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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
The SCF contested the election in alliance with the PDF. [7]
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Political party | Flag | Seats Contested | Won | % of Seats | Votes | Vote % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indian National Congress | 173 | 93 | 53.14 | 21,77,716 | 41.86 | ||
Socialist Party | 97 | 11 | 6.29 | 5,90,209 | 11.35 | ||
People's Democratic Front | 77 | 42 | 24.00 | 10,80,092 | 20.76 | ||
Scheduled Castes Federation | 24 | 5 | 2.86 | 2,66,482 | 5.12 | ||
Peasants and Workers Party of India | 21 | 10 | 5.71 | 2,15,992 | 4.15 | ||
Independent | 136 | 14 | 8.00 | 7,58,318 | 14.58 | ||
Total seats | 175 | Voters | 1,21,14,635 | Turnout | 52,02,214 (42.94 %) |
Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 2 | 0 | 2,328 | 0.04% |
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 3 | 0 | 3,176 | 0.06% |
Indian National Congress | 173 | 93 | 2,177,716 | 41.86% |
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 1 | 0 | 4,047 | 0.08% |
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 7 | 0 | 12,489 | 0.24% |
Scheduled Caste Federation | 24 | 5 | 266,482 | 5.12% |
Socialist Party of India | 97 | 11 | 590,209 | 11.35% |
All India Republican Party | 6 | 0 | 20,826 | 0.40% |
Hyderabad State Depressed Classed Association | 6 | 0 | 18,151 | 0.35% |
Hyderabad State Praja Party | 6 | 0 | 19,452 | 0.37% |
Independent League | 1 | 0 | 1,800 | 0.03% |
Peasants and Workers Party of India | 21 | 10 | 215,992 | 4.15% |
Peoples Democratic Front | 77 | 42 | 1,080,092 | 20.76% |
United Scheduled Castes Federation | 4 | 0 | 31,136 | 0.60% |
Independents | 136 | 14 | 758,318 | 14.58% |
Total: | 564 | 175 | 5,202,214 |
Source : Election Commission of India [2]
S.No. | District | Constituencies | INC | SP | PWP | SCF | Ind. | |
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1 | Hyderabad | 14 | 11 (79%) | 2 (14%) | 1 (7%) | |||
2 | Mehboobnagar | 11 | 8 (73%) | 1 (9%) | 2 (18%) | |||
3 | Raichur | 11 | 5 (45%) | 6 (55%) | ||||
4 | Gulbarga | 14 | 13 (93%) | 1 (7%) | ||||
5 | Bidar | 11 | 11 (100%) | |||||
6 | Osmanabad | 7 | 4 (57%) | 3 (43%) | ||||
7 | Bhir | 8 | 4 (50%) | 3 (37%) | 1 (13%) | |||
8 | Aurangabad | 11 | 9 (50%) | 2 (37%) | ||||
9 | Parbhani | 9 | 1 (11%) | 6 (67%) | 2 (22%) | |||
10 | Nanded | 9 | 8 (89%) | 1 (11%) | ||||
11 | Adilabad | 9 | 3 (33%) | 1 (11%) | 5 (56%) | |||
12 | Nizamabad | 8 | 5 (63%) | 3 (37%) | ||||
13 | Medak | 10 | 7 (70%) | 2 (20%) | 1 (10%) | |||
14 | Karimnagar | 15 | 2 (13%) | 7 (47%) | 2 (13%) | 2 (13%) | 2 (13%) | |
15 | Warangal | 14 | 2 (14%) | 9 (64%) | 1 (7%) | 1 (7%) | 1 (7%) | |
16 | Nalgonda | 14 | 14 (100%) | |||||
Total | 175 | 93 | 42 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 14 | |
The following is the list of members in the assembly who were elected. [2]
District | S.No. | Assembly constituency | Winner | Name of Party |
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Hyderabad | 1 | Musheerabad | Dr. Melkote, G.S | INC |
2 | Chaderghat | Ekbote, Gopal Rao | INC | |
3 | Begum Bazar | Vaidya, Kashinath Rao | INC | |
4 | Hyderabad City | Syed Hassan | Ind | |
5 | Shalibanda | Massoma Begum | INC | |
6 | Karwan | Narendra | INC | |
7 | Somajiguda | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | INC | |
8 | Malakpet | Abdul Rahman | ||
9 | Secunderabad (Gen.) | Raju, V.B | INC | |
