1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election


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

Indian National Congress

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

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. 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. The PDF won all of the seats in Nalgonda district.

Socialist Party

The socialists contested 97 seats. 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. The socialist leader Mahadev Singh lost the seat he contested.

Scheduled Castes Federation

The SCF contested the election in alliance with the PDF.

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, People's Democratic Front had six Muslim candidates whilst the Socialist Party nominated three Muslims. 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 and one had contested as an independent.

Results

Result Summary

Party wise results

District wise results

Source : Election Commission of India
S.No.DistrictConstituenciesINCPDFSPPWPSCFInd.
1Hyderabad1411 2 1
2Mehboobnagar118 1 2
3Raichur115 6
4Gulbarga1413 1
5Bidar1111
6Osmanabad74 3
7Bhir84 3 1
8Aurangabad119 2
9Parbhani91 6 2
10Nanded98 1
11Adilabad93 1 5
12Nizamabad85 3
13Medak107 2 1
14Karimnagar152 7 2 2 2
15Warangal142 9 1 1 1
16Nalgonda1414
Total17593421110514

List of members

The following is the list of members in the assembly who were elected.
DistrictS.No.Assembly constituencyWinnerName of Party
Hyderabad1MusheerabadDr. Melkote, G.SINC
Hyderabad2ChaderghatEkbote, Gopal RaoINC
Hyderabad3Begum BazarVaidya, Kashinath RaoINC
Hyderabad4Hyderabad CitySyed HassanInd
Hyderabad5ShalibandaMassoma BegumINC
Hyderabad6KarwanNarendraINC
Hyderabad7SomajigudaMehdi Nawaz JungINC
Hyderabad8MalakpetAbdul RahmanPDF
Hyderabad9Secunderabad Raju, V.BINC
Hyderabad10Secunderabad Mutyal Rao, J.B.INC
Hyderabad11Ibrahimpatnam Papi Reddy, K.PDF
Hyderabad12Ibrahimpatnam Gautam, M.B.INC
Hyderabad13MedchalGopal Reddy, VarakantamINC
Hyderabad14ShahbadKonda Venkata Ranga ReddyINC
Mahbubnagar15PargiShah Jehan BegumINC
Mahbubnagar16ShadnagarRamakrishna Rao, BurgulaINC
Mahbubnagar17MahbubnagarHanumantha Rao, P.INC
Mahbubnagar18Kalwakurthy Narsing Rao, M.INC
Mahbubnagar19Kalwakurthi Veeraswamy, K.R.INC
Mahbubnagar20Nagarkurnool Brahma Reddy, BInd
Mahbubnagar21Nagarkurnool Ramaswamy, D.Ind
Mahbubnagar22KollapurAnantha Ramachandra ReddyPDF
Mahbubnagar23WanaparthySuravaram Pratap ReddyINC
Mahbubnagar24Makhtal-Atmakur Shanta BaiINC
Mahbubnagar25Makhtal-Atmakur Basappa, E.INC
Raichur26Alampur-Gadwal Pulla Reddy, PagaINC
Raichur27Alampur-Gadwal Naganna, K.INC
Raichur28RaichurShroff, L.K.INC
Raichur29DeodurgKaribasappa, Guru BasappaInd
Raichur30LingsugurBaswan GowdaINC
Raichur31ManviPanpan Gowda, SakrappaInd
Raichur32SindhanoorShiva Basan GowdaInd
Raichur33GangavathiHiremath, K.R.Ind
Raichur34KoppalMahadevamma BasawangowdaInd
Raichur35YelbargaAyyan Gowda, NingangowdaINC
Raichur36KushtagiAndanappaInd
Gulbarga37ShorapurKolur MallappaINC
