1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
March 28, 1952 (1952-03-28) 1957 →
430 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
216 seats needed for a majority
Turnout38.01%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Govind Ballabh Pant
Party INC Socialist
Leader's seat Bareilly Municipality
Seats won 388 20
Popular vote 8,032,475 2,015,320
Percentage 47.93% 12.03%
Chief Minister before election

Govind Ballabh Pant
INC

Chief Minister

Govind Ballabh Pant
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 2,604 candidates contested for the 347 constituencies in the Assembly.[1] The Indian National Congress won the majority of seats and its leader Govind Ballabh Pant was re-elected as the Chief Minister.[2]

After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951, the constituencies were set to the ones used in this election.[3] There were 83 two-member constituencies and 264 single-member constituencies.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference UPECI1951 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Chief Ministers". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  3. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951". Election Commission of India. 23 August 1951. Retrieved 13 October 2021.