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All 60 seats in the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 2,403,588 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 28.37% | ||||||||||||||||||
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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. [1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Sambhu Nath Shukla became the new Chief Minister.
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| Political party | Seats Contested | Won | % of Seats | Votes | Vote % | ||
| Indian National Congress | 56 | 40 | 66.67 | 2,70,013 | 39.60 | ||
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 49 | 3 | 5.00 | 1,10,465 | 16.2 | ||
| Socialist Party | 46 | 11 | 18.33 | 1,28,187 | 18.80 | ||
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 33 | 2 | 3.33 | 67,330 | 9.88 | ||
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 17 | 2 | 3.33 | 30,817 | 4.52 | ||
| Independent politician | 42 | 2 | 3.33 | 62,102 | 9.11 | ||
| Total Seats | 60 | Voters | 24,03,588 | Turnout | 6,81,799 (28.37%) | ||
| Constituency | Member | Party | |
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| Pushprajgarh | Ram Prasad Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Dan Bahadur Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
| Burhar | Saraswati Prasad Patel | Indian National Congress | |
| Sohagpur | Lal Rajendra Bahadur Singh | Independent | |
| Jaitpur-Kotma | Saheb Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Padam Chand Patni | Indian National Congress | ||
| Beohari | Baba Din | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
| Ram Kishore | Socialist Party | ||
| Umariya | Lal Aditya Nath Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Amarpur | Sambhu Nath Shukla | Indian National Congress | |
| Singrauli Niwas | Sumitri Devi | Socialist Party | |
| Shyam Kartik | Socialist Party | ||
| Deosar | Ganga Dhar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| Sidhi Madwas | Chandra Pratap | Socialist Party | |
| Dadhi | Socialist Party | ||
| Churhat | Jagat Bahadur Singh | Socialist Party | |
| Kanpura | Bhai Lal | Socialist Party | |
| Hanumana | Bhuneshwar Prasad | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | |
| Maugani Naigarhi | Someshwar Singh | Independent | |
| Sahdiya Chamar | Socialist Party | ||
| Teonthar | Rajeshwar Prasad Misra | Indian National Congress | |
| Garhi | Rana Samser Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Semariya | Baikunth Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| Sirmaur | Narmada Prasad Singh | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
| Mangawan | Sriniwas Tiwari | Socialist Party | |
| Gurh | Brij Raj Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Rewa | Jagdish Chandra Joshi | Socialist Party | |
| Raipur | Shatru Sudan Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Mukundpur | Kesho Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| Ram Nagar | Balwant Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| Amarpatan | Lal Bihari Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Rampur-Baghelan | Govind Narain Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Sabhapur | Ram Sajiwan Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Satna | Shiva Nand | Indian National Congress | |
| Kothi | Kaushalendra Pratap Bahadur Singh | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | |
| Amdara | Ramadhar Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
| Nagod | Gopal Saran Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Het Ram | Indian National Congress | ||
| Pawai | Bhura | Indian National Congress | |
| Narendra Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
| Ajaigarh | Lalmohammad | Indian National Congress | |
| Panna | Saryu Prasad Chanpuriya | Indian National Congress | |
| Chandla | Kamta Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| Laundi | Mahendra Kumar Jain | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajnagar | Gokal Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| Chhatarpur | Govinda | Indian National Congress | |
| Panna Lal | Indian National Congress | ||
| Bijawar | Diwan Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Piyare Lal | Indian National Congress | ||
| Malhera | Basant Lal | Indian National Congress | |
| Tikamgarh | Krishna Kant | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
| Rilli Chamar | Socialist Party | ||
| Chandpura | Thakur Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Jatara | Narain Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Lidhaura | Raghuraj Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Niwari | Lala Ram Bajpai | Indian National Congress | |
| Prithvipur | Shyam Lal | Indian National Congress | |
| Seondha | Ram Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Laxmi Narain | Indian National Congress | ||
| Datia | Shyam Sunder Das | Indian National Congress | |
On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. [2]
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