Gulbarga38Andole Sharan Gowda SiddaramayyaInd
Gulbarga39AfzalapurA.R. BasappaINC
Gulbarga40AlnadPatil, VirendraINC
Gulbarga41KamalapurPatil, ChandrasekharINC
Gulbarga42GulbargaMohammed AliINC
Gulbarga43ChitapurRudrappa, S.INC
Gulbarga44ChincholiRamachari, G.INC
Gulbarga45Tandur-serumPraneshchari, J.K.INC
Gulbarga46Kodangal Anant ReddyINC
Gulbarga47Kodangal Veeraswamy, BanamINC
Gulbarga48Yadgir Chanderki Jagannath RaoINC
Gulbarga49Yadgir AmbadasINC
Gulbarga50ShahpurVirupakshappaINC
Bidar51AhmedpurNivarthi Reddy, Namdeo ReddyINC
Bidar52NilangaWaghmare, Sheshrao MadhavraoINC
Bidar53HalsurBapu Rao DeshpandeINC
Bidar54BhalkiKamitakar, Muralidhar RaoSrinivasa RaoINC
Bidar55Humnabad Shanker DeoINC
Bidar56Humanabad Ekheliker, Srinivasa Rama RaoINC
Bidar57ZaheerabadYerolker, Gunderao Y.INC
Bidar58BidarSafiuddinINC
Bidar59NarayankhedAppa Rao, RamshettiINC
Bidar60Udgir Ghonsikar, Madhavrao VenkatraoINC
Bidar61Udgir Kable, Tulsiram DashrathINC
Osmanabad62ParendaPatil, Vishwas Rao Ganpat RaoPWP
Osmanabad63KallamKabade, Achut Rao YogirajuPWP
Osmanabad64LaturKoratkar, Vinayakrao VidyalankarINC
Osmanabad65AwsaChauhan, Devi SinghINC
Osmanabad66OmergaGandhi, PoolchandINC
Osmanabad67Osmanabad Udhave RaoPWP
Osmanabad68Osmanabad Kallyan RaoINC
Bhir69GeoraiRama Rao, DayanobaPDF
Bhir70AshtiPatil, Rakhamaji DhondibaINC
Bhir71PatodaKotecha, RatnalalINC
Bhir72BhirSripat RaoPDF
Bhir73ManjelgaonLimbaji MuktajiPDF
Bhir74MominabadDeshmukh, Vamanrao RamaraoPWP
Bhir75Mominabad Dwaraka Prasad ChaudhariINC
Bhir76KaijRamalingaswamy, MahalingaswamyINC
Aurangabad77KannadNawadar, Ramgopal RamakishanINC
Aurangabad78AurangabadNawasekar, Shripad Rao Laxman RaoINC
Aurangabad79PhulmarriPahade, Manikchand KawalchandINC
Aurangabad80SillodPathak, Naga Rao Viswanath RaoINC
Aurangabad81Bhokardan Baburao DadduraoPDF
Aurangabad82Bhokardan Kable, Dhondiraj Ganapath RaoINC
Aurangabad83JalnaSyed Mohammed MoosaviINC
Aurangabad84AmbadGadhe, Bhagawanth Rao Gambhir RaoINC
Aurangabad85Paithan-Gangapur Bapuji MansinghPDF
Aurangabad86Paithan-Gangapur Gaikwad, Govindrao KerojiINC
Aurangabad87VaijapurWaghmare, AshatiINC
Parbhani88PathriRama Rao Balakishan RaoINC
Parbhani89ParturAnkush Rao VenkatraoPWP
Parbhani90JinturBhujanga Rao Nagu RaoPWP
Parbhani91Hingloi Naik, ShamraoPWP
Parbhani92Hingoli Nerlikar, Madhav Rao deobaSCF
Parbhani93Basmath Boralker, Bhagwanrao GopalaraoPWP
Parbhani94Basmath Jadhav, Shamrao BikajiSCF
Parbhani95ParbhaniGavani, AnnajiraoPWP
Parbhani96GangakhedDeshmukh, RangaraoPWP
Nanded97HadgaonWaipankar, Madhav RaoPDF
Nanded98BhokarDigambar Rao BinduINC
Nanded99MudholeGopal Shashtry DeoINC
Nanded100BilloliNarayanarao Narsing RaoINC
Nanded101Deglur Jayawanth Rao, Dyaneshwar RaoINC
Nanded102Deglur Waghmare, Ganpat Rao ManikraoINC
Nanded103Khandar Morey, Govind Rao Narsing RaoINC
Nanded104KandharSawai Madhava RaoINC
Nanded105NandedGanjava, Bhagwan RaoINC
Adilabad106Nirmal Gopidi Ganga ReddySocialist
Adilabad107Nirmal Ganga Ram DevaraSocialist
Adilabad108KinwatShrihariINC
Adilabad109AdilabadDaji Shankar RaoPDF
