1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952
All 187 seats in the West Bengal state assembly; 94 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Bidhan Chandra Roy; INC	Elected Chief Minister ; Bidhan Chandra Roy; INC

The West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952 was a part of the series of Legislative Assembly elections in 1952. It was the first ever assembly election held in West Bengal.

Alliances

On the political left, two alliances had emerged the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Socialist Republican Party^[1] and the Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)) and the People's United Socialist Front (comprising the Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc (Ruikar) and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India).^[2]

Results

Alliance wise result

The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.

USOI	SEATS	PUSF	SEATS	INC+	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
CPI	28	SPI	0	INC	150	BJS	9	IND	19
SRP	0	FB(R)	1			ABHM	4	KMPP	15
AFBM	11	RSP	0			ABRRP	0
TOTAL (1952)	39	TOTAL (1952)	2	TOTAL (1952)	150	TOTAL (1952)	13	TOTAL (1952)	34

Party wise result

Summary of results of the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election^[3]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress		236	150	63.56	2,889,994	38.82
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party		129	15	6.36	667,446	8.97
	Communist Party of India		86	28	11.86	800,951	10.76
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh		85	9	3.81	415,458	5.58
	Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)		48	11	4.66	393,591	5.29
	Socialist Party		63	0		215,382	2.89
	Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha		33	4	1.69	1,76,762	2.37
	Forward Bloc (Ruikar)		32	2	0.85	1,07,905	1.45
	Revolutionary Socialist Party		16	0		63,173	0.85
	Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore)		10	0		32,859	0.44
	Bolshevik Party of India		8	0		20117	0.27
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad		14	0		7,100	0.10
	Independent (India)		614	19	8.05	1,653,165	22.21
Total seats			238	Voters	17,628,239	Turnout	7,443,903 (42.23%)

