1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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All 187 seats in the West Bengal state assembly 94 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 42.23% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Alliance wise result
[edit]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 |
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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
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Political party | Flag | Seats Contested |
Won | % of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | ||
Indian National Congress | ![]() |
236 | 150 | 63.56 | 2,889,994 | 38.82 | ||
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 129 | 15 | 6.36 | 667,446 | 8.97 | |||
Communist Party of India | ![]() |
86 | 28 | 11.86 | 800,951 | 10.76 | ||
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 85 | 9 | 3.81 | 415,458 | 5.58 | |||
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 48 | 11 | 4.66 | 393,591 | 5.29 | |||
Socialist Party | 63 | 0 | 215,382 | 2.89 | ||||
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 33 | 4 | 1.69 | 1,76,762 | 2.37 | |||
Forward Bloc (Ruikar) | 32 | 2 | 0.85 | 1,07,905 | 1.45 | |||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 16 | 0 | 63,173 | 0.85 | ||||
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore) | 10 | 0 | 32,859 | 0.44 | ||||
Bolshevik Party of India | 8 | 0 | 20117 | 0.27 | ||||
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 14 | 0 | 7,100 | 0.10 | ||||
Independent | 614 | 19 | 8.05 | 1,653,165 | 22.21 | |||
Total seats | 238 | Voters | 17,628,239 | Turnout | 7,443,903 (42.23%) |
Elected members
[edit]Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
Member | Party | |
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Kalimpong | None | Lalit Bahadur Kharga | Communist Party of India | |
Darjeeling | None | Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj | Independent | |
Jore Bungalow | None | Shiva Kumar Rai | Independent | |
Kurseong Siliguri | None | Tenzing Wangdi | Indian National Congress | |
George Mahbert | Independent | |||
Jalpaiguri | None | Ashrumati Devi | Indian National Congress | |
Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | Indian National Congress | |||
Western Duars | None | Sasadhar Kar | Indian National Congress | |
Munda Antoni Topno | Indian National Congress | |||
Mainaguri | None | Surendra Nath Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Dhupguri | None | Rabindra Nath Sikdar | Indian National Congress | |
Alipur Duars | None | Pijush Kanti Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
Dhirandra Bramha Mandal | Indian National Congress | |||
Central Duars | None | Jajneswar Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Bhagat Mangaldas | Indian National Congress | |||
Mekliganj | None | Satyendra Prasanna Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
Mathabhanga | None | Sarada Prasad Pramanick | Indian National Congress | |
Dinhate | None | Satish Chandra Roy Singha | Indian National Congress | |
Umesh Chandra Mandal | Indian National Congress | |||
Cooch Behar | None | Maziruddin Ahmed | Indian National Congress | |
Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |||
Raiganj | None | Shyama Prasad Barman | Indian National Congress | |
Gulam Hamidur Rahman | Indian National Congress | |||
Itahar | None | Banamali Das | Indian National Congress | |
Gangarampur | None | Satindra Nath Basu | Indian National Congress | |
Balurghat | None | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyaya | Indian National Congress | |
Lakshman Chandra Hasda | Indian National Congress | |||
Gazole | None | Dharanidhar Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
Kharba | None | Tafazzal Hossain | Indian National Congress | |
Harishchandrapur | None | Ramhari Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Ratua | None | Md. Sayeed Mia | Indian National Congress | |
Manikchak | None | Pashupati Jha | Indian National Congress | |
Malda | None | Nikunjabehari Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
Raipada Das | Independent | |||
Kalichak (north) | None | Abul Barkat Ataul Gani | Independent | |
Kaliachak (south) | None | Sowrindra Mohan Misra | Indian National Congress | |
Nalhati | None | Yeakub Hossain | Indian National Congress | |
Murarai | None | Jogendra Narayan Das | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Rampurhat | None | Panchanan Let | Forward Bloc | |
Srikumar Bandopadhyaya | Forward Bloc | |||
