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1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Assembly Election of West Bengal, India
Assembly Election of West Bengal, India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
| country | India |
| type | parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
| previous_year | 1946 |
| next_election | 1957 West Bengal state assembly election |
| next_year | 1957 |
| election_date | 31 March 1952 |
| seats_for_election | All 187 seats in the West Bengal state assembly |
| image1 | |
| leader1 | Bidhan Chandra Roy |
| party1 | Indian National Congress |
| leaders_seat1 | Bowbazar |
| seats1 | 150 |
| seat_change1 | N/A |
| popular_vote1 | 2,889,994 |
| percentage1 | 38.82% |
| swing1 | N/A |
| image2 | |
| leader2 | Jyoti Basu |
| leaders_seat2 | Baranagar |
| party2 | Communist Party of India |
| seats2 | 28 |
| seat_change2 | N/A |
| popular_vote2 | 800,951 |
| percentage2 | 10.76% |
| swing2 | N/A |
| map_image | India_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_1952.svg |
| map_caption | Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election |
| title | Chief Minister |
| before_election | Bidhan Chandra Roy |
| before_party | Indian National Congress |
| after_election | Bidhan Chandra Roy |
| after_party | Indian National Congress |
| majority_seats | 94 |
| elected_members | 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members |
| leader_since1 | 1952 |
| last_election1 | N/A |
| leader_since2 | 1952 |
| last_election2 | N/A |
| turnout | 42.23% |
The West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952 was a part of the series of Legislative Assembly elections in 1952. It was the first ever assembly election held in West Bengal.
Alliances
On the political left, two alliances had emerged the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Socialist Republican Party and the Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)) and the People's United Socialist Front (comprising the Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc (Ruikar) and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India).
Results
Alliance wise result
The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.
| USOI | SEATS | PUSF | SEATS | INC+ | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | 28 | SPI | 0 | INC | 150 | BJS | 9 | IND | 19 |
| SRP | 0 | FB(R) | 1 | ABHM | 4 | KMPP | 15 | ||
| AFBM | 11 | RSP | 0 | ABRRP | 0 | ||||
| TOTAL (1952) | 39 | TOTAL (1952) | 2 | TOTAL (1952) | 150 | TOTAL (1952) | 13 | TOTAL (1952) | 34 |
Party wise result
!colspan=9|[[File:India West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1952.svg]] |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- | | [[File:Flag of Indian National Congress.png|70px]] | 236 || 150 || 63.56 || 2,889,994 || 38.82 |- | | | 129 || 15 || 6.36 || 667,446 || 8.97 |- | | [[File:CPI-banner.svg|70px]] | 86 || 28 || 11.86 || 800,951 || 10.76 |- | | | 85 || 9 || 3.81 || 415,458 || 5.58 |- | | | 48 || 11 || 4.66 || 393,591 || 5.29 |- | | | 63 || 0 || || 215,382 || 2.89 |- | | | 33 || 4 || 1.69 || 1,76,762 || 2.37 |- | | 32 || 2 || 0.85 || 1,07,905 || 1.45 |- | | | 16 || 0 || || 63,173 || 0.85 |- | | | 10 || 0 || || 32,859 || 0.44 |- | | | 8 || 0 || || 20117 || 0.27 |- | | |14 || 0 || || 7,100 || 0.10 |- | | | 614 || 19 || 8.05 || 1,653,165 || 22.21 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total seats ! 238 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 17,628,239 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 7,443,903 (42.23%) |}
