Election Name: | 1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election |
Country: | India |
Type: | legislative |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 1952 |
Election Date: | 18 February 1954 |
Next Election: | 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election |
Next Year: | 1957 |
Seats For Election: | All 60 seats in the Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 31 |
Turnout: | 60.83% |
Party1: | Indian National Congress |
Image1: | Hand_INC.svg |
Seats1: | 37 |
Seats Before1: | 26 |
Popular Vote1: | 43.27% |
Seat Change1: | 11 |
Party2: | Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann Group) |
Seats2: | 10 |
Seats Before2: | New |
Popular Vote2: | 20.76% |
Seat Change2: | New |
CM | |
Before Election: | President's rule |
After Party: | Indian National Congress |
After Election: | Raghbir Singh |
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.
!colspan=10||- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"! class="unsortable" |! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net change
in seats !! % of
Seats! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
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%)|}
Constituency | Reserved for (SC/None) | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nalagarh | None | Surinder Singh | ||
Kandaghat | Roshan Lal | |||
Gian Chand | ||||
Banur | Harchand Singh | |||
Kirpal Singh | ||||
Rajpura | Prem Singh | |||
Bassi | Achhra Singh | |||
Sirhind | Balwant Singh | |||
Patiala City | Manmohan Kaur | |||
Patiala Sadar | Raghbir Singh | |||
Samana | Pritam Singh | |||
Surinder Nath | ||||
Amloh | Gian Singh | |||
Mihan Singh | ||||
Bhadson | Amrik Singh | |||
Nabha | Shiv Dev Singh | |||
Bhawanigarh | Jangir Singh | |||
Sangrur | Devinder Singh | |||
Dhanaula | Hardit Singh | |||
Sunam | Maheshinder Singh | |||
Lehra | Pritam Singh Gujran | |||
Pritam Singh Sahoke | ||||
Narwana | Albel Singh | |||
Fakiria | ||||
Kalayat | Brish Bhan | |||
Jind | Dal Singh | |||
Safidon | Kali Ram | |||
Julana | Ghasi Ram | |||
Dadri | Amir Singh | |||
Ram Chand | ||||
Badhra | Chandrawati | |||
Mohindergarh | Mangal Singh | |||
Kanina | Lal Singh | |||
Ateli | Manohar Sham Alias Sham Manohar | |||
Narnaul | Ramsaran Chand Mital | |||
Nangal Chaudhri | Nihal Singh | |||
Bholath | Harnam Singh | |||
Kapurthala | Thakur Singh | |||
Phagwara | Hans Raj | |||
Sadhu Ram | ||||
Sultanpur | Atma Singh | |||
Faridkot | Harindar Singh | |||
Kot Kapura | SC | Kanwar Manjitinder Singh | ||
Jaitu | None | Hira Singh | ||
Nehianwala Raman | Chet Singh | |||
Kartar Singh Of Faridkot | ||||
Bhatinda | Harcharan Singh | |||
Maur | Shamsher Singh | |||
Mansa | SC | Jangir Singh | ||
Sardulgarh | None | Pritam Singh | ||
Budhlada | Dharam Singh | |||
Narotam Singh | ||||
Dhuri | Lehna Singh | |||
Parduman Singh | ||||
Malerkotla | Mohd. Iftkhar Ali Khan | |||
Ahmedgarh | Chanda Singh | |||
Sherpur | Gurbakhshish Singh | |||
Barnala | Kartar Singh | |||
Phul | Dhanna Singh | |||
Arjan Singh | ||||
On 1 November 1956, Patiala and East Punjab States Union was merged into Punjab under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[1]