Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election, 1952

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Hyderabad were held on March 27, 1952. 564 candidates competed for the 175 seats in the Assembly. There were 33 two-member constituencies and 109 constituencies single-member constituencies.[1]

Indian National Congress

The Congress Party won a clear majority of the seats in the assembly (93 seats out of 175), with 41.86% of the popular vote.[1] Prominent Congress MLAs from Hyderabad District included Dr. G. S. Melkote and Gopal Rao Ekbote.[2] Kashinath Rao Vaidya, the Congress MLA from Begum Bazar, was elected Speaker of the Assembly after the election.[3]

People's Democratic Front

The elections were held in the aftermath of the Telangana armed struggle. The communists had called off their guerrilla campaign in October 1951, just few months before the polls.[4] The Communist Party of India was banned in the state at the time, but contested the election under the cover of the People's Democratic Front.[5] The PDF won all of the seats in Nalgonda district.[2]

Socialist Party

The socialists contested 97 seats.[1] However, the result was a set-back for the party with eleven seats won. The party had refused to cooperate with other parties against the Congress, which could have limited their success. Moreover, the party lacked strong leaders and was organizationally weak in the state.[6] The socialist leader Mahadev Singh lost the seat he contested (Secunderabad).[1][6]

Scheduled Castes Federation

The SCF contested the election in alliance with the PDF.[7]

Muslim candidates

At the time, Muslims represented 7.75% of the population in the state. Out of the main parties, the Indian National Congress had nominated 12 Muslim candidates (6.94% of their candidates), People's Democratic Front had six Muslim candidates (7.69%) whilst the Socialist Party nominated three Muslims (3.09%). Eleven Muslims were elected, below their percentage of the population. Eight of the elected Muslims came from the Indian National Congress, two from the People's Democratic Front (Mohamed Abdur Rahman from Malaket constituency and Syed Akhtar Hussain from Jangaon) and one had contested as an independent (Syed Hasan, Hyderabad City constituency).[1][8][9]

Results

Result Summary

 Summary of results of the Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election, 1952 [1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested 		Won % of
Seats 		Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 173 93 53.14 21,77,716 41.86
Socialist Party 97 11 6.29 5,90,209 11.35
People's Democratic Front 77 42 24.00 10,80,092 20.76
Scheduled Castes Federation 24 5 2.86 2,66,482 5.12
Peasants and Workers Party of India 21 10 5.71 2,15,992 4.15
Independent 136 14 8.00 7,58,318 14.58
Total seats 175 Voters 1,21,14,635 Turnout 52,02,214 (42.94 %)

Party wise results

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 2 0 2,328 0.04%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 3 0 3,176 0.06%
Indian National Congress 173 93 2,177,716 41.86%
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 1 0 4,047 0.08%
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 7 0 12,489 0.24%
Scheduled Caste Federation 24 5 266,482 5.12%
Socialist Party of India 97 11 590,209 11.35%
All India Republican Party 6 0 20,826 0.40%
Hyderabad State Depressed Classed Association 6 0 18,151 0.35%
Hyderabad State Praja Party 6 0 19,452 0.37%
Independent League 1 0 1,800 0.03%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 21 10 215,992 4.15%
Peoples Democratic Front 77 42 1,080,092 20.76%
United Scheduled Castes Federation 4 0 31,136 0.60%
Independents 136 14 758,318 14.58%
Total: 564 175 5,202,214

District wise results

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Source : Election Commission of India [2]

District INC PDF SP PWP SCF Ind.
Hyderabad 11 (79%) 2 (14%) 1 (7%)
Mehboobnagar 8 (73%) 1 (9%) 2 (18%)
Raichur 5 (45%) 6 (55%)
Gulbarga 13 (93%) 1 (7%)
Bidar 11 (100%)
Osmanabad 4 (57%) 3 (43%)
Bhir 4 (50%) 3 (37%) 1 (13%)
Aurungabad 9 (50%) 2 (37%)
Pharbani 1 (11%) 6 (67%) 2 (22%)
Nanded 8 (89%) 1 (11%)
Adilabad 3 (33%) 1 (11%) 5 (56%)
Nizamabad 5 (63%) 3 (37%)
Medak 7 (70%) 2 (20%) 1 (10%)
Karimnagar 2 (13%) 7 (47%) 2 (13%) 2 (13%) 2 (13%)
Warangal 2 (14%) 9 (64%) 1 (7%) 1 (7%) 1 (7%)
Nalgonda 14 (100%)

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Hyderabad State was merged into Andhra State to form a single state Andhra Pradesh. The districts of Raichur and Gulbarga were transferred to Mysore State, while Marathwada district was transferred to Bombay State.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Hyderabad" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hyderabad Legislative Assembly". ECI. AP Legislature. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ Abbasayulu, Y. B. (1978). Scheduled Caste Elite: A Study of Scheduled Caste Elite in Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad: Dept. of Sociology, Osmania University. p. 43.
  4. ↑ Ramakrishna Reddy, V. (1987). Economic History of Hyderabad State: Warangal Suba, 1911-1950. Gian Pub. House, Delhi. p. 77.
  5. ↑ Mathew, George (1984). Shift in Indian Politics: 1983 Elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, Bangalore. p. 71.
  6. 1 2 Kogekar, Sadanand Vasudeo; Park, Richard Leonard (1956). Reports on the Indian General Elections, 1951-52. Popular Book Depot, Bombay. pp. 178, 182.
  7. ↑ The Eastern Anthropologist. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society. 2005. p. 179.
  8. ↑ Ansari, Iqbal Ahmad (2006). Political Representation of Muslims in India: (1952 - 2004). Manak Publishers, New Delhi. p. 154.
  9. ↑ The Bulletin of the Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies, Vol. 9–10. The Institute, 1986. p. 36
  10. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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