Elected members
| Constituency | Reserved for | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
| Kalimpong | None | Lalit Bahadur Kharga | |
| Darjeeling | None | Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj | |
| Jore Bungalow | None | Shiva Kumar Rai | |
| Kurseong Siliguri | None | Tenzing Wangdi | |
| George Mahbert | |||
| Jalpaiguri | None | Ashrumati Devi | |
| Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | |||
| Western Duars | None | Sasadhar Kar | |
| Munda Antoni Topno | |||
| Mainaguri | None | Surendra Nath Roy | |
| Dhupguri | None | Rabindra Nath Sikdar | |
| Alipur Duars | None | Pijush Kanti Mukherjee | |
| Dhirandra Bramha Mandal | |||
| Central Duars | None | Jajneswar Roy | |
| Bhagat Mangaldas | |||
| Mekliganj | None | Satyendra Prasanna Chatterjee | |
| Mathabhanga | None | Sarada Prasad Pramanick | |
| Dinhate | None | Satish Chandra Roy Singha | |
| Umesh Chandra Mandal | |||
| Cooch Behar | None | Maziruddin Ahmed | |
| Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar | |||
| Raiganj | None | Shyama Prasad Barman | |
| Gulam Hamidur Rahman | |||
| Itahar | None | Banamali Das | |
| Gangarampur | None | Satindra Nath Basu | |
| Balurghat | None | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyaya | |
| Lakshman Chandra Hasda | |||
| Gazole | None | Dharanidhar Sarkar | |
| Kharba | None | Tafazzal Hossain | |
| Harishchandrapur | None | Ramhari Roy | |
| Ratua | None | Md. Sayeed Mia | |
| Manikchak | None | Pashupati Jha | |
| Malda | None | Nikunjabehari Gupta | |
| Raipada Das | |||
| Kalichak (north) | None | Abul Barkat Ataul Gani | |
| Kaliachak (south) | None | Sowrindra Mohan Misra | |
| Nalhati | None | Yeakub Hossain | |
| Murarai | None | Jogendra Narayan Das | |
| Rampurhat | None | Panchanan Let | |
| Srikumar Bandopadhyaya | |||
| Nanur | None | Saha Sisir Kumar | |
| Murarka Basanta Lal | |||
| Bolpur | None | Roy Hanseswar | |
| Hansadah Bhusan | |||
| Suri | None | Majhi Nishapati | |
| Sen Gupta Gopika Bilas | |||
| Khayrasole | None | Bandopadhyaya Khagendra Nath | |
| Farakka | None | Giasuddin | |
| Suti | SC | Lutfal Haque | |
| Sagardighi | None | Shyamapada Bhattacharyya | |
| Kuber Chand Haldar | |||
| Lalgola | None | Kazeemali Meerza | |
| Murshidabad | None | Durgapada Sinha | |
| Raninagar | None | Jainal Abedin Kezi | |
| Jallangi | None | A . M . A . Zaman | |
| Hariharpara | None | A . Hamid ( Haji ) | |
| Newada | None | Mahammad Israil | |
| Beldanga | None | Kshitish Chandra Ghose | |
| Bharatpur | None | Bijoyendu Narayan Roy | |
| Burwan Khargram | None | Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Maulik | |
| Sudhir Mondal | |||
| Kandi | None | Goalbadan Trivedi | |
| Berhampore | None | Bejoy Kumar Ghosh | |
| Chhatna | None | Probodh Chandra Dutta | |
| Kamala Kanta Hembram | |||
| Raipur | None | Jadu Nath Murmu | |
| Jatindra Nath Basu | |||
| Khatra | None | Ashutosh Mallik | |
| Amulya Ratan Ghose | |||
| Taldangra | None | Purabi Mukherjee | |
| Barjora | None | Prafulla Chandra Roy | |
| Gangajalghati | None | Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee | |
| Bankura | SC | Rakhahari Chatterjee | |
| Vishnupur | None | Kiran Chandra Digar | |
| Radha Gobinda Roy | |||
| Sonamukhi | None | Sishuram Mandal | |
| Bhabataran Chakraborty | |||
| Binpur | None | Mongal Chandra Saren | |
| Nripendra Gopal Mitra | |||
| Gopiballavepore | None | Dhananjoy Kar | |
| Jagatpati Hansda | |||
| Jhargram | None | Madan Mohan Khan | |
| Mohendra Nath Mahato | |||
