1951–52 Indian general election in Punjab

1951–52 Indian general election in Punjab


18 (of 489) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered6,718,345
Turnout3,717,260 (55.33%)
  First party Second party
 
Party INC SAD
Seats won 16 2
Popular vote 2,134,586 569,973
Percentage 42.76% 11.42%

Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

Prime Minister after election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

The 1951–52 Indian general election was the first democratic national election held in India after Independence, and the polls in Punjab were held for 15 constituencies with 18 seats. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 16 out of the 18 seats. Only 2 seats was won by the Shiromani Akali Dal.

Results

By Party

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress2,134,58642.7616
Shiromani Akali Dal569,97311.422
Zamindar Party291,3005.830
Bharatiya Jana Sangh279,6395.600
Communist Party of India251,6235.040
Independents930,38318.640
Other parties534,83410.710
Total4,992,338100.0018
Registered voters/turnout6,718,345

By constituency

# Constituency Turnout Winner[1] Party Runner-up Party
1 Ambala Simla 200,028 Tek Chand INC Sohan Lal ABJS
2 Karnal 842,918 Virendra Kumar INC
Subhadra Joshi INC
3 Rohtak 253,188 Ranbir Singh INC Hari Ram Zamindar Party
4 Jhajjar Rewari 246,224 Ghamandi Lal INC Partap Singh Zamindar Party
5 Gurgaon 251,946 Thakar Das INC Jiwan Khan Ind
6 Hissar 188,389 Achint Ram INC Hardev Sahai Ind
7 Fazilka Sirsa 214,413 Atma Singh INC Gur Raj Singh SAD
8 Ferozepore Ludhiana 811,732 Bahadur Singh SAD
Lal Singh SAD
9 Nawan Shahr 250,375 Baldev Singh INC Har Kishan Singh CPI
10 Jullundur 199,468 Amar Nath INC Ajit Singh SAD
11 Hoshiarpur 799,356 Ram Das INC
Diwan Chand INC
12 Kangra 159,053 Hem Raj INC Yodh Raj ABJS
13 Gurdaspur 182,413 Teja Singh INC Gurbhajan Singh Ind
14 Tarn Taran 212,396 Surjit Singh INC Dalip Singh CPI
15 Amritsar 180,439 Gurmukh Singh Musaffar INC Hukam Singh SAD

References

  1. ^ "General Election, 1951 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

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