Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election, 1952

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Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Hyderabad were held on 27 March 1952. 564 candidates competed for the 175 seats in the Assembly. There were 33 two-member constituencies and 109 constituencies single-member constituencies. [1]

India Country in South Asia

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Hyderabad State princely state

Hyderabad State, also known as Hyderabad Deccan, was an Indian princely state located in the south-central region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into Telangana state, Hyderabad-Karnataka region of Karnataka and Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

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Indian National Congress

The Congress Party won a clear majority of the seats in the assembly (93 seats out of 175), with 41.86% of the popular vote. [1] Prominent Congress MLAs from Hyderabad District included Dr. G. S. Melkote and Gopal Rao Ekbote. [2] Kashinath Rao Vaidya, the Congress MLA from Begum Bazar, was elected Speaker of the Assembly after the election. [3]

G. S. Melkote was an Indian freedom fighter and parliamentarian. His complete name is Gopaliah Subbukrishna Melkote.

Justice Gopal Rao Ekbote was Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Kashinath Rao Vaidya was an Indian lawyer and politician. Vaidya was elected to the Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly in the 1952 election as the Indian National Congress candidate from the Begum Bazar constituency. Vaidya obtained 15,794 votes. Following the election, he was elected speaker of the Assembly.

People's Democratic Front

The elections were held in the aftermath of the Telangana armed struggle. The communists had called off their guerrilla campaign in October 1951, just few months before the polls. [4] The Communist Party of India was banned in the state at the time, but contested the election under the cover of the People's Democratic Front. [5] The PDF won all of the seats in Nalgonda district. [2]

Communist Party of India Indian political party, established 1925

The Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest communist party in India. There are different views on exactly when it was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by the CPI is 26 December 1925. The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which separated from the CPI in 1964 following an ideological rift between China and the Soviet Union, continues to claim having been founded in 1925.

Peoples Democratic Front was a mass front of Communist Party of India in the Hyderabad State.

Nalgonda district District of Telangana in India

Nalgonda district is a district in the Telangana state of India. It has a population of 3,483,648, of which 13.32% is urban as of 2011. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Rangareddy, Yadadri, and Nagarkurnool districts, and with the state boundary of Andhra Pradesh.

Socialist Party

The socialists contested 97 seats. [1] However, the result was a set-back for the party with eleven seats won. The party had refused to cooperate with other parties against the Congress, which could have limited their success. Moreover, the party lacked strong leaders and was organizationally weak in the state. [6] The socialist leader Mahadev Singh lost the seat he contested (Secunderabad). [1] [6]

Scheduled Castes Federation

The SCF contested the election in alliance with the PDF. [7]

Muslim candidates

At the time, Muslims represented 7.75% of the population in the state. Out of the main parties, the Indian National Congress had nominated 12 Muslim candidates (6.94% of their candidates), People's Democratic Front had six Muslim candidates (7.69%) whilst the Socialist Party nominated three Muslims (3.09%). Eleven Muslims were elected, below their percentage of the population. Eight of the elected Muslims came from the Indian National Congress, two from the People's Democratic Front (Mohamed Abdur Rahman from Malaket constituency and Syed Akhtar Hussain from Jangaon) and one had contested as an independent (Syed Hasan, Hyderabad City constituency). [1] [8] [9]

Syed Hassan Abidi is an Indian politician. Syed Hassan hailed from a prominent Shia family from Hyderabad. He was elected from the Hyderabad City constituency in the 1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election as an independent candidate. His candidature was supported by the communist People's Democratic Front. He obtained 10,772 votes (46.89%) of the votes in the constituency.

Results

Result Summary

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Political partyFlagSeats
Contested
Won% of
Seats
VotesVote %
Indian National Congress Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg 1739353.1421,77,71641.86
Socialist Party 97116.295,90,20911.35
People's Democratic Front 774224.0010,80,09220.76
Scheduled Castes Federation 2452.862,66,4825.12
Peasants and Workers Party of India 21105.712,15,9924.15
Independent 136148.007,58,31814.58
Total seats175Voters1,21,14,635Turnout52,02,214 (42.94 %)

Party wise results

PartyNo. of candidatesNo. of electedNo. of votes%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 202,3280.04%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 303,1760.06%
Indian National Congress 173932,177,71641.86%
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 104,0470.08%
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 7012,4890.24%
Scheduled Caste Federation 245266,4825.12%
Socialist Party of India 9711590,20911.35%
All India Republican Party 6020,8260.40%
Hyderabad State Depressed Classed Association 6018,1510.35%
Hyderabad State Praja Party 6019,4520.37%
Independent League 101,8000.03%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 2110215,9924.15%
Peoples Democratic Front 77421,080,09220.76%
United Scheduled Castes Federation 4031,1360.60%
Independents13614758,31814.58%
Total:5641755,202,214

District wise results

Source : Election Commission of India [2]

