Election Name: | 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 26 March 1952 |
Country: | India |
Next Election: | 1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election |
Next Year: | 1957 |
Seats For Election: | All 330 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 166 |
Party1: | Indian National Congress |
Image1: | File:Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg |
Leader1: | Shri Krishna Sinha |
Seats1: | 239 |
Popular Vote1: | 39,51,145 |
Percentage1: | 41.38% |
Party2: | Jharkhand Party |
Seats2: | 32 |
Popular Vote2: | 7,65,272 |
Percentage2: | 8.01% |
Chief Minister | |
After Party: | Indian National Congress |
After Election: | Shri Krishna Sinha |
Elections were held in March 1952 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly. There were 276 constituencies with 50 of them being two-member constituencies. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power. Shri Krishna Singh became the first elected Chief Minister of Bihar and Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha became the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the state.
!colspan=10||-! colspan=2| Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote %|- style="background: #90EE90;"| | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress| | 322 || 239 || 72.42 || 39,51,145 || 41.38|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party|| 266 || 23 || 6.97 || 17,29,750 || 18.11|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|| 98 || 1 || 0.30 || 2,68,416 || 2.81|-| || 53 || 32 || 9.70 || 7,65,272 || 8.01|-||| 38 || 11 || 3.33 || 3,01,691 || 3.16|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)|| 34 || 1 || 0.30 || 1,07,386 || 1.12|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad|| 29 || 1 || 0.30 || 60,360 || 0.63|-||| 12 || 7 || 2.12 || 1,48,921 || 1.56|-||| 1 || 1 || 0.30 || 14,237 || 0.15|-| || 638 || 14 || 4.24 || 18,77,236 || 19.66|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan = 3| Total seats! 330 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 2,41,65,389 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 95,48,835 (39.51%)|}
Constituency | Reserved for (ST/None) | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
None | Rameshwar Prasad Shastri | |||
None | Jagatnarain Lal | |||
Patna City West Cum Naubatpur | None | Mungeri Lal | ||
Badri Nath Verma | ||||
Patna City East | None | Nawabzada Syed Mohammad Mehdi | ||
None | Deo Saran Sinha | |||
Punpun Cum (Masaurhi) | None | Saraswati Chaudhari | ||
Ram Khelawan Sinha | ||||
Chandi | None | Dhanraj Sharma | ||
Ekangarsarai | None | Tayagi Lal Singh | ||
Islampur-cum-slrao | None | Sheo Saran Prasad Sharma | ||
Mahabir Prasad | ||||
None | Jagdish Narain Sinha | |||
None | Rana Sheolakh Pati Sinha | |||
Ashthawan | None | Tajuddin | ||
Bihar North | None | Girwardhari Singh | ||
Bihar South | None | Md. Aquil Syed | ||
None | Sundri Devi | |||
