1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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All 232 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 117 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 15,513,592 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 45.11% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 1,122 candidates contested for the 184 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 48 two-member constituencies and 136 single-member constituencies, for a total of 232 seats. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Ravishankar Shukla became the Chief Minister.
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal state were merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division were transferred to Bombay State. Hence the constituencies were re-organized during 1957 elections.