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1954 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Patiala and East Punjab States Union were held on 18 February 1954. 279 candidates competed for the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were twelve two-member constituencies and 36 single-member constituencies. Out of these, 2 single member constituencies were reserved for SC.

Results

<section begin=Results /> !colspan=10| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 60 || 37 || 9 || 61.67 || 6,96,979 || 43.27 || 14.61 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann Group) | | 33 || 10 || New || 16.67 || 3,34,423 || 20.76 || New |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Shiromani Akali Dal (Raman Group) | | 22 || 2 || New || 3.33 || 1,19,301 || 7.41 || New |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 10 || 4 || 2 || 6.67 || 97,690 || 6.06 || 1.29 |- | | | 139 || 7 || 1 || 11.67 || 3,42,787 || 21.28 || N/A |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total seats !! 60 ( 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 26,48,175 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|16,10,909 (60.83%) <section end=Results />

Elected members

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Patiala and East Punjab States Union was merged into Punjab under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

See also

References