1951–52 elections in India

The Indian Republic held its first elections in 1951–52.

Presidential election
The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra
Prasad won his first election with 670000 votes over his nearest rival K.T. Shah who got 92,827 votes.

General election
General elections to the first Lok Sabha since independence were held in India between 25 October 1951
and 21 February 1952. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power, winning 364 of the 489
seats. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country.[1]
 Party Votes % Seats

Indian National Congress 47,665,951 44.99 364

Socialist Party 11,216,719 10.59 12

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 6,135,978 5.79 9

Communist Party of India 3,487,401 3.29 16

Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3,246,361 3.06 3

Scheduled Castes Federation 2,521,695 2.38 2

Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 2,091,898 1.97 3

Krishikar Lok Party 1,489,615 1.41 1

People's Democratic Front 1,367,404 1.29 7

Shiromani Akali Dal 1,047,611 0.99 4

Hindu Mahasabha 1,003,034 0.95 4

Peasants and Workers Party of India 992,187 0.94 2

Forward Bloc (Marxist) 963,058 0.91 1

All India Ganatantra Parishad 959,749 0.91 6

Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party 889,292 0.84 4

Jharkhand Party 749,702 0.71 3

Revolutionary Socialist Party 468,108 0.44 3

Commonweal Party 325,398 0.31 3

Lok Sewak Sangh 309,940 0.29 2

Zamindar Party 291,300 0.27 0

Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party 236,094 0.22 1

Uttar Pradesh Praja Party 213,656 0.20 0

S.K. Paksha 137,343 0.13 0

All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) 133,936 0.13 0

Kamgar Kisan Paksha 132,574 0.13 0

Tribal Sangha 116,629 0.11 0

Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress 115,893 0.11 1

Kerala Socialist Party 102,098 0.10 0

Indian Union Muslim League 79,470 0.08 1

Revolutionary Communist Party of India 67,275 0.06 0

Justice Party 63,254 0.06 0

All India United Kisan Sabha 60,254 0.06 0

All India Republican Party (RPP) 57,815 0.05 0

All India Republican Party (REP) 44,286 0.04 0

All People's Party 36,851 0.03 0

 Party Votes % Seats

Tamil Nadu Congress Party 36,158 0.03 0

Khasi-Jaintia Durbar 32,987 0.03 0

Saurashtra Khedut Sangh 29,766 0.03 0

Bolshevik Party of India 25,792 0.02 0

All Manipur National Union 22,083 0.02 0

Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party 20,665 0.02 0

Hill People Party 17,350 0.02 0

Praja Party 16,955 0.02 0

Kuki National Association 12,155 0.01 0

Punjab Depressed Class League 11,789 0.01 0

Pursharathi Panchayat 10,778 0.01 0

Cochin Party 8,947 0.01 0

Kisan Mazdoor Mandal 8,808 0.01 0

Hyderabad State Praja Party 7,646 0.01 0

Gandhi Sebak Seva 7,196 0.01 0

Kisan Janta Sanyukta Party 6,390 0.01 0

National Party of India 3,232 0.00 0

Historical Research 1,468 0.00 0

Independents 16,850,089 15.90 37

Appointed members[a] 10

Total 105,950,083 100.00 499

Registered voters/turnout 173,212,343 44.87

Source: ECI (https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4111-general-election-1951-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9734&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=6d
f04992cf2c2fe96a9487465b425663)

a. Six representing Jammu and Kashmir, two representing Anglo-Indians, one representing Part B tribal
areas in Assam and one representing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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Legislative Assembly elections

Ajmer*

Summary of results of the 1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election[2]

Seats % of
Party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
30 20 66.67 1,04,411 44.47
Congress

Bharatiya Jana Sangh 15 3 10.00 28,057 11.95

Pursharathi Panchayat 6 3 10.00 15,781 7.72

Communist Party of
2 0 3,494 1.49
India

Socialist Party 2 0 1,055 0.45

Independent politician 79 4 13.33 81,990 34.92
2,34,788
Total Seats 30 Voters 4,62,810 Turnout
(50.73%)
* : On 1 November 1956, Ajmer State was merged into Rajasthan under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

Assam

Summary of results of the 1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election[4]

Seats % of
Political Party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National Congress 92 76 72.38 10,64,850 43.48

