West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952

31 March 1952

All 187 seats in the West Bengal state assembly
94 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Bidhan Chandra Roy Jyoti Basu
Party INC CPI
Leader since 1952 1952
Leader's seat Bowbazar Baranagar
Last election N/A N/A
Seats won 150 28
Seat change N/A N/A
Popular vote 2,889,994 800,951
Percentage 38.82% 10.76%
Swing N/A N/A

Chief Minister before election

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951
West Bengal, India

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[1] 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).[2]

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
CPI28SPI0 INC150BJS9 IND19
SRP0FB(R)1 ABHM4KMPP15
AFBM11RSP0 ABRRP0
TOTAL (1952)39 TOTAL (1952)2 TOTAL (1952)150 TOTAL (1952)13 TOTAL (1952)34

Party wise result

Summary of results of the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election[3]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested
Won % of
Seats
VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 23615063.562,889,99438.82
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 129156.36667,4468.97
Communist Party of India 862811.86800,95110.76
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 8593.81415,4585.58
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 48114.66393,5915.29
Socialist Party 630215,3822.89
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 3341.691,76,7622.37
Forward Bloc (Ruikar) 3220.851,07,9051.45
Revolutionary Socialist Party 16063,1730.85
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore) 10032,8590.44
Bolshevik Party of India 80201170.27
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 1407,1000.10
Independent (India) 614198.051,653,16522.21
Total seats 238Voters17,628,239Turnout7,443,903 (42.23%)