Bihta | None | Manorma Devi | ||
None | ||||
Pakribarawan Cum Warsaliganj | None | Chetu Ram | ||
Manzoor Ahmad | ||||
Nawada Cum Hasua | None | Shakti Kumar | ||
Ram Kishun Singh | ||||
Rajauli Cum Wazirganj | None | Radha Krishna Pd. Sinha | ||
Mahabir Chaudhry | ||||
None | ||||
Gaya Town | None | Kesho Prasad | ||
None | Deodhari Chamar | |||
Jaglal Mahato | ||||
Bodh Gaya Cum Paraiva | None | Jugeshwar Prasad Khalish | ||
Rameshwar Manjhi | ||||
None | Gudani Singh | |||
None | Ramacharan Singh | |||
None | Sheobhajan Singh | |||
None | ||||
None | ||||
Tekari | None | Mithileshwar Prasad Sinha | ||
Daudnagar | None | Ram Naresh Singh | ||
Goh | None | Mundrika Singh | ||
Rafiganj | None | S.m. Latifur Rahman | ||
Aurangabad | None | Priyabrat Narain Sinha | ||
Obra | None | Padarath Singh | ||
Nabi Nagar | None | Anugrah Narayan Singh | ||
Barhara | None | Rambilas Sinha | ||
Arrah Muffasil | None | Ambika Singh | ||
Arrah Town | None | Rang Bahadur Prasad | ||
Sahar | None | Deo Naryan Singh | ||
Chainpur | None | Gupta Nath Singh | ||
Bhabua Cum Mohania | None | Ram Nagina Singh | ||
Dularchand Ram | ||||
Sasaram Cum Rohtas | None | Govind Chamar | ||
Jagannath Singh | ||||
Dehri | None | Basawan Sinha | ||
Ramgarh | None | Ram Chandra Rai | ||
Itarhi | None | Raja Ram Arya | ||
Buxar | None | Lakshmi Kant Tiwary | ||
Dumraon | None | Harihar Prasad Singh | ||
Barhampur | None | Lallan Singh | ||
Sahpur | None | Ramanand Tiwari | ||
None | ||||
Bikramganj | None | Hemraj Yadav | ||
Nokha | None | Raghunath Prasad Sah | ||
Dinara | None | Ramanand Upadhya | ||
Tarari Cum Piro | None | Devidayal Ram | ||
Radha Mohan Rai | ||||
Kuchaikot | None | Shiva Kumar Pathak | ||
Gopalganj | None | Kamla Rai | ||
Barauli | None | Abdul Gafar Mian | ||
Baikunthpur | None | Shivabachan Trivedi | ||
Katea Cum Bhore | None | Nand Kishore Narayan | ||
Mirganj | None | Janardan Sinha | ||
Barharia | None | Saghirul Haque | ||
None | Ram Baswan Ram | |||
Shankar Nath | ||||
Mairwa | None | Gadadhar Prasad | ||
None | Ramayan Shukla | |||
None | ||||
Manjhi | None | Girish Tiwary | ||
Maharajganj | None | Mahamaya Pd. Sinha | ||
Ekma | None | Laksmi Narain Singh | ||
Basantpur West | None | Krishna Kant Singh | ||
Basantpur East | None | Hari Kishore Prasad | ||
Masarakh North | None | Baij Nath Singh | ||
Masarakh South | None | Sukh Deo Narayan Mahath | ||
Marhaura | None | Ram Swarup Devi | ||
Baniyapur | None | Bishwa Nath Mishra | ||
Chapra Town | None | Murli Manohar Pd. | ||
Chapra Muffasil Cum Garakha | None | Jaglal Choudhary | ||
None | ||||
Dighwara | None | Ram Binod Singh | ||
None | Jagadish Sharma | |||
Bagaha Cum Ram Nagar | None | Jagarnath Prasad Srivastava | ||
Kedar Pandey | ||||
Shikarpur Cum Lauria | None | Raghuni Baitha | ||
Biswa Nath Sinha | ||||
Sikta | None | Faizul Rahman | ||
Dhanaha | None | Sudama Mishra | ||
Bettiah | None | Prajapati Mishra | ||
Nautan | None | Parbati Devi | ||
