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1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Election in India

Field	Value
election_name	1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
type	legislative
ongoing	no
election_date	26 March 1952
country	India
next_election	1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
next_year	1957
seats_for_election	All 330 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	166
image_size	100px
party1	Indian National Congress
image1	File:Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg
leader1	Shri Krishna Sinha
seats1	239
popular_vote1	39,51,145
percentage1	41.38%
party2	JKP
image2
seats2	32
popular_vote2	7,65,272
percentage2	8.01%
title	Chief Minister
after_party	Indian National Congress
after_election	Shri Krishna Sinha

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.

Parties

National parties

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

Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
Jharkhand Party
Lok Sewak Sangh
All India United Kisan Sabha

Registered (unrecognised) parties

All India Ganatantra Parishad

Results

!colspan=10|[[File:India Bihar Legislative Assembly 1952.svg]] |- ! colspan=2| Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | [[File:Flag of Indian National Congress.png|70px]] | 322 || 239 || 72.42 || 39,51,145 || 41.38 |- | | | 266 || 23 || 6.97 || 17,29,750 || 18.11 |- | | | 98 || 1 || 0.30 || 2,68,416 || 2.81 |- | | | 53 || 32 || 9.70 || 7,65,272 || 8.01 |- | | | 38 || 11 || 3.33 || 3,01,691 || 3.16 |- | | | 34 || 1 || 0.30 || 1,07,386 || 1.12 |- | | | 29 || 1 || 0.30 || 60,360 || 0.63 |- | | | 12 || 7 || 2.12 || 1,48,921 || 1.56 |- | | | 1 || 1 || 0.30 || 14,237 || 0.15 |- | | | 638 || 14 || 4.24 || 18,77,236 || 19.66 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total seats ! 330 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 2,41,65,389 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 95,48,835 (39.51%) |}