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
KalimpongNoneLalit Bahadur Kharga Communist Party of India
DarjeelingNoneDalbahadur Singh Gahatraj Independent
Jore BungalowNoneShiva Kumar Rai Independent
Kurseong SiliguriNoneTenzing Wangdi Indian National Congress
George Mahbert Independent
JalpaiguriNoneAshrumati Devi Indian National Congress
Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Indian National Congress
Western DuarsNoneSasadhar Kar Indian National Congress
Munda Antoni Topno Indian National Congress
MainaguriNoneSurendra Nath Roy Indian National Congress
DhupguriNoneRabindra Nath Sikdar Indian National Congress
Alipur DuarsNonePijush Kanti Mukherjee Indian National Congress
Dhirandra Bramha Mandal Indian National Congress
Central DuarsNoneJajneswar Roy Indian National Congress
Bhagat Mangaldas Indian National Congress
MekliganjNoneSatyendra Prasanna Chatterjee Indian National Congress
MathabhangaNoneSarada Prasad Pramanick Indian National Congress
DinhateNoneSatish Chandra Roy Singha Indian National Congress
Umesh Chandra Mandal Indian National Congress
Cooch BeharNoneMaziruddin Ahmed Indian National Congress
Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar Indian National Congress
RaiganjNoneShyama Prasad Barman Indian National Congress
Gulam Hamidur Rahman Indian National Congress
ItaharNoneBanamali Das Indian National Congress
GangarampurNoneSatindra Nath Basu Indian National Congress
BalurghatNoneSaroj Ranjan Chattopadhyaya Indian National Congress
Lakshman Chandra Hasda Indian National Congress
GazoleNoneDharanidhar Sarkar Communist Party of India
KharbaNoneTafazzal Hossain Indian National Congress
HarishchandrapurNoneRamhari Roy Indian National Congress
RatuaNoneMd. Sayeed Mia Indian National Congress
ManikchakNonePashupati Jha Indian National Congress
MaldaNoneNikunjabehari Gupta Indian National Congress
Raipada Das Independent
Kalichak (north)NoneAbul Barkat Ataul Gani Independent
Kaliachak (south)NoneSowrindra Mohan Misra Indian National Congress
NalhatiNoneYeakub Hossain Indian National Congress
MuraraiNoneJogendra Narayan Das Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
RampurhatNonePanchanan Let Forward Bloc
Srikumar Bandopadhyaya Forward Bloc
NanurNoneSaha Sisir Kumar Indian National Congress
Murarka Basanta Lal Indian National Congress
BolpurNoneRoy Hanseswar Indian National Congress
Hansadah Bhusan Indian National Congress
SuriNoneMajhi Nishapati Indian National Congress
Sen Gupta Gopika Bilas Indian National Congress
KhayrasoleNoneBandopadhyaya Khagendra Nath Indian National Congress
FarakkaNoneGiasuddin Indian National Congress
SutiSCLutfal Haque Independent
SagardighiNoneShyamapada Bhattacharyya Indian National Congress
Kuber Chand Haldar Indian National Congress
LalgolaNoneKazeemali Meerza Indian National Congress
MurshidabadNoneDurgapada Sinha Indian National Congress
RaninagarNoneJainal Abedin Kezi Indian National Congress
JallangiNoneA . M . A . Zaman Indian National Congress
HariharparaNoneA . Hamid ( Haji ) Indian National Congress
NewadaNoneMahammad Israil Independent
BeldangaNoneKshitish Chandra Ghose Indian National Congress
BharatpurNoneBijoyendu Narayan Roy Indian National Congress
Burwan KhargramNoneSatyendra Chandra Ghosh Maulik Indian National Congress
Sudhir Mondal Indian National Congress
KandiNoneGoalbadan Trivedi Indian National Congress
BerhamporeNoneBejoy Kumar Ghosh Indian National Congress
ChhatnaNoneProbodh Chandra Dutta Hindu Mahasabha
Kamala Kanta Hembram Indian National Congress
RaipurNoneJadu Nath Murmu Independent
Jatindra Nath Basu Indian National Congress
KhatraNoneAshutosh Mallik Indian National Congress
Amulya Ratan Ghose Hindu Mahasabha
TaldangraNonePurabi Mukherjee Indian National Congress
BarjoraNonePrafulla Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
GangajalghatiNoneDhirendra Nath Chatterjee Indian National Congress
BankuraSCRakhahari Chatterjee Hindu Mahasabha
VishnupurNoneKiran Chandra Digar Indian National Congress
Radha Gobinda Roy Indian National Congress
SonamukhiNoneSishuram Mandal Indian National Congress
Bhabataran Chakraborty Indian National Congress
BinpurNoneMongal Chandra Saren Indian National Congress
Nripendra Gopal Mitra Bharatiya Jana Sangh
GopiballaveporeNoneDhananjoy Kar Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Jagatpati Hansda Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
JhargramNoneMadan Mohan Khan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Mohendra Nath Mahato Indian National Congress