Sugauli | None | Jai Narain Prasad | ||
Harsidhi | None | Haribansh Sahai | ||
Motihari Cum Pipra | None | Yamuna Ram | ||
Ganesh Prasad Sah | ||||
Raxaul | None | Radha Pandey | ||
Adapur | None | Ram Sunder Tiwari | ||
Ghorasahan | None | Ram Ayodhya Prasad | ||
Dhaka | None | Mashood Moulvi | ||
Patabi | None | Gadadhar Sinha | ||
Madhubani | None | Braj Behari Sharma | ||
Govindganj | None | Sheodhari Pandey | ||
Kesaria | None | Parvawati Gupta | ||
Majorganj | None | Ram Dulari | ||
Sheohar Cum Belsand | None | Chulhai Dusadh | ||
Thakur Girjanandan Singh | ||||
Sitamarhi South | None | Ram Sewak Saran | ||
Sitamarhi West | None | |||
Sitamarhi | None | Damodar Jha | ||
Ruinsaidpur | None | Viveka Nand Gir | ||
Pupri South | None | Shyam Nandan Das Mahant | ||
Pupri North | None | Doctor Habib | ||
Sonbarsa Frontier | None | Tildhari Prasad Mahato | ||
None | ||||
Sahibganj | None | Brajnandan Prasad Singh | ||
Baruraj | None | Ram Chandra Prasad Sahi | ||
Kanti | None | Jamuna Prasad Tripathy | ||
Kurhani | None | Kapil Deo Narayan Singh | ||
Mahua | None | Phudeni Prasad Sp | ||
Paru North | None | Nawal Kishore Prasad Singh | ||
Paru South | None | Harihar Saran Dutta | ||
Lalganj | None | Chandramani Lal Choudhary | ||
Laliteshwar Prasad Sahi | ||||
Hajipur | None | Saryug Prasad | ||
Raghopur | None | Haribansh Narain Singh | ||
Minapur | None | Janak Singh | ||
Katra North | None | Mathura Prasad Singh | ||
Katra South | None | Niteshwar Prasad Sinha | ||
Muzaffarpur Town | None | Bindeshwari Prasad Verma | ||
Muzaffarpur Cum Sakra | None | Shio Nandan Ram | ||
Mahesh Prasad Sinha | ||||
Pateypur | None | Nathuni Lal Mahato | ||
Mahanar | None | Dip Narain Singh | ||
Jale | None | Abdul Sami Nadavi | ||
None | Ramrup Prasad Rai | |||
Tajpur | None | |||
Warisnagar | None | Dhanpati Paswan | ||
Bashishtha Narain Singh | ||||
Samastipur | None | Yadunandan Sahai | ||
Sunder Mahato | ||||
Dalsingsarai East | None | |||
Dalsingsarai West | None | Devaki Nandan Jha | ||
Rosera | None | Baleshwar Ram Inc | ||
Darbhanga | None | Sayeedul Haque | ||
Darbhanga North | None | Hirdaya Narayan Choudhary | ||
Durbhanga South | None | Radha Kant Choudhary | ||
Babuay Lal Mahato | ||||
Benipatti West | None | Shafi | ||
Benipatti East | None | |||
Biraul | None | Deva Chandra Mishra | ||
Bahera South | None | Krishna Devi | ||
Bahera North | None | Jai Narayan Vineet Jha | ||
Bahera North East | None | Narendra Nath Das | ||
Singhia | None | Gajendra Narain Singh | ||
Madhaipur | None | Janki Nandan Singh | ||
Harlakhi | None | Janak Kishore Devi | ||
Jainagar | None | Mahabal Kumar | ||
Khajauli | None | Ahmad Sakoor | ||
Iadania | None | |||
Madhubani | None | Ram Krishna Mahato | ||
Hari Nath Misra | ||||
Jhanjharpur | None | Kapileshwar Shastri | ||
None | ||||
Phulparas | None | Kashinath Mishra | ||
Kharagpur | None | Shri Krishna Sinha | ||
Tarapur | None | Rai Basukinath | ||
Jamalpur Town | None | Jogendra Mahato | ||