10 | Secunderabad (Res.) | Mutyal Rao, J.B. | INC | |
11 | Ibrahimpatnam (Gen.) | Papi Reddy, K. | ||
12 | Ibrahimpatnam (Res.) | Gautam, M.B. | INC | |
13 | Medchal | Gopal Reddy, Varakantam | INC | |
14 | Shahbad | Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy | INC | |
Mahbubnagar | 15 | Pargi | Shah Jehan Begum | INC |
16 | Shadnagar | Ramakrishna Rao, Burgula | INC | |
17 | Mahbubnagar | Hanumantha Rao, P. | INC | |
18 | Kalwakurthy (Gen.) | Narsing Rao, M. | INC | |
19 | Kalwakurthi (Res.) | Veeraswamy, K.R. | INC | |
20 | Nagarkurnool (Gen.) | Brahma Reddy, B | Ind | |
21 | Nagarkurnool (Res.) | Ramaswamy, D. | Ind | |
22 | Kollapur | Anantha Ramachandra Reddy | ||
23 | Wanaparthy | Suravaram Pratap Reddy | INC | |
24 | Makhtal-Atmakur (Gen.) | Shanta Bai | INC | |
25 | Makhtal-Atmakur (Res.) | Basappa, E. | INC | |
Raichur | 26 | Alampur-Gadwal (Gen.) | Pulla Reddy, Paga | INC |
27 | Alampur-Gadwal (Res.) | Naganna, K. | INC | |
28 | Raichur | Shroff, L.K. | INC | |
29 | Deodurg | Karibasappa, Guru Basappa | Ind | |
30 | Lingsugur | Baswan Gowda | INC | |
31 | Manvi | Panpan Gowda, Sakrappa | Ind | |
32 | Sindhanoor | Shiva Basan Gowda | Ind | |
33 | Gangavathi | Hiremath, K.R. | Ind | |
34 | Koppal | Mahadevamma Basawangowda | Ind | |
35 | Yelbarga | Ayyan Gowda, Ningangowda | INC | |
36 | Kushtagi | Andanappa | Ind | |
Gulbarga | 37 | Shorapur | Kolur Mallappa | INC |
38 | Andole (Jewargi) | Sharan Gowda Siddaramayya | Ind | |
39 | Afzalapur | A.R. Basappa | INC | |
40 | Alnad | Patil, Virendra | INC | |
41 | Kamalapur | Patil, Chandrasekhar | INC | |
42 | Gulbarga | Mohammed Ali | INC | |
43 | Chitapur | Rudrappa, S. | INC | |
44 | Chincholi | Ramachari, G. | INC | |
45 | Tandur-serum | Praneshchari, J.K. | INC | |
46 | Kodangal (Gen.) | Anant Reddy | INC | |
47 | Kodangal (Res.) | Veeraswamy, Banam | INC | |
48 | Yadgir (Gen.) | Chanderki Jagannath Rao | INC | |
49 | Yadgir (Res.) | Ambadas | INC | |
50 | Shahpur | Virupakshappa | INC | |
Bidar | 51 | Ahmedpur | Nivarthi Reddy, Namdeo Reddy | INC |
52 | Nilanga | Waghmare, Sheshrao Madhavrao | INC | |
53 | Halsur | Bapu Rao Deshpande | INC | |
54 | Bhalki | Kamitakar, Muralidhar RaoSrinivasa Rao | INC | |
55 | Humnabad (Res.) | Shanker Deo | INC | |
56 | Humanabad (Gen.) | Ekheliker, Srinivasa Rama Rao | INC | |
57 | Zaheerabad | Yerolker, Gunderao Y. | INC | |
58 | Bidar | Safiuddin | INC | |
59 | Narayankhed | Appa Rao, Ramshetti | INC | |
60 | Udgir (Gen.) | Ghonsikar, Madhavrao Venkatrao | INC | |
61 | Udgir (Res.) | Kable, Tulsiram Dashrath | INC | |
Osmanabad | 62 | Parenda | Patil, Vishwas Rao Ganpat Rao | PWP |
63 | Kallam | Kabade, Achut Rao Yogiraju | PWP | |
64 | Latur | Koratkar, Vinayakrao Vidyalankar | INC | |
65 | Awsa | Chauhan, Devi Singh | INC | |
66 | Omerga | Gandhi, Poolchand | INC | |
67 | Osmanabad (Gen.) | Udhave Rao | PWP | |
68 | Osmanabad (Res.) | Kallyan Rao | INC | |
Bhir | 69 | Georai | Rama Rao, Dayanoba | |
70 | Ashti | Patil, Rakhamaji Dhondiba | INC | |
71 | Patoda | Kotecha, Ratnalal | INC | |
72 | Bhir | Sripat Rao | ||
73 | Manjelgaon | Limbaji Muktaji | ||
74 | Mominabad | Deshmukh, Vamanrao Ramarao | PWP | |
75 | Mominabad (Res.) | Dwaraka Prasad Chaudhari | INC | |
76 | Kaij | Ramalingaswamy, Mahalingaswamy | INC | |
Aurangabad | 77 | Kannad | Nawadar, Ramgopal Ramakishan | INC |
78 | Aurangabad | Nawasekar, Shripad Rao Laxman Rao | INC | |
79 | Phulmarri | Pahade, Manikchand Kawalchand | INC | |
