1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election


This is a list of people elected at the 1952 general election to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress stormed into power. Shri Krishna Singh became the first elected Chief Minister of Bihar and Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha became the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the state.

Parties

National parties

  1. Bharatiya Jana Sangh
  2. Communist Party of India
  3. Forward Bloc
  4. Forward Bloc
  5. Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
  6. Indian National Congress
  7. Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
  8. Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
  9. Revolutionary Socialist Party
  10. Scheduled Caste Federation
  11. Socialist Party

    State parties

  12. Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party
  13. Jharkhand Party
  14. Lok Sewak Sangh
  15. All India United Kisan Sabha

    Registered (unrecognised) parties

  16. All India Gantantra Parishad

    Results

List of elected candidates

State Reorganization

Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.