Monghyr Town | None | Nirapad Mukherjee | ||
Suraj Garha Cum Lakhisarai | None | Rajeshwar Prasad Singh | ||
Bhagwat Prasad | ||||
Jhajha | None | Chandrashekhar Singh | ||
Lakchmipur Cum Jamui | None | Guru Chamar Inc | ||
Barbigha | None | Krishna Mohan Pearey Singh | ||
Sheikhpura Cum Sikandara | None | Shah Mustaque Saheb | ||
Raghunandan Prasad | ||||
Bariyarpur | None | Ramnarayan Choudhary | ||
Bachhwara | None | Mithan Choudhary | ||
Teghara | None | Ram Charitra Sinha | ||
Begusarai North | None | Md. Ilyas | ||
Begusarai South | None | Saryoo Prasad Singh | ||
Bakhari | None | Shivbrat Narain Sinha | ||
Balia | None | Brahma Deo Narain Sinha | ||
Khagaria | None | Dwarika Prasad | ||
Bakhtiarpur Cum Chautham | None | Mishri Mushar | ||
Jiyalal Mandal | ||||
Gogri | None | Suraj Narain Singh | ||
Parbatta | None | Kumar Tribeni Kumar | ||
Nirmali | None | Kamta Prasad Gupta | ||
Pratapganj | None | Kublal Mahato | ||
Supaul | None | Lahton Choudhary | ||
Tribeniganj Cum Madhipura | None | Bholi Shardar | ||
Dharhara | None | Ramesh Jha | ||
Sawarbazar Cum Sonbarsa | None | Jageshwar Hazara | ||
Upendra Narain Singh | ||||
Murliganj | None | Shibnandan Prasad Mandal | ||
None | ||||
None | ||||
Naugachia Cum Bihpur | None | Kumar Raghunandan Prasad | ||
Colgong | None | Ramjanam Mahton | ||
Bhagalpur Town | None | Satendra Narain Agrawal | ||
Bhagalpur Muffasil | None | Syed Maqbool Ahmad | ||
Sultanganj | None | Rash Bihari Lal | ||
Dhuraia Cum Amarpur | None | Pashupati Singh | ||
Bhola Nath Das | ||||
Banka | None | Raghwendra Narain Singh | ||
Belhar Cum Katoria | None | Piroo Manjhi | ||
Shital Prasad Bhagat | ||||
Pirpanti | None | Siaram Singh | ||
Narpatganj Cum Dharhara | None | Dumar Lal Baitha | ||
Ram Narain Mandal | ||||
Demdaha Cum Korha | None | Lakshmi Narain Sudhansu | ||
Bhola Paswan | ||||
Rupauli | None | Mohit Lal Pandit | ||
Thakurganj | None | Anath Kanta Basu | ||
Islampur | None | Chowdhary Mohamad Afaque | ||
Kishanganj | None | Rautmal Agrawal | ||
Bahadurganj | None | Ahsan Mohammad | ||
Karandigahi | None | Mohinuddin Mokhtar | ||
Kadwe | None | Jiwats Himansu Sharma | ||
Forbesganj | None | Bokai Mandal | ||
Palasi | None | Punyanand Jha | ||
Araria | None | Ziaur Rahman Hazi | ||
Amaur | None | Mohammad Tahir | ||
Baisi | ST | Abdul Ahad Mohammad Noor | ||
Purnea | None | Kamal Deo Narain Sinha | ||
Katihar Cum Barari | None | Sukhdeo Narain Singh | ||
Babulal Manjhi | ||||
Azamnagar | None | Parbati Devi | ||
Rajmahal Damin | None | Jetha Kisku | ||
Pakaur Damin | ST | Ram Charan Kisku | ||
Godda Damin | ST | Babulal Tuddu | ||
Mahagama | None | Sagar Mohan Pathak | ||
Godda | None | Budhinath Kairav Jha | ||
Paraiyahat Cum Jarmundih | None | Chunka Hembrom | ||
Jagdish Narain Mandal | ||||
Ramgarh | ST | Suapi Murmu | ||
Dumka | ST | Devi Soren | ||
Jamtara | None | Satrughan Besra | ||
Masalia | ST | Madan Besra | ||
Sikaripars | ST | William Hembrom | ||
