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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
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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 | 
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.