Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh were held on March 26, 1952. 252 candidates contested the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 12 two-member constituencies, and 36 single-member constituencies. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Sambhu Nath Shukla became the new Chief Minister.
Results
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" !colspan=8| |- ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | Indian National Congress | 56 || 40 || 66.67 || 2,70,013 || 39.60
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 49 || 3 || 5.00 || 1,10,465 || 16.2
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party | 46 || 11 || 18.33 || 1,28,187 || 18.80
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 33 || 2 || 3.33 || 67,330 || 9.88
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 17 || 2 || 3.33 || 30,817 || 4.52
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Independent politician | 42 || 2 || 3.33 || 62,102 || 9.11 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 2| Total Seats ! 60 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 24,03,588 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 6,81,799 (28.37%)
Elected members ConstituencyMemberParty1 Pushprajgarh Ram Prasad Singh Dan Bahadur Singh 2 Burhar Saraswati Prasad Patel 3 Sohagpur Lal Rajendra Bahadur Singh 4 Jaitpur Kotma Saheb Singh Padam Chand Patni 5 Beohari Baba Din Ram Kishore 6 Umariya Lal Aditya Nath Singh 7 Amarpur Sambhu Nath Shukla 8 Singrauli Niwas Sumitri Devi Shyam Kartik 9 Deosar Ganga Dhar 10 Sidhi Madwas Chandra Pratap Dadhi 11 Churhat Jagat Bahadur Singh 12 Kanpura Bhai Lal 13 Hanumana Bhuneshwar Prasad 14 Maugani Naigarhi Someshwar Singh Sahdiya Chamar 15 Teonthar Rajeshwar Prasad Misra 16 Garhi Rana Samser Singh 17 Semariya Baikunth Prasad 18 Sirmaur Narmada Prasad Singh 19 Mangawan Sriniwas Tiwari 20 Gurh Brij Raj Singh 21 Rewa Jagdish Chandra Joshi 22 Raipur Shatru Sudan Singh 23 Mukundpur Kesho Prasad 24 Ram Nagar Balwant Singh 25 Amarpatan Lal Bihari Singh 26 Rampur Baghelan Govind Narain Singh 27 Sabhapur Ram Sajiwan Singh 28 Satna Shiva Nand 29 Kothi Kaushalendra Pratap Bahadur Singh 30 Amdara Ramadhar Pandey 31 Nagod Gopal Saran Singh Het Ram 32 Pawai Bhura Narendra Singh 33 Ajaigarh Lalmohammad 34 Panna Saryu Prasad Chanpuriya 35 Chandla Kamta Prasad 36 Laundi Mahendra Kumar Jain 37 Rajnagar Gokal Prasad 38 Chhatarpur Govinda Panna Lal 39 Bijawar Diwan Pratap Singh Piyare Lal 40 Malhera Basant Lal 41 Tikamgarh Krishna Kant Rilli Chamar 42 Chandpura Thakur Das Mishra 43 Jatara Narain Das 44 Lidhaura Raghuraj Singh 45 Niwari Lala Ram Bajpai 46 Prithvipur Shyam Lal 47 Seondha Ram Das Laxmi Narain 48 Datia Shyam Sunder Das
State Reorganization and Merger On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
See also
Vindhya Pradesh 1951–52 elections in India 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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