NarayangarhNoneSurendranath Pramanik Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Krishna Chandra Satpati Bharatiya Jana Sangh
PinglaNonePulin Behari Maity Bharatiya Jana Sangh
DantonNoneJnanendra Kumar Choudhury Bharatiya Jana Sangh
KharagpurNoneMuhammad Momtaz Moulana Indian National Congress
GarbettaNoneSaroj Roy Communist Party of India
SalboniNoneBejoy Gopal Goswami Independent
PatashpurNoneJanardan Sahu Bharatiya Jana Sangh
KeshpurNoneNagendra Doloi Communist Party of India
Gangapada Kuor Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
GhatalNoneAmulyacharan Dal Communist Party of India
Jatishchandra Ghosh Communist Party of India
DaspurNoneMrigendra Bhattachariya Communist Party of India
Panskura NorthNoneRajanikanta Pramanik Indian National Congress
Panskura SouthNoneShyama Bhattacharyya Indian National Congress
SabangNoneGopal Chandra Das Adhikary Indian National Congress
MoynaNoneKanilal Bhowmic Communist Party of India
TamlukNoneAjoy Kumar Mukherjee Indian National Congress
MahisadalNoneKumar Deba Prosad Garga Independent
Nandigram NorthNoneSubodh Chandra Maity Indian National Congress
Nandigram SouthNonePrabir Chandra Jana Indian National Congress
SutahataNoneKumar Chandra Jana Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
RamnagarNoneTrailakya Nath Pradhan Indian National Congress
Contai NorthNoneSudhir Chandra Das Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Contai SouthNoneNatendra Nath Das Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
MohanpurNoneBasanta Kumar Panigrahi Bharatiya Jana Sangh
KhejriNoneKoustuv Kanti Karan Indian National Congress
Abha Maity Indian National Congress
BhagawanpurNoneRameswar Panda Bharatiya Jana Sangh
ShyampurNoneSasabindu Bera Forward Bloc
UluberiaNoneBijoy Mondal Forward Bloc
Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh Forward Bloc
BagnanNoneSambhu Charan Mukhopadhaya Indian National Congress
Amta SouthNoneArabinda Roy Indian National Congress
Amta CentralNoneTarapada Pramanik Indian National Congress
Amta NorthNoneAlamohon Dass Independent
SankrailNoneKanai Lal Bhattacharya Forward Bloc
Kripa Sindhu Shaw Forward Bloc
JagatballavpurNoneAmrita Lal Hazra Indian National Congress
Howrah NorthNoneBiren Banerjee Communist Party of India
Howrah EastNoneSaila Kumr Mukhopadhyaya Indian National Congress
Howrah WestNoneBankim Chandra Kar Indian National Congress
Howrah SouthNoneBeni Charan Dutta Indian National Congress
DomjurNoneTarapada Dey Communist Party of India
BallyNoneRatan Moni Chattopadhyaya Indian National Congress
SingoorNoneSourendra Nath Saha Communist Party of India
Ajit Kumar Basu Communist Party of India
UttarparaNoneMonoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India
SeramporeNoneJitendra Nath Lahiri Indian National Congress
BhadreswarNoneByomkerh Majumdar Indian National Congress
GoghatNoneRadha Krishna Pal Independent
ArambaghNoneMadan Mohan Saha Communist Party of India
Radha Krishna Pal Independent
TarakeswarNoneParbati Hazra Indian National Congress
ChinsurahNoneJyotish Chandra Ghosh Forward Bloc
Radha Nath Das Indian National Congress
DhanialkhaliNoneDhirendra Narayan Mukherji Indian National Congress
Loso Hasda Indian National Congress
BalagarhNoneBrindaban Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress
BurdwanNoneBinoy Krishna Chaudhury Communist Party of India
KhandaghoshNoneJonab Mahammad Hossain Indian National Congress
RainaNoneDasarathi Tah Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Mritunjoy Pramanik Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
GalsiNoneMahitosh Saha Indian National Congress
Jadabendra Nath Panja Indian National Congress
AusgramNoneAnanda Gopal Mukhepadhyay Indian National Congress
Kanai Lal Das Indian National Congress
RaniganjNoneBanku Behari Mandal Indian National Congress
Pashupati Nath Maliah Independent
KultiNoneBaidyanath Mandal Indian National Congress
Joynarayan Sarma Indian National Congress
AsansolNoneAtindra Nath Bose Forward Bloc
KalnaNoneBaidyanath Santal Indian National Congress
Rash Behari Sen Indian National Congress
PurbasthaliNoneBimalananda Tarkatirtha Indian National Congress
ManteswarNoneAnnada Prasad Mandal Indian National Congress
KatwaNoneSubodh Chowdhury Communist Party of India
MangalkotNoneBhakta Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
KetugramNoneTarapada Bandyopadhyay Hindu Mahasabha
KarimpurNoneHaripada Chatterjee Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
TehattaNoneRaghunandan Biswas Indian National Congress