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member
Kalimpong	None	Lalit Bahadur Kharga	Communist Party of India
Darjeeling	None	Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj	Independent
Jore Bungalow	None	Shiva Kumar Rai	Independent
Kurseong Siliguri	None	Tenzing Wangdi	Indian National Congress
Kurseong Siliguri	None	George Mahbert	Independent
Jalpaiguri	None	Ashrumati Devi	Indian National Congress
Jalpaiguri	None	Khagendra Nath Dasgupta	Indian National Congress
Western Duars	None	Sasadhar Kar	Indian National Congress
Western Duars	None	Munda Antoni Topno	Indian National Congress
Mainaguri	None	Surendra Nath Roy	Indian National Congress
Dhupguri	None	Rabindra Nath Sikdar	Indian National Congress
Alipur Duars	None	Pijush Kanti Mukherjee	Indian National Congress
Alipur Duars	None	Dhirandra Bramha Mandal	Indian National Congress
Central Duars	None	Jajneswar Roy	Indian National Congress
Central Duars	None	Bhagat Mangaldas	Indian National Congress
Mekliganj	None	Satyendra Prasanna Chatterjee	Indian National Congress
Mathabhanga	None	Sarada Prasad Pramanick	Indian National Congress
Dinhate	None	Satish Chandra Roy Singha	Indian National Congress
Dinhate	None	Umesh Chandra Mandal	Indian National Congress
Cooch Behar	None	Maziruddin Ahmed	Indian National Congress
Cooch Behar	None	Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar	Indian National Congress
Raiganj	None	Shyama Prasad Barman	Indian National Congress
Raiganj	None	Gulam Hamidur Rahman	Indian National Congress
Itahar	None	Banamali Das	Indian National Congress
Gangarampur	None	Satindra Nath Basu	Indian National Congress
Balurghat	None	Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyaya	Indian National Congress
Balurghat	None	Lakshman Chandra Hasda	Indian National Congress
Gazole	None	Dharanidhar Sarkar	Communist Party of India
Kharba	None	Tafazzal Hossain	Indian National Congress
Harishchandrapur	None	Ramhari Roy	Indian National Congress
Ratua	None	Md. Sayeed Mia	Indian National Congress
Manikchak	None	Pashupati Jha	Indian National Congress
Malda	None	Nikunjabehari Gupta	Indian National Congress
Malda	None	Raipada Das	Independent
Kalichak (north)	None	Abul Barkat Ataul Gani	Independent
Kaliachak (south)	None	Sowrindra Mohan Misra	Indian National Congress
Nalhati	None	Yeakub Hossain	Indian National Congress
Murarai	None	Jogendra Narayan Das	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Rampurhat	None	Panchanan Let	Forward Bloc
Rampurhat	None	Srikumar Bandopadhyaya	Forward Bloc
Nanur	None	Saha Sisir Kumar	Indian National Congress
Nanur	None	Murarka Basanta Lal	Indian National Congress
Bolpur	None	Roy Hanseswar	Indian National Congress
Bolpur	None	Hansadah Bhusan	Indian National Congress
Suri	None	Majhi Nishapati	Indian National Congress
Suri	None	Sen Gupta Gopika Bilas	Indian National Congress
Khayrasole	None	Bandopadhyaya Khagendra Nath	Indian National Congress
Farakka	None	Giasuddin	Indian National Congress
Suti	SC	Lutfal Haque	Independent
Sagardighi	None	Shyamapada Bhattacharyya	Indian National Congress
Sagardighi	None	Kuber Chand Haldar	Indian National Congress
Lalgola	None	Kazeemali Meerza	Indian National Congress
Murshidabad	None	Durgapada Sinha	Indian National Congress
Raninagar	None	Jainal Abedin Kezi	Indian National Congress
Jallangi	None	A . M . A . Zaman	Indian National Congress
Hariharpara	None	A . Hamid ( Haji )	Indian National Congress
Newada	None	Mahammad Israil	Independent
Beldanga	None	Kshitish Chandra Ghose	Indian National Congress
Bharatpur	None	Bijoyendu Narayan Roy	Indian National Congress
Burwan Khargram	None	Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Maulik	Indian National Congress
Burwan Khargram	None	Sudhir Mondal	Indian National Congress
Kandi	None	Goalbadan Trivedi	Indian National Congress
Berhampore	None	Bejoy Kumar Ghosh	Indian National Congress
Chhatna	None	Probodh Chandra Dutta	Hindu Mahasabha
Chhatna	None	Kamala Kanta Hembram	Indian National Congress
Raipur	None	Jadu Nath Murmu	Independent
Raipur	None	Jatindra Nath Basu	Indian National Congress
Khatra	None	Ashutosh Mallik	Indian National Congress
Khatra	None	Amulya Ratan Ghose	Hindu Mahasabha
Taldangra	None	Purabi Mukherjee	Indian National Congress
Barjora	None	Prafulla Chandra Roy	Indian National Congress
Gangajalghati	None	Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee	Indian National Congress
Bankura	SC	Rakhahari Chatterjee	Hindu Mahasabha
Vishnupur	None	Kiran Chandra Digar	Indian National Congress
Vishnupur	None	Radha Gobinda Roy	Indian National Congress
Sonamukhi	None	Sishuram Mandal	Indian National Congress
Sonamukhi	None	Bhabataran Chakraborty	Indian National Congress
Binpur	None	Mongal Chandra Saren	Indian National Congress
Binpur	None	Nripendra Gopal Mitra	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Gopiballavepore	None	Dhananjoy Kar	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Gopiballavepore	None	Jagatpati Hansda	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Jhargram	None	Madan Mohan Khan	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Jhargram	None	Mohendra Nath Mahato	Indian National Congress