Adilabad110Asifabad Kasiram, GangviINC
Adilabad111Asifabad Konda Laxman BapujiINC
Adilabad112SirpurBuchaiah, M.Socialist
Adilabad113Luxettipet Viswanath Rao, SooreSocialist
Adilabad114Luxettipet Rajamallu, KodatiSocialist
Nizamabad115ArmurRajaram, GSocialist
Nizamabad116BalkondaAnantha Reddy, K.Socialist
Nizamabad117DichpalliSrinivas Rao, D.Socialist
Nizamabad118NizamabadMohammed Dawar HussainINC
Nizamabad119BodhanSastri, S.L.INC
Nizamabad120BanswadaLaxmi Bai, SangamINC
Nizamabad121KamareddyVithal Reddy, G.INC
Nizamabad122KamareddyRama Rao, VINC
Medak123Vicarabad Dr. Chenna Reddy, Marri GINC
Medak124Vicarabad Ramaswamy, ArigeINC
Medak125Andole Joshi, Venkat RajeswarINC
Medak126Andole Laxman KumarINC
Medak127NarsapurRam Reddy, J.INC
Medak128MedakVenkateswar RaoINC
Medak129RamayampetGaneriwal, LaxminivasINC
Medak130GajwelVasudevu, PendemPDF
Medak131SiddipetGuruva Reddy, A.PDF
Medak132RajgopalpetNarayan Reddy, K.V.Ind
Karimnagar133HuzurabadNarayan Rao, PonnamaneniINC
Karimnagar134HuzurabadVenkatesam, JSocialist
Karimnagar135NustlapurSingireedy Venkat ReddyPDF
Karimnagar136KarimnagarVenkat Ram Rao, Ch.PDF
Karimnagar137ElgandalDamodar Rao, JuvvadiPDF
Karimnagar138Sircilla Rajamani Devi, J.MSCF
Karimnagar139Sircilla Anand Rao, JoganapalliPDF
Karimnagar140MetpalliBhomayya, GangulaInd
Karimnagar141Jagtial Malla Reddy, BaddamINC
Karimnagar142Jagtial Rajaram, ButtiINC
Karimnagar143SultanabadRaj Reddy, A.PDF
Karimnagar144PeddapalleMuttayya, LPDF
Karimnagar145KunaramKondal Reddy, MudigantiInd
Karimnagar146ParkalKesava Reddy, KatangurINC
Karimnagar147ManthaniSriramulu, GolukotaSocialist
Warangal148WarangalRajalingam, M.S.INC
Warangal149HasanparthiMirza Shukur BaigINC
Warangal150HanamkondaRaghava Rao, PendyalaPDF
Warangal151WaradhanapetRaghava Rao, PendyalaPDF
Warangal152Mahabubabad Srinivas Rao, KankantiPDF
Warangal153Mahabubabad Chander Rao, B.M.SCF
Warangal154PakhalGopal Rao, G.PDF
Warangal155MulugHanumanth Rao, G.PDF
Warangal156Yellandu Narsimha Rao, K.L.PDF
Warangal157Yellandu Vooke NagaiahSOCIALIST
Warangal158VemsurRamakrishna Rao, KandimallaInd
Warangal159Madhira Venkaiah, KondaboluPDF
Warangal160Khammam Krishnayya, BuggaveetiPDF
Warangal161Khammam Rentala Bala Guru MurthyPDF
Nalgonda162IppagudaVithal RaoPDF
Nalgonda163JangaonSyed Akhtar HussainPDF
Nalgonda164AlerKamala Devi, ArutlaPDF
Nalgonda165BhongirNarayana Reddy, RaviPDF
Nalgonda166RamannapetRamachandra Reddy, KattakuriPDF
Nalgonda167ChinnakondurVenakata Rama Rao, KanchenrpalliPDF
Nalgonda168Nalgonda Ram Reddy, KattaPDF
Nalgonda169Nalgonda Laxmayya, P.PDF
Nalgonda170DevarakondaAnantha Rama Rao, K.PDF
Nalgonda171PeddamungalVenkat Rama Rao, AkkinapalliPDF
Nalgonda172Huzurnagar Jai Soorya, N.M.PDF
Nalgonda173Huzurnagar Narasimlu, TalamallaPDF
Nalgonda174Suryapet Dharma Bhiksham, BommaganiPDF
Nalgonda175Suryapet Uppala MalsurPDF

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, Bidar and Gulbarga were transferred to Mysore State, while Marathwada district was transferred to Bombay State.