S.No.DistrictConstituencies INC PDF SP PWP SCF Ind.
1 Hyderabad 1411 (79%)2 (14%)1 (7%)
2 Mehboobnagar 118 (73%)1 (9%)2 (18%)
3 Raichur 115 (45%)6 (55%)
4 Gulbarga 1413 (93%)1 (7%)
5 Bidar 1111 (100%)
6 Osmanabad 74 (57%)3 (43%)
7 Bhir 84 (50%)3 (37%)1 (13%)
8 Aurangabad 119 (50%)2 (37%)
9 Parbhani 91 (11%)6 (67%)2 (22%)
10 Nanded 98 (89%)1 (11%)
11 Adilabad 93 (33%)1 (11%)5 (56%)
12 Nizamabad 85 (63%)3 (37%)
13 Medak 107 (70%)2 (20%)1 (10%)
14 Karimnagar 152 (13%)7 (47%)2 (13%)2 (13%)2 (13%)
15 Warangal 142 (14%)9 (64%)1 (7%)1 (7%)1 (7%)
16 Nalgonda 1414 (100%)
Total17593421110514

List of members

The following is the list of members in the assembly who were elected. [2]

DistrictS.No.Assembly constituencyWinnerName of Party
Hyderabad 1 Musheerabad Dr. Melkote, G.SINC
2ChaderghatEkbote, Gopal RaoINC
3Begum BazarVaidya, Kashinath RaoINC
4Hyderabad CitySyed HassanInd
5ShalibandaMassoma BegumINC
6 Karwan NarendraINC
7SomajigudaMehdi Nawaz JungINC
8 Malakpet Abdul RahmanPDF
9 Secunderabad (Gen.) Raju, V.BINC
10Secunderabad (Res.)Mutyal Rao, J.B.INC
11 Ibrahimpatnam (Gen.) Papi Reddy, K.PDF
12Ibrahimpatnam (Res.)Gautam, M.B.INC
13 Medchal Gopal Reddy, VarakantamINC
14Shahbad Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy INC
Mahbubnagar 15 Pargi Shah Jehan BegumINC
16 Shadnagar Ramakrishna Rao, BurgulaINC
17 Mahbubnagar Hanumantha Rao, P.INC
18 Kalwakurthy (Gen.) Narsing Rao, M.INC
19Kalwakurthi (Res.)Veeraswamy, K.R.INC
20 Nagarkurnool (Gen.) Brahma Reddy, BInd
21Nagarkurnool (Res.)Ramaswamy, D.Ind
22 Kollapur Anantha Ramachandra ReddyPDF
23 Wanaparthy Suravaram Pratap ReddyINC
24Makhtal-Atmakur (Gen.)Shanta BaiINC
25Makhtal-Atmakur (Res.)Basappa, E.INC
Raichur26Alampur-Gadwal (Gen.)Pulla Reddy, PagaINC
27Alampur-Gadwal (Res.)Naganna, K.INC
28RaichurShroff, L.K.INC
29DeodurgKaribasappa, Guru BasappaInd
30LingsugurBaswan GowdaINC
31ManviPanpan Gowda, SakrappaInd
32SindhanoorShiva Basan GowdaInd
33GangavathiHiremath, K.R.Ind
34KoppalMahadevamma BasawangowdaInd
35YelbargaAyyan Gowda, NingangowdaINC
36KushtagiAndanappaInd
Gulbarga37ShorapurKolur MallappaINC
38Andole (Jewargi)Sharan Gowda SiddaramayyaInd
39AfzalapurA.R. BasappaINC
40AlnadPatil, VirendraINC
41KamalapurPatil, ChandrasekharINC
42GulbargaMohammed AliINC
43ChitapurRudrappa, S.INC
44ChincholiRamachari, G.INC
45Tandur-serumPraneshchari, J.K.INC
46Kodangal (Gen.)Anant ReddyINC
47Kodangal (Res.)Veeraswamy, BanamINC
48Yadgir (Gen.)Chanderki Jagannath RaoINC
49Yadgir (Res.)AmbadasINC
50ShahpurVirupakshappaINC
Bidar51AhmedpurNivarthi Reddy, Namdeo ReddyINC
52NilangaWaghmare, Sheshrao MadhavraoINC
53HalsurBapu Rao DeshpandeINC
54BhalkiKamitakar, Muralidhar RaoSrinivasa RaoINC
55Humnabad (Res.)Shanker DeoINC
56Humanabad (Gen.)Ekheliker, Srinivasa Rama RaoINC
57ZaheerabadYerolker, Gunderao Y.INC
58BidarSafiuddinINC
59NarayankhedAppa Rao, RamshettiINC
60Udgir (Gen.)Ghonsikar, Madhavrao VenkatraoINC
61Udgir (Res.)Kable, Tulsiram DashrathINC
Osmanabad62ParendaPatil, Vishwas Rao Ganpat RaoPWP
63KallamKabade, Achut Rao YogirajuPWP
64LaturKoratkar, Vinayakrao VidyalankarINC
65AwsaChauhan, Devi SinghINC
66OmergaGandhi, PoolchandINC
67Osmanabad (Gen.)Udhave RaoPWP
68Osmanabad (Res.)Kallyan RaoINC
Bhir69GeoraiRama Rao, DayanobaPDF
70AshtiPatil, Rakhamaji DhondibaINC
71PatodaKotecha, RatnalalINC