Narayangarh	None	Surendranath Pramanik	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Narayangarh	None	Krishna Chandra Satpati	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Pingla	None	Pulin Behari Maity	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Danton	None	Jnanendra Kumar Choudhury	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Kharagpur	None	Muhammad Momtaz Moulana	Indian National Congress
Garbetta	None	Saroj Roy	Communist Party of India
Salboni	None	Bejoy Gopal Goswami	Independent
Patashpur	None	Janardan Sahu	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Keshpur	None	Nagendra Doloi	Communist Party of India
Keshpur	None	Gangapada Kuor	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Ghatal	None	Amulyacharan Dal	Communist Party of India
Ghatal	None	Jatishchandra Ghosh	Communist Party of India
Daspur	None	Mrigendra Bhattachariya	Communist Party of India
Panskura North	None	Rajanikanta Pramanik	Indian National Congress
Panskura South	None	Shyama Bhattacharyya	Indian National Congress
Sabang	None	Gopal Chandra Das Adhikary	Indian National Congress
Moyna	None	Kanilal Bhowmic	Communist Party of India
Tamluk	None	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	Indian National Congress
Mahisadal	None	Kumar Deba Prosad Garga	Independent
Nandigram North	None	Subodh Chandra Maity	Indian National Congress
Nandigram South	None	Prabir Chandra Jana	Indian National Congress
Sutahata	None	Kumar Chandra Jana	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Ramnagar	None	Trailakya Nath Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Contai North	None	Sudhir Chandra Das	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Contai South	None	Natendra Nath Das	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Mohanpur	None	Basanta Kumar Panigrahi	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Khejri	None	Koustuv Kanti Karan	Indian National Congress
Khejri	None	Abha Maity	Indian National Congress
Bhagawanpur	None	Rameswar Panda	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Shyampur	None	Sasabindu Bera	Forward Bloc
Uluberia	None	Bijoy Mondal	Forward Bloc
Uluberia	None	Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh	Forward Bloc
Bagnan	None	Sambhu Charan Mukhopadhaya	Indian National Congress
Amta South	None	Arabinda Roy	Indian National Congress
Amta Central	None	Tarapada Pramanik	Indian National Congress
Amta North	None	Alamohon Dass	Independent
Sankrail	None	Kanai Lal Bhattacharya	Forward Bloc
Sankrail	None	Kripa Sindhu Shaw	Forward Bloc
Jagatballavpur	None	Amrita Lal Hazra	Indian National Congress
Howrah North	None	Biren Banerjee	Communist Party of India
Howrah East	None	Saila Kumr Mukhopadhyaya	Indian National Congress
Howrah West	None	Bankim Chandra Kar	Indian National Congress
Howrah South	None	Beni Charan Dutta	Indian National Congress
Domjur	None	Tarapada Dey	Communist Party of India
Bally	None	Ratan Moni Chattopadhyaya	Indian National Congress
Singoor	None	Sourendra Nath Saha	Communist Party of India
Singoor	None	Ajit Kumar Basu	Communist Party of India
Uttarpara	None	Monoranjan Hazra	Communist Party of India
Serampore	None	Jitendra Nath Lahiri	Indian National Congress
Bhadreswar	None	Byomkerh Majumdar	Indian National Congress
Goghat	None	Radha Krishna Pal	Independent
Arambagh	None	Madan Mohan Saha	Communist Party of India
Arambagh	None	Radha Krishna Pal	Independent
Tarakeswar	None	Parbati Hazra	Indian National Congress
Chinsurah	None	Jyotish Chandra Ghosh	Forward Bloc
Chinsurah	None	Radha Nath Das	Indian National Congress
Dhanialkhali	None	Dhirendra Narayan Mukherji	Indian National Congress
Dhanialkhali	None	Loso Hasda	Indian National Congress
Balagarh	None	Brindaban Chattopadhyay	Indian National Congress
Burdwan	None	Binoy Krishna Chaudhury	Communist Party of India
Khandaghosh	None	Jonab Mahammad Hossain	Indian National Congress
Raina	None	Dasarathi Tah	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Raina	None	Mritunjoy Pramanik	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Galsi	None	Mahitosh Saha	Indian National Congress
Galsi	None	Jadabendra Nath Panja	Indian National Congress
Ausgram	None	Ananda Gopal Mukhepadhyay	Indian National Congress
Ausgram	None	Kanai Lal Das	Indian National Congress
Raniganj	None	Banku Behari Mandal	Indian National Congress
Raniganj	None	Pashupati Nath Maliah	Independent
Kulti	None	Baidyanath Mandal	Indian National Congress
Kulti	None	Joynarayan Sarma	Indian National Congress
Asansol	None	Atindra Nath Bose	Forward Bloc
Kalna	None	Baidyanath Santal	Indian National Congress
Kalna	None	Rash Behari Sen	Indian National Congress
Purbasthali	None	Bimalananda Tarkatirtha	Indian National Congress
Manteswar	None	Annada Prasad Mandal	Indian National Congress
Katwa	None	Subodh Chowdhury	Communist Party of India
Mangalkot	None	Bhakta Chandra Roy	Indian National Congress
Ketugram	None	Tarapada Bandyopadhyay	Hindu Mahasabha
Karimpur	None	Haripada Chatterjee	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Tehatta	None	Raghunandan Biswas	Indian National Congress