Maheshpur | ST | Jittu Kisku | ||
Pakaur | None | Jotirmoyee Devi | ||
Rajmahal | ST | Md. Burhanuddin Khan | ||
Deoghar | None | Bhubneshwar Pandey | ||
Madhupur Cum Sarath | None | Janaki Prasad Singh | ||
Gokul Mahara | ||||
Narainpur | None | Krishna Gopal Das | ||
Jamui Cum Gawan | None | Sadanand Prasad | ||
Kisan Ram Das | ||||
Kodarma | None | Awadh Bihari Dikshit | ||
Dhanwar | None | Punit Rai | ||
Giridh Cum Dumri | None | Krishnaballabh Sahai | ||
Lakshman Manjhi | ||||
Bagodar | None | Kamakhya Narayan Singh | ||
Patarbar | None | Kamakhya Narain Singh | ||
Gomia | None | Kamakhya Narain Singh | ||
Ramgarh Cum Hazari Bagh | None | Bigan Ram | ||
Basant Narain Singh | ||||
Barhi | None | Rameshwar Prasad Mahato | ||
Chauparan | None | Gauri Charan Singh | ||
Barkagaon | None | Kamakhya Narain Singh | ||
Chatra | None | Sukhlal Singh | ||
Mandar | ST | Soma Bhagat | ||
Silli | None | Bhola Nath Bhagat | ||
Ranchi | None | Paul Dayal Jhp | ||
Sonahatu | None | Jagannath Mahto Kurmi | ||
Tamar | ST | Naiyaran Munda | ||
Bero | ST | Harman Lakra | ||
Gumla | ST | Shukra Uraon | ||
Basia | None | Junas Soren | ||
Khunti | ST | Lucas Munda | ||
Kolebra | ST | S.k. Bose | ||
Simdega | ST | Alfred Uraon | ||
Chainpur | ST | Deocharan Manjhi | ||
Sisai | ST | Baliya Bhagat | ||
Lohardata | None | Ignas Kujur | ||
Hussainbad Cum Garhwah | None | Raj Kishore Sinha | ||
Deochanda Ram Pasi | ||||
Nagar Untari | None | Rajeshwari Saroj Das | ||
Daltonganj | None | Amiya Kumar Gosh | ||
Lesliganj Cum Chhatarpur | None | Jitoo Ram | ||
Bhuneshwar Choubey | ||||
Lateher Cum Manatu | None | Girijanandan Singh | ||
Bhagirathi Singh | ||||
Topchanchi | None | Purnendu Narain Singh | ||
Katras | None | Manorma Sinha | ||
Tundi Cum Nirsa | None | Ram Narayan Sharma | ||
Tika Ram Manjhi | ||||
Dhanbad | None | Purushotam Chouhan | ||
Baliapur | None | Kali Prasad Singh | ||
Kashipur Cum Raghunathpur | None | Budhan Manjhi | ||
Annada Prasad Chakrabarty | ||||
Para Cum Chas | None | Sarat Mochi | ||
Deoshankari Prasad Singh | ||||
Jhalda | None | Debendra Nath Mahata | ||
Bagmundi | None | Sirish Chandra Banerjee | ||
Purulia Cum Hura | None | Dimo Charmahar | ||
Samarendra Nath Ojha | ||||
Manbazar Cum Patamda | None | Nitai Singh Sardar | ||
Satya Kinkar Mahata | ||||
Barabazar Cum Chandil | None | Bhimchandra Mahato | ||
Atul Chandra Singh Bhuiya | ||||
Manoharpur | ST | Subha Nath Deogam | ||
Chakradharpur | ST | Sukhdeo Manjhi | ||
Kolhan | ST | Sidhu Hembrom | ||
Jamda | ST | Aukuro Ho | ||
Manjari | ST | Surendra Nath Birua | ||
Kharsawan | ST | Ujindra Lal Ho | ||
Sraikella | None | Mihir Kavi | ||
Jamshedpur | None | Sheo Chandrika Prasad | ||
Jugsalai Cum Potka | None | Kailash Prasad | ||
Haripada Singh | ||||
Ghatsila Cum Baharagora | None | Ghani Ram Santhal | ||
Mukunda Ram Tenty | ||||
Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[1] Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.