Nanur | None | Saha Sisir Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
Murarka Basanta Lal | Indian National Congress | |||
Bolpur | None | Roy Hanseswar | Indian National Congress | |
Hansadah Bhusan | Indian National Congress | |||
Suri | None | Majhi Nishapati | Indian National Congress | |
Sen Gupta Gopika Bilas | Indian National Congress | |||
Khayrasole | None | Bandopadhyaya Khagendra Nath | Indian National Congress | |
Farakka | None | Giasuddin | Indian National Congress | |
Suti | SC | Lutfal Haque | Independent | |
Sagardighi | None | Shyamapada Bhattacharyya | Indian National Congress | |
Kuber Chand Haldar | Indian National Congress | |||
Lalgola | None | Kazeemali Meerza | Indian National Congress | |
Murshidabad | None | Durgapada Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
Raninagar | None | Jainal Abedin Kezi | Indian National Congress | |
Jallangi | None | A . M . A . Zaman | Indian National Congress | |
Hariharpara | None | A . Hamid ( Haji ) | Indian National Congress | |
Newada | None | Mahammad Israil | Independent | |
Beldanga | None | Kshitish Chandra Ghose | Indian National Congress | |
Bharatpur | None | Bijoyendu Narayan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Burwan Khargram | None | Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Maulik | Indian National Congress | |
Sudhir Mondal | Indian National Congress | |||
Kandi | None | Goalbadan Trivedi | Indian National Congress | |
Berhampore | None | Bejoy Kumar Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
Chhatna | None | Probodh Chandra Dutta | Hindu Mahasabha | |
Kamala Kanta Hembram | Indian National Congress | |||
Raipur | None | Jadu Nath Murmu | Independent | |
Jatindra Nath Basu | Indian National Congress | |||
Khatra | None | Ashutosh Mallik | Indian National Congress | |
Amulya Ratan Ghose | Hindu Mahasabha | |||
Taldangra | None | Purabi Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
Barjora | None | Prafulla Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Gangajalghati | None | Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
Bankura | SC | Rakhahari Chatterjee | Hindu Mahasabha | |
Vishnupur | None | Kiran Chandra Digar | Indian National Congress | |
Radha Gobinda Roy | Indian National Congress | |||
Sonamukhi | None | Sishuram Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
Bhabataran Chakraborty | Indian National Congress | |||
Binpur | None | Mongal Chandra Saren | Indian National Congress | |
Nripendra Gopal Mitra | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||
Gopiballavepore | None | Dhananjoy Kar | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Jagatpati Hansda | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |||
Jhargram | None | Madan Mohan Khan | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
Mohendra Nath Mahato | Indian National Congress | |||
Narayangarh | None | Surendranath Pramanik | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Krishna Chandra Satpati | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||
Pingla | None | Pulin Behari Maity | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
Danton | None | Jnanendra Kumar Choudhury | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
Kharagpur | None | Muhammad Momtaz Moulana | Indian National Congress | |
Garbetta | None | Saroj Roy | Communist Party of India | |
Salboni | None | Bejoy Gopal Goswami | Independent | |
Patashpur | None | Janardan Sahu | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
Keshpur | None | Nagendra Doloi | Communist Party of India | |
Gangapada Kuor | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |||
Ghatal | None | Amulyacharan Dal | Communist Party of India | |
Jatishchandra Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |||
Daspur | None | Mrigendra Bhattachariya | Communist Party of India | |
Panskura North | None | Rajanikanta Pramanik | Indian National Congress | |
Panskura South | None | Shyama Bhattacharyya | Indian National Congress | |
Sabang | None | Gopal Chandra Das Adhikary | Indian National Congress | |
Moyna | None | Kanilal Bhowmic | Communist Party of India | |
Tamluk | None | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
Mahisadal | None | Kumar Deba Prosad Garga | Independent | |
Nandigram North | None | Subodh Chandra Maity | Indian National Congress | |
Nandigram South | None | Prabir Chandra Jana | Indian National Congress | |
Sutahata | None | Kumar Chandra Jana | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Ramnagar | None | Trailakya Nath Pradhan | Indian National Congress | |
