| BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH | |