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for
(ST/None)	Member	Party
Maner	None	Rameshwar Prasad Shastri
Danapur	None	Jagat Narain Lal
Patna City West Cum Naubatpur	None	Mungeri Lal
Badri Nath Verma
Patna City East	None	Nawabzada Syed Mohammad Mehdi
Fatuha	None	Deo Saran Sinha
Punpun-cum-Masaurhi	None	Saraswati Chaudhari
Ram Khelawan Sinha
Chandi	None	Dhanraj Sharma
Ekangarsarai	None	Tayagi Lal Singh
Islam-cum-Silao	None	Sheo Saran Prasad Sharma
Mahabir Prasad
Mokama	None	Jagdish Narain Sinha
Barh	None	Rana Sheolakh Pati Sinha
Ashthawan	None	Tajuddin
Bihar North	None	Girwardhari Singh
Bihar South	None	Md. Aquil Syed
Bakhtiarpur	None	Sundri Devi
Bihta	None	Manorma Devi
Paliganj	None	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
Pakribarawan-cum-Warsaliganj	None	Chetu Ram
Manzoor Ahmad
Nawada-cum-Hasua	None	Shakti Kumar
Ram Kishun Singh
Rajauli-cum-Wazirganj	None	Radha Krishna Pd. Sinha
Mahabir Chaudhry
Atri	None	Rameshwar Prasad Yadav
Gaya Town	None	Kesho Prasad
Sherghati-cum-Imamganj	None	Deodhari Chamar
Jaglal Mahato
Bodh Gaya-cum-Paraiva	None	Jugeshwar Prasad Khalish
Rameshwar Manjhi
Arwal	None	Gudani Singh
Kurtha	None	Ramacharan Singh
Jahanabad	None	Sheobhajan Singh
Ghosi	None	Ram Chandra Yadav
Makhdumpur	None	Rameshwar Yadav
Tikari	None	Mithileshwar Prasad Sinha
Daudnagar	None	Ram Naresh Singh
Goh	None	Mundrika Singh
Rafiganj	None	S. M. Latifur Rahman
Aurangabad	None	Priyabrat Narain Sinha
Obra	None	Padarath Singh
Nabinagar	None	Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Barhara	None	Rambilas Sinha
Arrah Muffasil	None	Ambika Sharan Singh
Arrah Town	None	Rang Bahadur Prasad
Sahar	None	Deo Naryan Singh
Chainpur	None	Gupta Nath Singh
Bhabua-cum-Mohania	None	Ram Nagina Singh
Dularchand Ram
Sasaram-cum-Rohtas	None	Govind Chamar
Jagannath Singh
Dehri	None	Basawon Singh
Ramgarh	None	Ram Chandra Rai
Itarhi	None	Raja Ram Arya
Buxar	None	Lakshmi Kant Tiwary
Dumraon	None	Harihar Prasad Singh
Brahampur	None	Lallan Singh
Shahpur	None	Ramanand Tiwary
Jagdishpur	None	Sumitra Devi
Bikramganj	None	Hemraj Yadav
Nokha	None	Raghunath Prasad Sah
Dinara	None	Ramanand Upadhya
Tarari-cum-Piro	None	Devidayal Ram
Radha Mohan Rai
Kuchaikot	None	Shiva Kumar Pathak
Gopalganj	None	Kamla Rai
Barauli	None	Abdul Ghafoor Mian
Baikunthpur	None	Shivabachan Trivedi
Katea-cum-Bhore	None	Nand Kishore Narayan
Chandrika Ram
Mirganj	None	Janardan Sinha
Barharia	None	Saghirul Haque
Siwan	None	Ram Baswan Ram
Shankar Nath
Mairwa	None	Gadadhar Prasad
Darauli	None	Ramayan Shukla
Raghunathpur	None	Ram Nandan Yadav
Manjhi	None	Girish Tiwary
Maharajganj	None	Mahamaya Pd. Sinha
Ekma	None	Laksmi Narain Singh
Basantpur West	None	Krishna Kant Singh
Basantpur East	None	Hari Kishore Prasad
Masarakh North	None	Baij Nath Singh
Masarakh South	None	Sukh Deo Narayan Mahath
Marhaura	None	Ram Swarup Devi
Baniapur	None	Bishwa Nath Mishra
Chapra Town	None	Murli Manohar Pd.
Chapra Muffasil-cum-Garakha	None	Jaglal Choudhary
Prabhu Nath Singh
Parsa	None	Daroga Prasad Rai
Dighwara	None	Ram Binod Singh
Sonepur	None	Jagadish Sharma
Bagaha-cum-Ram Nagar	None	Jagarnath Prasad Srivastava
Kedar Pandey
Shikarpur-cum-Lauria	None	Raghuni Baitha
Biswa Nath Sinha
Sikta	None	Faizul Rahman
Dhanaha	None	Sudama Mishra
Bettiah	None	Prajapati Mishra
Nautan	None	Parbati Devi
Sugauli	None	Jai Narain Prasad
Harsidhi	None	Haribansh Sahai
Motihari-cum-Pipra	None	Yamuna Ram
Ganesh Prasad Sah
Raxaul	None	Radha Pandey
Adapur	None	Ram Sunder Tiwari
Ghorasahan	None	Ram Ayodhya Prasad
Dhaka	None	Mashood Moulvi
Patabi	None	Gadadhar Sinha
Madhubani	None	Braj Behari Sharma
Govindganj	None	Sheodhari Pandey
Kesaria	None	Parvawati Gupta
Majorganj	None	Ram Dulari
Sheohar-cum-Belsand	None	Chulhai Dusadh
Thakur Girjanandan Singh
Sitamarhi South	None	Ram Sewak Saran
Sitamarhi West	None	Kuldip Narayan Yadav
Sitamarhi	None	Damodar Jha
Ruinsaidpur	None	Viveka Nand Gir
Pupri South	None	Shyam Nandan Das Mahant
Pupri North	None	Doctor Habib
Sonbarsha Frontier	None	Tildhari Prasad Mahato
Sursand	None	Ram Charitra Rai Yadav
Sahebganj	None	Brajnandan Prasad Singh
Baruraj	None	Ram Chandra Prasad Sahi
Kanti	None	Jamuna Prasad Tripathy
Kurhani	None	Kapil Deo Narayan Singh
Mahua	None	Phudeni Prasad Sp
Paru North	None	Nawal Kishore Prasad Singh
Paru South	None	Harihar Saran Dutta
Lalganj	None	Chandramani Lal Choudhary
Laliteshwar Prasad Sahi
Hajipur	None	Saryug Prasad
Raghopur	None	Haribansh Narain Singh
Minapur	None	Janak Singh
Katra North	None	Mathura Prasad Singh
Katra South	None	Niteshwar Prasad Sinha
Muzaffarpur Town	None	Bindeshwari Prasad Verma
Muzaffarpur-cum-Sakra	None	Shio Nandan Ram
Mahesh Prasad Sinha
Patepur	None	Nathuni Lal Mahato
Mahnar	None	Deep Narayan Singh
Jale	None	Abdul Sami Nadavi
Mohiuddinnagar	None	Ramrup Prasad Rai
Tajpur	None	Karpoori Thakur
Warisnagar	None	Dhanpati Paswan
Bashishtha Narain Singh
Samastipur	None	Yadunandan Sahai
Sunder Mahato
Dalsingsarai East	None	Sahdeo Mahato
Dalsingsarai West	None	Devaki Nandan Jha
Rosera	None	Baleshwar Ram Inc
Darbhanga	None	Sayeedul Haque
Darbhanga North	None	Hirdaya Narayan Choudhary
Durbhanga South	None	Radha Kant Choudhary
Babuay Lal Mahato
Benipatti West	None	Shafi
Benipatti East	None	Subodh Narayan Yadav
Biraul	None	Deva Chandra Mishra
Bahera South	None	Krishna Devi
Bahera North	None	Jai Narayan Vineet Jha
Bahera North East	None	Narendra Nath Das
Singhia	None	Gajendra Narain Singh
Madhaipur	None	Janki Nandan Singh
Harlakhi	None	Janak Kishore Devi
Jainagar	None	Mahabal Kumar
Khajauli	None	Ahmad Sakoor
Iadania	None	Deo Narayan Yadav
Madhubani	None	Ram Krishna Mahato
Hari Nath Misra
Jhanjharpur	None	Kapileshwar Shastri
Laukaha	None	Yogeshwar Ghosh Yadav
Phulparas	None	Kashinath Mishra
Kharagpur	None	Shri Krishna Sinha
Tarapur	None	Basukinath Rai
Jamalpur Town	None	Jogendra Mahato
Monghyr Town	None	Nirapad Mukherjee
Suraj Garha-cum-Lakhisarai	None	Rajeshwar Prasad Singh
Bhagwat Prasad
Jhajha	None	Chandrashekhar Singh
Lakchmipur-cum-Jamui	None	Guru Chamar Inc
Barbigha	None	Krishna Mohan Pearey Singh
Sheikhpura-cum-Sikandara	None	Shah Mustaque Saheb
Raghunandan Prasad
Bariyarpur	None	Ramnarayan Choudhary
Bachhwara	None	Mithan Choudhary
Teghra	None	Ram Charitra Sinha
Begusarai North	None	Md. Ilyas
Begusarai South	None	Saryoo Prasad Singh
Bakhri	None	Shivbrat Narain Sinha
Ballia	None	Brahma Deo Narain Sinha
Khagaria	None	Dwarika Prasad
Bakhtiarpur-cum-Chautham	None	Mishri Mushar
Jiyalal Mandal
Gogri	None	Suraj Narain Singh
Parbatta	None	Kumar Tribeni Kumar
Nirmali	None	Kamta Prasad Gupta
Pratapganj	None	Kublal Mahato
Supaul	None	Lahton Choudhary
Tribeniganj-cum-Madhipura	None	Bholi Shardar
Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal
Dharhara	None	Ramesh Jha
Sawarbazar-cum-Sonbarsa	None	Jageshwar Hazara
Upendra Narain Singh
Murliganj	None	Shibnandan Prasad Mandal
Kishanganj	None	Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav
Alamnagar	None	Tanuk Lal Yadav
Naugachia-cum-Bihpur	None	Kumar Raghunandan Prasad
Kahalgaon	None	Ramjanam Mahton
Bhagalpur Town	None	Satendra Narain Agrawal
Bhagalpur Muffasil	None	Syed Maqbool Ahmad
Sultanganj	None	Rash Bihari Lal
Dhuraia-cum-Amarpur	None	Pashupati Singh
Bhola Nath Das
Banka	None	Raghwendra Narain Singh
Belhar-cum-Katoria	None	Piroo Manjhi
Shital Prasad Bhagat
Pirpanti	None	Siaram Singh
Narpatganj-cum-Dharhara	None	Dumar Lal Baitha
Ram Narain Mandal
Demdaha-cum-Korha	None	Lakshmi Narain Sudhansu
Bhola Paswan
Rupauli	None	Mohit Lal Pandit
Thakurganj	None	Anath Kanta Basu
Islampur	None	Chowdhary Mohamad Afaque
Kishanganj	None	Rautmal Agrawal
Bahadurganj	None	Ahsan Mohammad
Karandighi	None	Mohinuddin Mokhtar
Kadwa	None	Jiwats Himansu Sharma
Forbesganj	None	Bokai Mandal
Palasi	None	Punyanand Jha
Araria	None	Ziaur Rahman Hazi
Amour	None	Mohammad Tahir
Baisi	ST	Abdul Ahad Mohammad Noor
Purnia	None	Kamal Deo Narain Sinha
Katihar-cum-Barari	None	Sukhdeo Narain Singh
Babulal Manjhi
Azamnagar	None	Parbati Devi
Rajmahal Damin	None	Jetha Kisku
Pakaur Damin	ST	Ram Charan Kisku
Godda Damin	ST	Babulal Tuddu
Mahagama	None	Sagar Mohan Pathak
Godda	None	Budhinath Kairav Jha
Poreyahat-cum-Jarmundi	None	Chunka Hembrom
Jagdish Narain Mandal
Ramgarh	ST	Suapi Murmu
Dumka	ST	Devi Soren
Jamtara	None	Satrughan Besra
Masalia	ST	Madan Besra
Sikaripara	ST	William Hembrom
Maheshpur	ST	Jittu Kisku
Pakur	None	Jotirmoyee Devi
Rajmahal	ST	Md. Burhanuddin Khan
Deoghar	None	Bhubneshwar Pandey
Madhupur-cum-Sarath	None	Janaki Prasad Singh
Gokul Mahara
Narainpur	None	Krishna Gopal Das
Jamui-cum-Gawan	None	Sadanand Prasad
Kisan Ram Das
Kodarma	None	Awadh Bihari Dikshit
Dhanwar	None	Punit Rai
Giridh-cum-Dumri	None	Krishnaballabh Sahai
Lakshman Manjhi
Bagodar	None	Kamakhya Narain Singh
Patarbar	None	Kamakhya Narain Singh
Gomia	None	Kamakhya Narain Singh
Ramgarh-cum-Hazaribagh	None	Bigan Ram
Basant Narain Singh
Barhi	None	Rameshwar Prasad Mahato
Chauparan	None	Gauri Charan Singh
Barkagaon	None	Kamakhya Narain Singh
Chatra	None	Sukhlal Singh
Mandar	ST	Soma Bhagat
Silli	None	Bhola Nath Bhagat
Ranchi	None	Paul Dayal
Sonahatu	None	Jagannath Mahto Kurmi
Tamar	ST	Naiyaran Munda
Bero	ST	Harman Lakra
Gumla	ST	Shukra Uraon
Basia	None	Junas Soren
Khunti	ST	Lucas Munda
Kolebira	ST	S. K. Bage
Simdega	ST	Alfred Uraon
Chainpur	ST	Deocharan Manjhi
Sisai	ST	Baliya Bhagat
Lohardaga	None	Ignas Kujur
Hussainbad-cum-Garhwa	None	Raj Kishore Sinha
Deochanda Ram Pasi
Nagar Untari	None	Rajeshwari Saroj Das
Daltonganj	None	Amiya Kumar Gosh
Leslieganj-cum-Chhatarpur	None	Jitoo Ram
Bhuneshwar Choubey
Lateher-cum-Manatu	None	Girijanandan Singh
Bhagirathi Singh
Topchanchi	None	Purnendu Narain Singh
Katras	None	Manorma Sinha
Tundi-cum-Nirsa	None	Ram Narayan Sharma
Tika Ram Manjhi
Dhanbad	None	Purushotam Chouhan
Baliapur	None	Kali Prasad Singh
Kashipur-cum-Raghunathpur	None	Budhan Manjhi
Annada Prasad Chakrabarty
Para-cum-Chas	None	Sarat Mochi
Deoshankari Prasad Singh
Jhalda	None	Debendra Nath Mahata
Baghmundi	None	Sirish Chandra Banerjee
Purulia-cum-Hura	None	Dimo Charmahar
Samarendra Nath Ojha
Manbazar-cum-Patamda	None	Nitai Singh Sardar
Satya Kinkar Mahata
Barabazar-cum-Chandil	None	Bhimchandra Mahato
Atul Chandra Singh Bhuiya
Manoharpur	ST	Subha Nath Deogam
Chakradharpur	ST	Sukhdeo Manjhi
Kolhan	ST	Sidhu Hembrom
Jamda	ST	Aukuro Ho
Manjari	ST	Surendra Nath Birua
Kharsawan	ST	Ujindra Lal Ho
Seraikella	None	Mihir Kavi
Jamshedpur	None	Sheo Chandrika Prasad
Jugsalai-cum-Potka	None	Kailash Prasad
Haripada Singh
Ghatsila-cum-Baharagora	None	Ghani Ram Santhal
Mukunda Ram Tenty

State Reorganization

Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.

References

"Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bihar". Election Commission of India.
(October 15, 1955). "Reorganisation of States, 1955". The Economic Weekly.

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