72BhirSripat RaoPDF
73ManjelgaonLimbaji MuktajiPDF
74MominabadDeshmukh, Vamanrao RamaraoPWP
75Mominabad (Res.)Dwaraka Prasad ChaudhariINC
76KaijRamalingaswamy, MahalingaswamyINC
Aurangabad77KannadNawadar, Ramgopal RamakishanINC
78AurangabadNawasekar, Shripad Rao Laxman RaoINC
79PhulmarriPahade, Manikchand KawalchandINC
80SillodPathak, Naga Rao Viswanath RaoINC
81Bhokardan (Gen.)Baburao DadduraoPDF
82Bhokardan (Res.)Kable, Dhondiraj Ganapath RaoINC
83JalnaSyed Mohammed MoosaviINC
84AmbadGadhe, Bhagawanth Rao Gambhir RaoINC
85Paithan-Gangapur (Gen.)Bapuji MansinghPDF
86Paithan-Gangapur (Res.)Gaikwad, Govindrao KerojiINC
87VaijapurWaghmare, AshatiINC
Parbhani88PathriRama Rao Balakishan RaoINC
89ParturAnkush Rao VenkatraoPWP
90JinturBhujanga Rao Nagu RaoPWP
91Hingloi (Gen.)Naik, ShamraoPWP
92Hingoli (Res.)Nerlikar, Madhav Rao deobaSCF
93Basmath (Gen.)Boralker, Bhagwanrao GopalaraoPWP
94Basmath (Res.)Jadhav, Shamrao BikajiSCF
95ParbhaniGavani, AnnajiraoPWP
96GangakhedDeshmukh, RangaraoPWP
Nanded97HadgaonWaipankar, Madhav RaoPDF
98BhokarDigambar Rao BinduINC
99MudholeGopal Shashtry DeoINC
100BilloliNarayanarao Narsing RaoINC
101Deglur (Gen.)Jayawanth Rao, Dyaneshwar RaoINC
102Deglur (Res.)Waghmare, Ganpat Rao ManikraoINC
103Khandar (Gen)Morey, Govind Rao Narsing RaoINC
104KandharSawai Madhava RaoINC
105NandedGanjava, Bhagwan RaoINC
Adilabad 106 Nirmal (Gen.) Gopidi Ganga ReddySocialist
107Nirmal (Res.)Ganga RaoSocialist
108KinwatShrihariINC
109 Adilabad Daji Shankar RaoPDF
110 Asifabad (Res.) Kasiram, GangviINC
111Asifabad (Gen.)Konda Laxman BapujiINC
112 Sirpur Buchaiah, M.Socialist
113Luxettipet (Gen.)Viswanath Rao, SooreSocialist
114Luxettipet (Res.)Rajamallu, KodatiSocialist
Nizamabad 115 Armur Rajaram, GSocialist
116 Balkonda Anantha Reddy, K.Socialist
117DichpalliSrinivas Rao, D.Socialist
118 Nizamabad Mohammed Dawar HussainINC
119 Bodhan Sastri, S.L.INC
120 Banswada Laxmi Bai, SangamINC
121 Kamareddy Vithal Reddy, G.INC
122KamareddyRama Rao, VINC
Medak 123 Vicarabad (Gen) Dr. Chenna Reddy, Marri GINC
124 Vicarabad (Res.) Ramaswamy, ArigeINC
125 Andole (Gen) Joshi, Venkat RajeswarINC
126 Andole (Res.) Laxman KumarINC
127 Narsapur Ram Reddy, J.INC
128 Medak Venkateswar RaoINC
129RamayampetGaneriwal, LaxminivasINC
130 Gajwel Vasudevu, PendemPDF
131 Siddipet Guruva Reddy, A.PDF
132RajgopalpetNarayan Reddy, K.V.Ind
Karimnagar 133 Huzurabad Narayan Rao, PonnamaneniINC
134 Huzurabad Venkatesam, JSocialist
135NustlapurSingireedy Venkat ReddyPDF
136 Karimnagar Venkat Ram Rao, Ch.PDF
137ElgandalDamodar Rao, JuvvadiPDF
138 Sircilla (Gen) Rajamani Devi, J.MSCF
139 Sircilla (Res.) Anand Rao, JoganapalliPDF
140MetpalliBhomayya, GangulaInd
141Jagtial (Gen.)Malla Reddy, BaddamINC
142Jagtial (Res.)Rajaram, ButtiINC
143SultanabadRaj Reddy, A.PDF
144 Peddapalle Muttayya, LPDF
145KunaramKondal Reddy, MudigantiInd
146 Parkal Kesava Reddy, KatangurINC
147 Manthani Sriramulu, GolukotaSocialist

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On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Hyderabad State was merged into Andhra State to form a single state Andhra Pradesh. The districts of Raichur, Bidar and Gulbarga were transferred to Mysore State, while Marathwada district was transferred to Bombay State. [10]

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