sarup Singh Bhiwani Mam Raj Ram Kumar Rai Rizaq Ram Sonipat Siri Ram Ganaur Lehri Singh Gohana Nanhu Ram Mam Chand Kalanaur Badlu Ram Jhajjar Sher Singh Chand Ram Rohtak City Dev Raj Ferozepore Jhirka Yasin Khan Nuh Abdul Ghani Palwal Gurditta Hassanpur Dharam Vir Rewari Chuni Lal Abhai Singh Ballab Garh Kidar Nath Sehgal Gurgaon Gajraj Singh Sohna Babu Dayal Sambhalka Mool Chand Panipat Krishan Gopal Datt Karnal Nand Lal Asandh Kasturi Lal Gharaunda Samar Singh Butana Ram Sarup Phaggu Ram Thanesar Benarsi Das Shahabad Jagdish Chand Kaithal Daulat Ram Pundri Gopi Chand Jagadhri Dev Datt Molana Rattan Amol Singh Molana Ram Parkash Ambala City Abdul Gaffar Khan Ambala Cantt Dev Raj Narain Garh Sadhu Ram Chandi Garh Jagat Narain Rupar Raijinder Singh Partap Singh Simla Som Datt Nurpur Ram Chand Dharamsala Hari Ram Haripur Bhagat Ram Palampur Kanaya Lal Sujanpur Pratap Singh Kulu Lal Chand Seraj Raghubir Singh Hamirpur Daulat Ram Mehr Singh Dasuya Hari Singh Mukerian Ralla Ram Amb Khushiram Una Mansa Ram Balachar Baloo Ram MahilpurHarbhajan Singh BainsIndian National CongressgarhshankarKartar SinghIndian National Congress Hoshiarpur Jagat Ram Guran Dass Nawanshehr Bishna Gurbachan Singh Phillaur Niranjan Dass Nurmahal Darbara Singh Nakodar Sant Ram Swaran Singh Adampur Gurbanta Singh Mota Singh Kartarpur Gurdial Singh Jullundur City North West Ram Kishan Jullundur City South East Sita Devi Samrala Naurang Singh Ajmer Singh Ludhiana City North Jagdish Chander Ludhiana City South Bhim Sen Sachar Jagraon Iqbal Singh Gopal Singh Ludhiana Sadar Shamsher Singh Moga Dharmkot Mukhtair Singh Davinder Singh Khuian Sarwar Teg Ram Abohar Chandi Ram Mallanwala Partap Singh Ferozepore Harnam Singh Guru Har Sahai Partap Singh Kot Bhai Puran Singh Bhag Singh Fazilka Wadhawa Ram Ramdas Parkash Kaur Amritsar Waryam Singh Khem Singh Amritsar City North Satya Pal Amritsar City Central Amir Chand Gupta Amritsar City West Shanoo Devi Jhabal Gurdial Singh Khalra Balwant Singh Patti Partap Singh Tarn Tarn Mohan Singh Darshan Singh Beas Sohan Singh Dera Baba Nanak Joginder Singh Serah Waryam Singh Batala Gurbachan Singh Sri Gobind Pur Uttam Singh Rania Shiv Singh Gurdas Pur Sunder Singh Parbodh Chandra Narot Jaimal Singh Gorakh Nath Pathankot Kesho Dass

State Reorganization On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab. Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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