Kaliganj	None	Jonab S. M. Fazlur Rahaman	Indian National Congress
Nakesipara	None	Jagannath Mazumder	Indian National Congress
Chapra	None	Smarajit Bandopadhya	Indian National Congress
Krishnagar	None	Bejoy Lal Chattapadhya	Indian National Congress
Nabadwp	None	Niranjan Modak	Indian National Congress
Santipur	None	Sashibhusan Khan	Indian National Congress
Ranaghat	None	Bijoy Krishna Sarkar	Indian National Congress
Ranaghat	None	Keshab Chandra Mitra	Indian National Congress
Bongaon	None	Jiban Ratan Dhar	Indian National Congress
Gaighata	None	Ziaul Hoque	Indian National Congress
Habra	None	Tarun Kanti Ghosh	Indian National Congress
Sarup Nagar	None	Mahammad Ishaque	Indian National Congress
Deganga	None	Rafiuddin Ahmed	Indian National Congress
Haroa Sandeshkhali	None	Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar	Indian National Congress
Haroa Sandeshkhali	None	Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal	Communist Party of India
Hasnabad	None	Bijesh Chandra Sen	Indian National Congress
Hasnabad	None	Rajkrishna Mandol	Indian National Congress
Basirhat	SC	Prafulla Banerjee	Indian National Congress
Dum Dum	None	Kanai Lal Das	Indian National Congress
Bhangar	None	Hemchandra Naskar	Indian National Congress
Bhangar	None	Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India
Baruipore	None	Lalit Kumar Sinha	Communist Party of India
Baruipore	None	Abdus Shokur	Indian National Congress
Joynagar	None	Subodh Banerjee	Independent
Joynagar	None	Dintaran Moni	Independent
Baraset	None	Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay	Indian National Congress
Bizpur	None	Bipin Behari Ganguli	Indian National Congress
Naihati	None	Suresh Chandra Paul	Indian National Congress
Barrackpur	None	Phanindranath Mukhopadhya	Indian National Congress
Bhatpara	None	Dayaram Beri	Indian National Congress
Titagarh	None	Krishna Kumar Sukla	Indian National Congress
Baranagar	SC	Jyoti Basu	Communist Party of India
Mathurapur	None	Bhusan Chandra Das	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Mathurapur	None	Brindaban Gayan	Indian National Congress
Saugar	None	Haripaba Baguli	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Kulpi	None	Nalini Kanta Halder	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Kulpi	None	Prankrishna Kumar	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Mograhat	None	Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress
Mograhat	None	Abul Hashem	Indian National Congress
Falta	None	Jyotish Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India
Diamond Harbour	SC	Charu Chandra Bhandari	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Bishnupur	None	Basanta Kumar Mal	Indian National Congress
Bishnupur	None	Provash Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India
Budge Budge	None	Bankim Mukherjee	Communist Party of India
Mohestola	None	Sudhir Chandra Bhandari	Communist Party of India
Garden Reach	None	S . M . Abdullah	Indian National Congress
Tollyganj	None	Jyotish Joarder	Independent
Behala	None	Biren Roy	Forward Bloc
Cossipur	None	Biswanath Roy	Indian National Congress
Shampukur	None	Hemanta Kumar Bose	Independent
Kumartuli	None	Nepal Chandra Roy	Forward Bloc
Burtola	None	Nirmal Chandra De	Indian National Congress
Muchipara	None	Sankar Prasad Mitra	Indian National Congress
Jorabagan	None	Ram Lagan Singh	Indian National Congress
Jorasanko	None	Amarendra Nath Basu	Forward Bloc
Belgachia	None	Ganesh Ghose	Communist Party of India
Manicktala	None	Ranendra Nath Sen	Communist Party of India
Beliaghata	None	Suhrid Kumar Mullick Choudhury	Forward Bloc
Barabazar	None	Iswar Das Jalan	Indian National Congress
Colootola	None	Anandi Lal Poddar	Indian National Congress
Sealdah	None	Pannalal Bose	Indian National Congress
Vidyasagar	None	Narayan Chandra Roy	Independent
Taltola	None	Moulavi Shamsul Haque	Indian National Congress
Baniapukur Ballygunge	None	Pulin Behari Khatic	Indian National Congress
Baniapukur Ballygunge	None	Jogesh Chandra Gupta	Indian National Congress
Bhawanipur	None	Mira Dutta Gupta	Indian National Congress
Kalighat	None	Manikuntala Sen	Communist Party of India
Tollygunge (north)	None	Priya Ranjan Sen	Indian National Congress
Tollygunge (south)	None	Ambica Chakravorty	Communist Party of India
Watgunge	None	Kali Mukherjee	Indian National Congress
Alipur	ST	Satyendra Kumar Basu	Indian National Congress
Fort	None	Narendra Nath Sen	Indian National Congress
Bowbazar	None	Bidhan Chandra Roy	Indian National Congress
Entally	None	Debendra Chandra Dev	Indian National Congress

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from Bihar to West Bengal.^[4] Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.

References

^ Contested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected.
^ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

[1] Contested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected.

[2] M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.

[WBECI1951-3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.

[1955ReorgStates-4] "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.