Socialist Party 61 4 3.81 3,25,690 13.30

Kisan Mazdoor Praja

40 1 0.95 1,46,792 5.99
Party

Communist Party of India 18 1 0.95 69,431 2.84

Garo National Council 4 3 2.86 14,577 0.60

Khasi-Jaintia Durbar 4 1 0.95 24,248 0.99
All People's Party
3 1 0.95 14,930 0.61
(Assam)
Mizo Union 3 3 2.86 29,104 1.19

Khasi Jaintia Federated

State National 1 1 0.95 9,441 0.39
Conference
Independent 213 14 13.33 6,93,908 28.34
24,48,890
Total Seats 105 Voters 49,55,390 Turnout
(49.42%)

Bhopal*

Summary of results of the 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election[5]

 Seats % of
Political Party Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats
Indian National Congress 28 25 83.33 1,17,656 52.01

Akhil Bharatiya Hindu

9 1 3.33 31,684 14.01
Mahasabha
Independent politician 32 4 13.33 51,736 22.87
2,26,210
Total Seats 30 Voters 6,10,182 Turnout
(37.07%)
*: On 1 November 1956, Bhopal State was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation Act,
1956.[3] Bhopal states 1955

Bihar*

Summary of results of the 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election[6]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
322 239 72.42 39,51,145 41.38
Congress

Socialist Party 266 23 6.97 17,29,750 18.11

Kisan Mazdoor Praja

98 1 0.30 2,68,416 2.81
Party
Jharkhand Party 53 32 9.70 7,65,272 8.01
Chota Nagpur Santhal
38 11 3.33 3,01,691 3.16
Parganas Janata Party
Forward Bloc (Marxist
34 1 0.30 1,07,386 1.12
Group)
Akhil Bharatiya Ram
29 1 0.30 60,360 0.63
Rajya Parishad
Lok Sewak Sangh 12 7 2.12 1,48,921 1.56
All India Ganatantra
1 1 0.30 14,237 0.15
Parishad

Independent 638 14 4.24 18,77,236 19.66

95,48,835
Total seats 330 Voters 2,41,65,389 Turnout
(39.51%)
*: Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West
Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

Bombay*

Party wise votes polled

Indian National Congress

(41.38%)
Jharkhand Party (8.01%)
Socialist Party (18.11%)
CNSPJP (3.16%)
Lok Sewak Sangh (1.56%)
Independent (19.66%)
Others (8.12%)

Summary of results of the 1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election[7]

Seats
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested
Indian National Congress
270 / 315 (86%) 313 270 55,56,334 49.95%

Peasants and Workers

Party of India
87 14 7,17,963 6.45%
14 / 315 (4%)

Socialist Party
9 / 315 (3%) 182 9 13,30,246 11.96%

Kamgar Kisan Paksha

2 / 315 (0.6%) 33 2 2,48,130 2.23%

Scheduled Castes
Federation
37 1 3,44,718 3.10%
1 / 315 (0.3%)

Turnout (Voters)
Total 1243 317 50.78%
1,11,23,242 (2,19,04,595)
 Seats
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested
Communist Party of India
1 / 315 (0.3%) 25 1 1,59,994 1.44%

Krishikar Lok Party

1 / 315 (0.3%) 16 1 1,07,408 0.97%

Kisan Mazdoor Praja

67 0 5,59,492 5.03%
Party
Akhil Bharatiya Ram
37 0 1,24,466 1.12%
Rajya Parishad
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu
9 0 35,194 0.32%
Mahasabha
Forward Bloc (Marxist
8 0 16,847 0.15%
Group)
Akhil Bharatiya Jana
2 0 4,876 0.04%
Sangh
Independent
19 / 315 (6%) 427 19 19,17,574 17.24%

Turnout (Voters)
Total 1243 317 50.78%
1,11,23,242 (2,19,04,595)
*: On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was re-organized by the
addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and Marathwada region
of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost districts of Bombay were transferred to Mysore State while Abu
Road taluka of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan.[3]

Coorg*

Summary of results of the 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election[8]

% of
Political party Flag Candidates Won Votes Vote %
Seats

Indian National
24 15 62.50 48,845 55.54
Congress

Independent 34 9 37.50 37,716 42.88

Communist Party of
2 0 1,386 1.58
India

Voters: 138,440 Turnout 87,947

Total 24
(63.53%)
*: On 1 November 1956, Coorg State was merged into Mysore State as per the States Reorganisation Act,
1956.[3]

Delhi*

Summary of results of the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election[9]