80 | Sillod | Pathak, Naga Rao Viswanath Rao | INC | |
81 | Bhokardan (Gen.) | Baburao Daddurao | ||
82 | Bhokardan (Res.) | Kable, Dhondiraj Ganapath Rao | INC | |
83 | Jalna | Syed Mohammed Moosavi | INC | |
84 | Ambad | Gadhe, Bhagawanth Rao Gambhir Rao | INC | |
85 | Paithan-Gangapur (Gen.) | Bapuji Mansingh | ||
86 | Paithan-Gangapur (Res.) | Gaikwad, Govindrao Keroji | INC | |
87 | Vaijapur | Waghmare, Ashati | INC | |
Parbhani | 88 | Pathri | Rama Rao Balakishan Rao | INC |
89 | Partur | Ankush Rao Venkatrao | PWP | |
90 | Jintur | Bhujanga Rao Nagu Rao | PWP | |
91 | Hingloi (Gen.) | Naik, Shamrao | PWP | |
92 | Hingoli (Res.) | Nerlikar, Madhav Rao deoba | SCF | |
93 | Basmath (Gen.) | Boralker, Bhagwanrao Gopalarao | PWP | |
94 | Basmath (Res.) | Jadhav, Shamrao Bikaji | SCF | |
95 | Parbhani | Gavani, Annajirao | PWP | |
96 | Gangakhed | Deshmukh, Rangarao | PWP | |
Nanded | 97 | Hadgaon | Waipankar, Madhav Rao | |
98 | Bhokar | Digambar Rao Bindu | INC | |
99 | Mudhole | Gopal Shashtry Deo | INC | |
100 | Billoli | Narayanarao Narsing Rao | INC | |
101 | Deglur (Gen.) | Jayawanth Rao, Dyaneshwar Rao | INC | |
102 | Deglur (Res.) | Waghmare, Ganpat Rao Manikrao | INC | |
103 | Khandar (Gen) | Morey, Govind Rao Narsing Rao | INC | |
104 | Kandhar | Sawai Madhava Rao | INC | |
105 | Nanded | Ganjava, Bhagwan Rao | INC | |
Adilabad | 106 | Nirmal (Gen.) | Gopidi Ganga Reddy | Socialist |
107 | Nirmal (Res.) | Ganga Rao | Socialist | |
108 | Kinwat | Shrihari | INC | |
109 | Adilabad | Daji Shankar Rao | ||
110 | Asifabad (Res.) | Kasiram, Gangvi | INC | |
111 | Asifabad (Gen.) | Konda Laxman Bapuji | INC | |
112 | Sirpur | Buchaiah, M. | Socialist | |
113 | Luxettipet (Gen.) | Viswanath Rao, Soore | Socialist | |
114 | Luxettipet (Res.) | Rajamallu, Kodati | Socialist | |
Nizamabad | 115 | Armur | Rajaram, G | Socialist |
116 | Balkonda | Anantha Reddy, K. | Socialist | |
117 | Dichpalli | Srinivas Rao, D. | Socialist | |
118 | Nizamabad | Mohammed Dawar Hussain | INC | |
119 | Bodhan | Sastri, S.L. | INC | |
120 | Banswada | Laxmi Bai, Sangam | INC | |
121 | Kamareddy | Vithal Reddy, G. | INC | |
122 | Kamareddy | Rama Rao, V | INC | |
Medak | 123 | Vicarabad (Gen) | Dr. Chenna Reddy, Marri G | INC |
124 | Vicarabad (Res.) | Ramaswamy, Arige | INC | |
125 | Andole (Gen) | Joshi, Venkat Rajeswar | INC | |
126 | Andole (Res.) | Laxman Kumar | INC | |
127 | Narsapur | Ram Reddy, J. | INC | |
128 | Medak | Venkateswar Rao | INC | |
129 | Ramayampet | Ganeriwal, Laxminivas | INC | |
130 | Gajwel | Vasudevu, Pendem | ||
131 | Siddipet | Guruva Reddy, A. | ||
132 | Rajgopalpet | Narayan Reddy, K.V. | Ind | |
Karimnagar | 133 | Huzurabad | Narayan Rao, Ponnamaneni | INC |
134 | Huzurabad | Venkatesam, J | Socialist | |
135 | Nustlapur | Singireedy Venkat Reddy | ||
136 | Karimnagar | Venkat Ram Rao, Ch. | ||
137 | Elgandal | Damodar Rao, Juvvadi | ||
138 | Sircilla (Gen) | Rajamani Devi, J.M | SCF | |
139 | Sircilla (Res.) | Anand Rao, Joganapalli | ||
140 | Metpalli | Bhomayya, Gangula | Ind | |
141 | Jagtial (Gen.) | Malla Reddy, Baddam | INC | |
142 | Jagtial (Res.) | Rajaram, Butti | INC | |
143 | Sultanabad | Raj Reddy, A. | ||
144 | Peddapalle | Muttayya, L | ||
145 | Kunaram | Kondal Reddy, Mudiganti | Ind | |
146 | Parkal | Kesava Reddy, Katangur | INC | |
147 | Manthani | Sriramulu, Golukota | Socialist | |
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