Contai North | None | Sudhir Chandra Das | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Contai South | None | Natendra Nath Das | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Mohanpur | None | Basanta Kumar Panigrahi | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
Khejri | None | Koustuv Kanti Karan | Indian National Congress | |
Abha Maity | Indian National Congress | |||
Bhagawanpur | None | Rameswar Panda | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
Shyampur | None | Sasabindu Bera | Forward Bloc | |
Uluberia | None | Bijoy Mondal | Forward Bloc | |
Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh | Forward Bloc | |||
Bagnan | None | Sambhu Charan Mukhopadhaya | Indian National Congress | |
Amta South | None | Arabinda Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Amta Central | None | Tarapada Pramanik | Indian National Congress | |
Amta North | None | Alamohon Dass | Independent | |
Sankrail | None | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | Forward Bloc | |
Kripa Sindhu Shaw | Forward Bloc | |||
Jagatballavpur | None | Amrita Lal Hazra | Indian National Congress | |
Howrah North | None | Biren Banerjee | Communist Party of India | |
Howrah East | None | Saila Kumr Mukhopadhyaya | Indian National Congress | |
Howrah West | None | Bankim Chandra Kar | Indian National Congress | |
Howrah South | None | Beni Charan Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
Domjur | None | Tarapada Dey | Communist Party of India | |
Bally | None | Ratan Moni Chattopadhyaya | Indian National Congress | |
Singoor | None | Sourendra Nath Saha | Communist Party of India | |
Ajit Kumar Basu | Communist Party of India | |||
Uttarpara | None | Monoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India | |
Serampore | None | Jitendra Nath Lahiri | Indian National Congress | |
Bhadreswar | None | Byomkerh Majumdar | Indian National Congress | |
Goghat | None | Radha Krishna Pal | Independent | |
Arambagh | None | Madan Mohan Saha | Communist Party of India | |
Radha Krishna Pal | Independent | |||
Tarakeswar | None | Parbati Hazra | Indian National Congress | |
Chinsurah | None | Jyotish Chandra Ghosh | Forward Bloc | |
Radha Nath Das | Indian National Congress | |||
Dhanialkhali | None | Dhirendra Narayan Mukherji | Indian National Congress | |
Loso Hasda | Indian National Congress | |||
Balagarh | None | Brindaban Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
Burdwan | None | Binoy Krishna Chaudhury | Communist Party of India | |
Khandaghosh | None | Jonab Mahammad Hossain | Indian National Congress | |
Raina | None | Dasarathi Tah | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Mritunjoy Pramanik | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |||
Galsi | None | Mahitosh Saha | Indian National Congress | |
Jadabendra Nath Panja | Indian National Congress | |||
Ausgram | None | Ananda Gopal Mukhepadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
Kanai Lal Das | Indian National Congress | |||
Raniganj | None | Banku Behari Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
Pashupati Nath Maliah | Independent | |||
Kulti | None | Baidyanath Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
Joynarayan Sarma | Indian National Congress | |||
Asansol | None | Atindra Nath Bose | Forward Bloc | |
Kalna | None | Baidyanath Santal | Indian National Congress | |
Rash Behari Sen | Indian National Congress | |||
Purbasthali | None | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | Indian National Congress | |
Manteswar | None | Annada Prasad Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
Katwa | None | Subodh Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
Mangalkot | None | Bhakta Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Ketugram | None | Tarapada Bandyopadhyay | Hindu Mahasabha | |
Karimpur | None | Haripada Chatterjee | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Tehatta | None | Raghunandan Biswas | Indian National Congress | |
Kaliganj | None | Jonab S. M. Fazlur Rahaman | Indian National Congress | |
Nakesipara | None | Jagannath Mazumder | Indian National Congress | |
Chapra | None | Smarajit Bandopadhya | Indian National Congress | |
Krishnagar | None | Bejoy Lal Chattapadhya | Indian National Congress | |
Nabadwp | None | Niranjan Modak | Indian National Congress | |
Santipur | None | Sashibhusan Khan | Indian National Congress | |
Ranaghat | None | Bijoy Krishna Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
Keshab Chandra Mitra | Indian National Congress | |||
Bongaon | None | Jiban Ratan Dhar | Indian National Congress | |