Seats % of
Party Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats
Indian National Congress 47 39 81.25 2,71,812 52.09
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31 5 10.42 1,14,207 21.89

Socialist Party 6 2 4.17 12,396 2.38

Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 5 1 2.08 6,891 1.32
Independent 78 1 2.08 82,972 15.90
Total Seats 48 Voters 7,44,668 Turnout 5,21,766 (58.52%)
* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made a Union Territory under
the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished
simultaneously.[3] Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of
Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the
Indian constitution.[10]

Himachal Pradesh*

Summary of results of the 1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[11]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
35 24 66.67 84,819 47.25
Congress

Kisan Mazdoor Praja

22 3 8.33 26,371 14.69
Party

Scheduled Caste
9 1 2.78 10,352 5.77
Federation

Independent 36 8 22.22 47,746 26.6

1,79,515
Total seats 36 Voters 7,13,554 Turnout
(25.16%)
* : Under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory on 1 November
1956, under the direct administration of the President of India and the Himachal Pradesh Legislative
Assembly was abolished simultaneously.[3] Under Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, it became a state and
the next legislative elections were held in 1967.

Hyderabad*

Summary of results of the 1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election[12]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
173 93 53.14 21,77,716 41.86
Congress

Socialist Party 97 11 6.29 5,90,209 11.35

People's Democratic
77 42 24.00 10,80,092 20.76
Front

Scheduled Castes
24 5 2.86 2,66,482 5.12
Federation

Peasants and Workers

21 10 5.71 2,15,992 4.15
Party of India

Independent 136 14 8.00 7,58,318 14.58

52,02,214
Total seats 175 Voters 1,21,14,635 Turnout
(42.94%)
* : On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State, except the districts of Raichur, Gulbarga, Bidar and
Marathwada, was merged into Andhra State to form a single state, Andhra Pradesh, under States
Reorganisation Act, 1956. The districts of Raichur, Bidar and Gulbarga were transferred to the Mysore
State, while the Marathwada district was merged with the Bombay State.[3]

Madhya Bharat*

Summary of results of the 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election[13]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
99 75 75.76 9,38,918 47.24
Congress

Socialist Party 59 4 4.04 1,45,845 7.34

Bharatiya Jana Sangh 42 4 4.04 1,93,627 9.74
Akhil Bharatiya Ram
39 2 2.02 1,43,132 7.20
Rajya Parishad
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu
33 11 11.11 2,36,824 11.92
Mahasabha

Independent 131 3 3.03 2,58,157 12.99

19,87,410
Total seats 99 Voters 57,23,673 Turnout
(34.72%)
*: On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave
of the Mandsaur district) was merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district
of Madhya Bharat was merged in Rajasthan.[3]

Madhya Pradesh*

Summary of results of the 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[14]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
225 194 83.62 34,34,058 49.07
Congress

Socialist Party 143 2 0.86 6,61,874 9.46

Kisan Mazdoor Praja
71 8 3.45 3,65,371 5.22
Party
Akhil Bharatiya Ram
35 3 1.29 1,75,324 2.51
Rajya Parishad
S. K. Paksha 19 2 0.86 1,01,670 1.45
Independent 469 23 9.91 16,01,565 22.89
69,97,588
Total seats 232 Voters 1,55,13,592 Turnout
(45.11%)
*: On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave
of the Mandsaur district), Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal State and the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of
Rajasthan were merged into Madhya Pradesh while the Nagpur Division was transferred to Bombay
State.[3]

Madras*

Summary of results of the 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election[15]

Political Seats % of Govt.

Flag Won Votes Vote %
party Contested Seats Formation
Indian
National 367 152 40.53 69,88,701 34.88
Congress Leading
Party
Socialist
163 13 3.47 12,99,282 6.48
Party
Kisan
Mazdoor 148 35 9.33 18,03,377 9.00
Praja Party
**Full support
Communist
131 62 16.53 26,40,337 13.18
Party of India

Krishikar Lok
63 15 4.00 6,29,893 3.14
Party#

Republican *Outside
37 2 0.53 3,39,680 1.70
Party of India support,
joined the
Tamil Nadu cabinet
34 19 5.07 8,52,330 4.25 in 1954
Toilers' Party*
Commonweal
13 6 1.60 2,18,288 1.09
Party**
Madras State
Muslim
League 13 5 1.33 1,86,546 0.93 #3 KLP
Party** legislators
and
Justice Party 9 1 0.27 82,231 0.41 15
Independents
All India joined
6 3 0.80 1,38,203 0.69
Forward Bloc Congress
Independent# 667 62 16.53 47,58,768 23.75

