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1952 Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Saurashtra were held on March 26, 1952. 222 candidates contested for the 55 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 5 two-member constituencies and 50 single-member constituencies.

Results

<section begin=Results /> !colspan=8| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! % of <br /> Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 59 || 55 || 91.67 || 606,934 || 63.79 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Saurashtra Khedut Sangh | | 37 || 1 || 1.67 || 139,449 || 14.66 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | | 25 || 0 || || 43,043 || 4.52 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party | | 28 || 2 || 3.33 || 34,778 || 3.66 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | | 16 || 0 || || 30,907 || 3.25 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 3 || 0 || || 7,791 || 0.82 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Scheduled Castes Federation | | 3 || 0 || || 4,977 || 0.52 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | | 3 || 0 || || 4,346 || 0.46 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | | 1 || 0 || || 3,660 || 0.38 |- | | | 50 || 2 || 3.33 || 75,624 || 7.95 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total seats ! 60 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 20,81,140 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 9,51,509 (45.72%) <section end=Results />

Winning candidates

State reorganization and merger

On 1 November 1956, Saurashtra State was merged into Bombay State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

See also

References