| Narayangarh | None | Surendranath Pramanik | |
| Krishna Chandra Satpati | |||
| Pingla | None | Pulin Behari Maity | |
| Danton | None | Jnanendra Kumar Choudhury | |
| Kharagpur | None | Moulana Muhammad Momtaz | |
| Garbetta | None | Saroj Roy | |
| Salboni | None | Bejoy Gopal Goswami | |
| Patashpur | None | Janardan Sahu | |
| Keshpur | None | Nagendra Doloi | |
| Gangapada Kuor | |||
| Ghatal | None | Amulyacharan Dal | |
| Jatishchandra Ghosh | |||
| Daspur | None | Mrigendra Bhattachariya | |
| Panskura North | None | Rajanikanta Pramanik | |
| Panskura South | None | Shyama Bhattacharyya | |
| Sabang | None | Gopal Chandra Das Adhikary | |
| Moyna | None | Kanilal Bhowmic | |
| Tamluk | None | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | |
| Mahisadal | None | Kumar Deba Prosad Garga | |
| Nandigram North | None | Subodh Chandra Maity | |
| Nandigram South | None | Prabir Chandra Jana | |
| Sutahata | None | Kumar Chandra Jana | |
| Ramnagar | None | Trailakya Nath Pradhan | |
| Contai North | None | Sudhir Chandra Das | |
| Contai South | None | Natendra Nath Das | |
| Mohanpur | None | Basanta Kumar Panigrahi | |
| Khejri | None | Koustuv Kanti Karan | |
| Abha Maity | |||
| Bhagawanpur | None | Rameswar Panda | |
| Shyampur | None | Sasabindu Bera | |
| Uluberia | None | Bijoy Mondal | |
| Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh | |||
| Bagnan | None | Sambhu Charan Mukhopadhaya | |
| Amta South | None | Arabinda Roy | |
| Amta Central | None | Tarapada Pramanik | |
| Amta North | None | Alamohon Dass | |
| Sankrail | None | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | |
| Kripa Sindhu Shaw | |||
| Jagatballavpur | None | Amrita Lal Hazra | |
| Howrah North | None | Biren Banerjee | |
| Howrah East | None | Saila Kumr Mukhopadhyaya | |
| Howrah West | None | Bankim Chandra Kar | |
| Howrah South | None | Beni Charan Dutta | |
| Domjur | None | Tarapada Dey | |
| Bally | None | Ratan Moni Chattopadhyaya | |
| Singoor | None | Sourendra Nath Saha | |
| Ajit Kumar Basu | |||
| Uttarpara | None | Monoranjan Hazra | |
| Serampore | None | Jitendra Nath Lahiri | |
| Bhadreswar | None | Byomkerh Majumdar | |
| Goghat | None | Radha Krishna Pal | |
| Arambagh | None | Madan Mohan Saha | |
| Radha Krishna Pal | |||
| Tarakeswar | None | Parbati Hazra | |
| Chinsurah | None | Jyotish Chandra Ghosh | |
| Radha Nath Das | |||
| Dhanialkhali | None | Dhirendra Narayan Mukherji | |
| Loso Hasda | |||
| Balagarh | None | Brindaban Chattopadhyay | |
| Burdwan | None | Binoy Krishna Chaudhury | |
| Khandaghosh | None | Jonab Mahammad Hossain | |
| Raina | None | Dasarathi Tah | |
| Mritunjoy Pramanik | |||
| Galsi | None | Mahitosh Saha | |
| Jadabendra Nath Panja | |||
| Ausgram | None | Ananda Gopal Mukhepadhyay | |
| Kanai Lal Das | |||
| Raniganj | None | Banku Behari Mandal | |
| Pashupati Nath Maliah | |||
| Kulti | None | Baidyanath Mandal | |
| Joynarayan Sarma | |||
| Asansol | None | Atindra Nath Bose | |
| Kalna | None | Baidyanath Santal | |
| Rash Behari Sen | |||
| Purbasthali | None | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | |
| Manteswar | None | Annada Prasad Mandal | |
| Katwa | None | Subodh Chowdhury | |
| Mangalkot | None | Bhakta Chandra Roy | |
| Ketugram | None | Tarapada Bandyopadhyay | |
| Karimpur | None | Haripada Chatterjee | |
| Tehatta | None | Raghunandan Biswas | |
| Kaliganj | None | Jonab S. M. Fazlur Rahaman | |
| Nakesipara | None | Jagannath Mazumder | |
| Chapra | None | Smarajit Bandopadhya | |
| Krishnagar | None | Bejoy Lal Chattapadhya | |