Total seats 375 Voters 3,66,00,615 Turnout 2,00,38,423 (54.75%)

*: On 1 November 1956, the southern part of Travancore-Cochin (Kanyakumari district) was added to the
Madras State while the Malabar district of the state was transferred to the new state of Kerala, and a new
union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was created.[3]

Mysore*

Summary of results of the 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election[16]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
99 74 74.75 12,76,318 46.35
Congress

Kisan Mazdoor Praja

59 8 8.08 3,91,653 14.22
Party
Socialist Party 47 3 3.03 240390 8.73

Scheduled Caste
7 2 2.02 47,916 1.74
Federation

Communist Party of
5 1 1.01 25,116 0.91
India

Independent 154 11 11.11 7,10,359 25.79

27,53,870
Total seats 99 Voters 54,66,487 Turnout
(50.38%)
*: On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of Coorg State, the Kollegal taluk of the
Coimbatore district and the South Kanara district (except the Kasaragod taluk) of Madras State, and the
Kannada speaking districts from southern Bombay state and western Hyderabad State under States
Reorganisation Act, 1956. The Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the
Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.[3]

Orissa

Summary of results of the 1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election[17]

Parties Flag Seats Contested Seats Won Votes % of Votes

National Parties
Communist Party of India 33 7 2,06,757 5.62%
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 2 1 12,874 0.35%
Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group) 1 0 2,779 0.08%

Indian National Congress 135 67 13,92,501 37.87%

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 7 0 16,948 0.46%
Socialist Party 79 10 4,32,731 11.77%
State Parties
All India Ganatantra Parishad 58 31 7,53,685 20.50%
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties

Peoples Independent Party 1 0 11,895 0.32%

Pursharathi Panchayat 1 0 1,841 0.05%
Radical Democrat Party 1 0 1,589 0.04%
Independents
Independent 204 24 8,43,446 22.94%
Total 140 36,77,046 100%
Patiala & East Punjab States Union

Summary of results of the 1952 Patiala & East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election[18]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
51 26 43.33 3,88,185 28.66
Congress

Akali Dal 41 19 31.67 3,17,502 23.44

Bharatiya Jana Sangh 23 2 3.33 43,809 3.23

Kisan Mazdoor Praja
15 1 1.67 20,179 1.49
Party

Communist Party of
14 2 3.33 64,652 4.77
India

Lal Communist Party

5 1 1.67 21,539 1.59
Hind Union

Scheduled Caste
7 1 1.67 47,216 3.49
Federation

Independent 188 8 13.33 3,96,956 29.31

13,54,476
Total seats 60 Voters 22,98,385 Turnout
(58.93%)

Punjab*

Summary of results of the 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election[19]

 Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
121 96 76.19 18,30,601 36.69
Congress

Shiromani Akali Dal 48 13 10.32 6,20,455 12.44

Zamindar Party 31 2 1.59 3,72,126 7.46

Communist Party of
26 4 3.17 1,93,974 3.89
India

Forward Bloc (Marxist

19 1 0.79 69,694 1.40
Group)
Lal Communist Party
9 1 0.79 57,739 1.16
Hind Union
Independent 446 9 7.14 11,92,896 23.91
49,89,077
Total seats 126 Voters 86,23,498 Turnout
(57.85%)
*: Punjab was enlarged by the addition of Patiala & East Punjab States Union in 1956 under States
Reorganisation Act of 1956.[3]

Rajasthan*

Summary of results of the 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election[20]

Seats % of
Party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
156 82 51.25 12,86,953 39.46
Congress

Akhil Bharatiya Ram

59 24 15.00 3,99,958 12.26
Rajya Parishad

Socialist Party 51 1 0.63 1,35,971 4.17

Bharatiya Jana Sangh 50 8 5.00 1,93,532 5.93
Krishikar Lok Party 46 7 43.75 2,70,807 8.30
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu
6 2 1.25 28,183 0.86
Mahasabha
Kisan Mazdoor Praja
6 1 0.63 16,411 0.50
Party
Independent 230 35 21.88 8,96,671 27.49
32,61,442
Total seats 160 Voters 92,68,215 Turnout
(35.19%)
*: On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluk of the
Banaskantha district of Bombay State, the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil
of the Hissar district of the Punjab was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota
district of Rajasthan was transferred to Madhya Pradesh.[3]