Gaighata | None | Ziaul Hoque | Indian National Congress | |
Habra | None | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
Sarup Nagar | None | Mahammad Ishaque | Indian National Congress | |
Deganga | None | Rafiuddin Ahmed | Indian National Congress | |
Haroa Sandeshkhali | None | Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar | Indian National Congress | |
Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal | Communist Party of India | |||
Hasnabad | None | Bijesh Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress | |
Rajkrishna Mandol | Indian National Congress | |||
Basirhat | SC | Prafulla Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
Dum Dum | None | Kanai Lal Das | Indian National Congress | |
Bhangar | None | Hemchandra Naskar | Indian National Congress | |
Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India | |||
Baruipore | None | Lalit Kumar Sinha | Communist Party of India | |
Abdus Shokur | Indian National Congress | |||
Joynagar | None | Subodh Banerjee | Independent | |
Dintaran Moni | Independent | |||
Baraset | None | Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
Bizpur | None | Bipin Behari Ganguli | Indian National Congress | |
Naihati | None | Suresh Chandra Paul | Indian National Congress | |
Barrackpur | None | Phanindranath Mukhopadhya | Indian National Congress | |
Bhatpara | None | Dayaram Beri | Indian National Congress | |
Titagarh | None | Krishna Kumar Sukla | Indian National Congress | |
Baranagar | SC | Jyoti Basu | Communist Party of India | |
Mathurapur | None | Bhusan Chandra Das | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Brindaban Gayan | Indian National Congress | |||
Saugar | None | Haripaba Baguli | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Kulpi | None | Nalini Kanta Halder | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Prankrishna Kumar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||
Mograhat | None | Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar | Indian National Congress | |
Abul Hashem | Indian National Congress | |||
Falta | None | Jyotish Chandra Roy | Communist Party of India | |
Diamond Harbour | SC | Charu Chandra Bhandari | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Bishnupur | None | Basanta Kumar Mal | Indian National Congress | |
Provash Chandra Roy | Communist Party of India | |||
Budge Budge | None | Bankim Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
Mohestola | None | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | Communist Party of India | |
Garden Reach | None | S . M . Abdullah | Indian National Congress | |
Tollyganj | None | Jyotish Joarder | Independent | |
Behala | None | Biren Roy | Forward Bloc | |
Cossipur | None | Biswanath Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Shampukur | None | Hemanta Kumar Bose | Independent | |
Kumartuli | None | Nepal Chandra Roy | Forward Bloc | |
Burtola | None | Nirmal Chandra De | Indian National Congress | |
Muchipara | None | Sankar Prasad Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
Jorabagan | None | Ram Lagan Singh | Indian National Congress | |
Jorasanko | None | Amarendra Nath Basu | Forward Bloc | |
Belgachia | None | Ganesh Ghose | Communist Party of India | |
Manicktala | None | Ranendra Nath Sen | Communist Party of India | |
Beliaghata | None | Suhrid Kumar Mullick Choudhury | Forward Bloc | |
Barabazar | None | Iswar Das Jalan | Indian National Congress | |
Colootola | None | Anandi Lal Poddar | Indian National Congress | |
Sealdah | None | Pannalal Bose | Indian National Congress | |
Vidyasagar | None | Narayan Chandra Roy | Independent | |
Taltola | None | Moulavi Shamsul Haque | Indian National Congress | |
Baniapukur Ballygunge | None | Pulin Behari Khatic | Indian National Congress | |
Jogesh Chandra Gupta | Indian National Congress | |||
Bhawanipur | None | Mira Dutta Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
Kalighat | None | Manikuntala Sen | Communist Party of India | |
Tollygunge (north) | None | Priya Ranjan Sen | Indian National Congress | |
Tollygunge (south) | None | Ambica Chakravorty | Communist Party of India | |
Watgunge | None | Kali Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
Alipur | ST | Satyendra Kumar Basu | Indian National Congress | |
Fort | None | Narendra Nath Sen | Indian National Congress | |
Bowbazar | None | Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress | |
Entally | None | Debendra Chandra Dev | Indian National Congress |
State Reorganization
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
- ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.