| Nabadwp | None | Niranjan Modak | |
| Santipur | None | Sashibhusan Khan | |
| Ranaghat | None | Bijoy Krishna Sarkar | |
| Keshab Chandra Mitra | |||
| Bongaon | None | Jiban Ratan Dhar | |
| Gaighata | None | Ziaul Hoque | |
| Habra | None | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | |
| Sarup Nagar | None | Mahammad Ishaque | |
| Deganga | None | Rafiuddin Ahmed | |
| Haroa Sandeshkhali | None | Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar | |
| Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal | |||
| Hasnabad | None | Bijesh Chandra Sen | |
| Rajkrishna Mandol | |||
| Basirhat | SC | Prafulla Banerjee | |
| Dum Dum | None | Kanai Lal Das | |
| Bhangar | None | Hemchandra Naskar | |
| Gangadhar Naskar | |||
| Baruipore | None | Lalit Kumar Sinha | |
| Abdus Shokur | |||
| Joynagar | None | Subodh Banerjee | |
| Dintaran Moni | |||
| Baraset | None | Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay | |
| Bizpur | None | Bipin Behari Ganguli | |
| Naihati | None | Suresh Chandra Paul | |
| Barrackpur | None | Phanindranath Mukhopadhya | |
| Bhatpara | None | Dayaram Beri | |
| Titagarh | None | Krishna Kumar Sukla | |
| Baranagar | SC | Jyoti Basu | |
| Mathurapur | None | Bhusan Chandra Das | |
| Brindaban Gayan | |||
| Saugar | None | Haripaba Baguli | |
| Kulpi | None | Nalini Kanta Halder | |
| Prankrishna Kumar | |||
| Mograhat | None | Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar | |
| Abul Hashem | |||
| Falta | None | Jyotish Chandra Roy | |
| Diamond Harbour | SC | Charu Chandra Bhandari | |
| Bishnupur | None | Basanta Kumar Mal | |
| Provash Chandra Roy | |||
| Budge Budge | None | Bankim Mukherjee | |
| Mohestola | None | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | |
| Garden Reach | None | S . M . Abdullah | |
| Tollyganj | None | Jyotish Joarder | |
| Behala | None | Biren Roy | |
| Cossipur | None | Biswanath Roy | |
| Shampukur | None | Hemanta Kumar Bose | |
| Kumartuli | None | Nepal Chandra Roy | |
| Burtola | None | Nirmal Chandra De | |
| Muchipara | None | Sankar Prasad Mitra | |
| Jorabagan | None | Ram Lagan Singh | |
| Jorasanko | None | Amarendra Nath Basu | |
| Belgachia | None | Ganesh Ghose | |
| Manicktala | None | Ranendra Nath Sen | |
| Beliaghata | None | Suhrid Kumar Mullick Choudhury | |
| Barabazar | None | Iswar Das Jalan | |
| Colootola | None | Anandi Lal Poddar | |
| Sealdah | None | Pannalal Bose | |
| Vidyasagar | None | Narayan Chandra Roy | |
| Taltola | None | Moulavi Shamsul Haque | |
| Baniapukur Ballygunge | None | Pulin Behari Khatic | |
| Jogesh Chandra Gupta | |||
| Bhawanipur | None | Mira Dutta Gupta | |
| Kalighat | None | Manikuntala Sen | |
| Tollygunge (north) | None | Priya Ranjan Sen | |
| Tollygunge (south) | None | Ambica Chakravorty | |
| Watgunge | None | Kali Mukherjee | |
| Alipur | ST | Satyendra Kumar Basu | |
| Fort | None | Narendra Nath Sen | |
| Bowbazar | None | Bidhan Chandra Roy | |
| Entally | None | Debendra Chandra Dev |
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from Bihar to West Bengal. Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.
References
References
- Contested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected.
- M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''. [[Hyderabad, India. Hyderabad]]: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Election Commission of India.
- (October 15, 1955). "Reorganisation of States, 1955". The Economic Weekly.
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