KaliganjNoneJonab S. M. Fazlur Rahaman Indian National Congress
NakesiparaNoneJagannath Mazumder Indian National Congress
ChapraNoneSmarajit Bandopadhya Indian National Congress
KrishnagarNoneBejoy Lal Chattapadhya Indian National Congress
NabadwpNoneNiranjan Modak Indian National Congress
SantipurNoneSashibhusan Khan Indian National Congress
RanaghatNoneBijoy Krishna Sarkar Indian National Congress
Keshab Chandra Mitra Indian National Congress
BongaonNoneJiban Ratan Dhar Indian National Congress
GaighataNoneZiaul Hoque Indian National Congress
HabraNoneTarun Kanti Ghosh Indian National Congress
Sarup NagarNoneMahammad Ishaque Indian National Congress
DegangaNoneRafiuddin Ahmed Indian National Congress
Haroa SandeshkhaliNoneJyotish Chandra Roy Sardar Indian National Congress
Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal Communist Party of India
HasnabadNoneBijesh Chandra Sen Indian National Congress
Rajkrishna Mandol Indian National Congress
BasirhatSCPrafulla Banerjee Indian National Congress
Dum DumNoneKanai Lal Das Indian National Congress
BhangarNoneHemchandra Naskar Indian National Congress
Gangadhar Naskar Communist Party of India
BaruiporeNoneLalit Kumar Sinha Communist Party of India
Abdus Shokur Indian National Congress
JoynagarNoneSubodh Banerjee Independent
Dintaran Moni Independent
BarasetNoneAmulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress
BizpurNoneBipin Behari Ganguli Indian National Congress
NaihatiNoneSuresh Chandra Paul Indian National Congress
BarrackpurNonePhanindranath Mukhopadhya Indian National Congress
BhatparaNoneDayaram Beri Indian National Congress
TitagarhNoneKrishna Kumar Sukla Indian National Congress
BarnnagarSCJyoti Basu Communist Party of India
MathurapurNoneBhusan Chandra Das Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Brindaban Gayan Indian National Congress
SaugarNoneHaripaba Baguli Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
KulpiNoneNalini Kanta Halder Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Prankrishna Kumar Bharatiya Jana Sangh
MograhatNoneArdhendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress
Abul Hashem Indian National Congress
FaltaNoneJyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India
Diamond HarbourSCCharu Chandra Bhandari Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
BishnupurNoneBasanta Kumar Mal Indian National Congress
Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India
Budge BudgeNoneBankim Mukherjee Communist Party of India
MohestolaNoneSudhir Chandra Bhandari Communist Party of India
Garden ReachNoneS . M . Abdullah Indian National Congress
TollyganjNoneJyotish Joarder Independent
BehalaNoneBiren Roy Forward Bloc
CossipurNoneBiswanath Roy Indian National Congress
ShampukurNoneHemanta Kumar Bose Independent
KumartuliNoneNepal Chandra Roy Forward Bloc
BurtolaNoneNirmal Chandra De Indian National Congress
MuchiparaNoneSankar Prasad Mitra Indian National Congress
JorabaganNoneRam Lagan Singh Indian National Congress
JorasankoNoneAmarendra Nath Basu Forward Bloc
BelgachiaNoneGanesh Ghose Communist Party of India
ManicktalaNoneRanendra Nath Sen Communist Party of India
BeliaghataNoneSuhrid Kumar Mullick Choudhury Forward Bloc
BarabazarNoneIswar Das Jalan Indian National Congress
ColootolaNoneAnandi Lal Poddar Indian National Congress
SealdahNonePannalal Bose Indian National Congress
VidyasagarNoneNarayan Chandra Roy Independent
TaltolaNoneMoulavi Shamsul Haque Indian National Congress
Baniapukur BallygungeNonePulin Behari Khatic Indian National Congress
Jogesh Chandra Gupta Indian National Congress
BhawanipurNoneMira Dutta Gupta Indian National Congress
KalighatNoneManikuntala Sen Communist Party of India
Tollygunge (north)NonePriya Ranjan Sen Indian National Congress
Tollygunge (south)NoneAmbica Chakravorty Communist Party of India
WatgungeNoneKali Mukherjee Indian National Congress
AlipurSTSatyendra Kumar Basu Indian National Congress
FortNoneNarendra Nath Sen Indian National Congress
BowbazarNoneBidhan Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
EntallyNoneDebendra Chandra Dev Indian National Congress

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.[4] Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.

See also

References

  1. Contested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected.
  2. M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.
  3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  4. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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