Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1952

← N/A

26 March 1952

1957 →

All 126 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, 1957

	First party	Second party

Leader	Bhim Sen Sachar	-
Party	INC	SAD
Leader's seat	Ludhiana City South	-
Seats won	96	13
Popular vote	18,30,601	6,20,455
Percentage	36.69	12.44

Chief Minister before election

Bhim Sen Sachar
INC

Chief Minister

Bhim Sen Sachar
(17 Apr. 1952 - 23 Jan. 1956)
Partap Singh Kairon
(23 Jan. 1956 - Apr. 1957)
INC

Bhim Sen Sachar
INC

Bhim Sen Sachar
(17 Apr. 1952 - 23 Jan. 1956)
Partap Singh Kairon
(23 Jan. 1956 - Apr. 1957)
INC

Elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly were held on March 26, 1952. 842 candidates contested for the 105 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab. Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

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