1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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Elections were held in March 1952 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly. There were 276 constituencies with 50 of them being two-member constituencies. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power. Shri Krishna Singh became the first elected Chief Minister of Bihar and Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha became the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the state.[1]
Seat won by parties
- Congress (239 seats) (72.4%)
- Jharkhand Party (32 seats) (9.69%)
- Socialist Party (23 seats) (6.96%)
- CNSPJP (11 seats) (3.33%)
- LSS (7 seats) (2.12%)
- Independent (14 seats) (4.24%)
- Others (4 seats) (1.24%)
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26 March 1952
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All 330 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 166 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties
National parties
State parties
Registered (unrecognised) parties
Results
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| Political party | Flag | Seats Contested | Won | % of Seats | Votes | Vote % | |||
| Indian National Congress |  |
322 | 239 | 72.42 | 39,51,145 | 41.38 | |||
| Socialist Party | 266 | 23 | 6.97 | 17,29,750 | 18.11 | ||||
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 98 | 1 | 0.30 | 2,68,416 | 2.81 | ||||
| Jharkhand Party | 53 | 32 | 9.70 | 7,65,272 | 8.01 | ||||
| Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party | 38 | 11 | 3.33 | 3,01,691 | 3.16 | ||||
| Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 34 | 1 | 0.30 | 1,07,386 | 1.12 | ||||
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 29 | 1 | 0.30 | 60,360 | 0.63 | ||||
| Lok Sewak Sangh | 12 | 7 | 2.12 | 1,48,921 | 1.56 | ||||
| All India Ganatantra Parishad | 1 | 1 | 0.30 | 14,237 | 0.15 | ||||
| Independent | 638 | 14 | 4.24 | 18,77,236 | 19.66 | ||||
| Total seats | 330 | Voters | 2,41,65,389 | Turnout | 95,48,835 (39.51%) | ||||
Party wise votes polled
- Indian National Congress (41.4%)
- Jharkhand Party (8.01%)
- Socialist Party (18.1%)
- CNSPJP (3.16%)
- Lok Sewak Sangh (1.56%)
- Independent (19.7%)
- Others (8.12%)
Elected members
State Reorganization
Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2] Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.