Saurashtra*

Summary of results of the 1952 Saurashtra Legislative Assembly election[21]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National Congress 59 55 91.67 606,934 63.79

Saurashtra Khedut Sangh 37 1 1.67 139,449 14.66

Akhil Bharatiya Hindu
25 0 43,043 4.52
Mahasabha
Socialist Party 28 2 3.33 34,778 3.66
Kisan Mazdoor Praja
16 0 30,907 3.25
Party

Communist Party of India 3 0 7,791 0.82

Scheduled Castes
3 0 4,977 0.52
Federation

Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 0 4,346 0.46

Akhil Bharatiya Ram
1 0 3,660 0.38
Rajya Parishad
Independent 50 2 3.33 75,624 7.95
9,51,509
Total seats 60 Voters 20,81,140 Turnout
(45.72%)
*: On 1 November 1956, Saurashtra State was merged into Bombay State as per the States Reorganisation
Act, 1956.[3]

Travancore-Cochin

Summary of results of the 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election[22]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
105 44 40.74 12,04,364 35.44
Congress

Socialist Party 70 11 10.19 4,85,194 14.28

Travancore Tamil Nadu

15 8 7.41 2,01,118 5.92
Congress
Cochin Party 12 1 0.93 59,535 1.75
Revolutionary Socialist
11 6 5.56 1,18,333 3.48
Party

Kerala Socialist Party 10 1 0.93 73,981 2.18

Independent 199 37 34.26 11,51,555 33.89
33,98,193
Total seats 108 Voters 50,54,733 Turnout
(67.23%)
$ : In 1952 elections of legislative assembly, no party found the majority. Indian National Congress formed
a coalition government with the help of Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress, Kerala Socialist Party and a
nominated member.[23]

Uttar Pradesh

Party Votes % Seats

Indian National Congress 8,032,475 47.93 388

Socialist Party 2,015,320 12.03 20

Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1,081,395 6.45 2

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 955,708 5.70 1

Uttar Pradesh Praja Party 301,322 1.80 1

Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 291,247 1.74 1

Hindu Mahasabha 239,110 1.43 1

Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party 57,284 0.34 1

Others (6 parties) 490,258 2.93 0

Independents 3,294,500 19.66 15

Total 16,758,619 100.00 430

Source: [24]
Vindhya Pradesh*

Summary of results of the 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[25]

Seats % of
Political party Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats
Indian National Congress 56 40 66.67 2,70,013 39.60
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 49 3 5.00 1,10,465 16.2

Socialist Party 46 11 18.33 1,28,187 18.80

Bharatiya Jana Sangh 33 2 3.33 67,330 9.88
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya
17 2 3.33 30,817 4.52
Parishad
Independent politician 42 2 3.33 62,102 9.11
6,81,799
Total Seats 60 Voters 24,03,588 Turnout
(28.37%)
*: On 1 November 1956, Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under States Reorganisation
Act, 1956.[3]

West Bengal*

Summary of results of the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election[26]

Seats % of
Political party Flag Won Votes Vote %
Contested Seats

Indian National
236 150 63.56 2,889,994 38.82
Congress

Kisan Mazdoor Praja

129 15 6.36 667,446 8.97
Party

Communist Party of
86 28 11.86 800,951 10.76
India

Bharatiya Jana Sangh 85 9 3.81 415,458 5.58

Forward Bloc (Marxist
48 11 4.66 393,591 5.29
Group)
Socialist Party 63 0 215,382 2.89
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu
33 4 1.69 1,76,762 2.37
Mahasabha
Forward Bloc (Ruikar) 32 2 0.85 1,07,905 1.45
Revolutionary Socialist
16 0 63,173 0.85
Party

Revolutionary
Communist Party of 10 0 32,859 0.44
India (Tagore)
Bolshevik Party of India 8 0 20117 0.27
Akhil Bharatiya Ram
14 0 7,100 0.10
Rajya Parishad
Independent (India) 614 19 8.05 1,653,165 22.21
7,443,903
Total seats 238 Voters 17,628,239 Turnout
(42.23%)
*: West Bengal was enlarged slightly by the transfer of minor territories from Bihar in 1956 under States
Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3]

See also
1954 elections in India
1955 elections in India
1957 elections in India

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