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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) (72.42%)
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%)
Parties
[edit]National parties
[edit]- Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- Communist Party of India
- Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
- Forward Bloc (Ruikar)
- Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
- Indian National Congress
- Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
- Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
- Revolutionary Socialist Party
- Scheduled Caste Federation
- Socialist Party
State parties
[edit]- Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
- Jharkhand Party
- Lok Sewak Sangh
- All India United Kisan Sabha
Registered (unrecognised) parties
[edit]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 (41.38%)
Jharkhand Party (8.01%)
Socialist Party (18.11%)
CNSPJP (3.16%)
Lok Sewak Sangh (1.56%)
Independent (19.66%)
Others (8.12%)
Elected members
[edit]State Reorganization
[edit]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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
- ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.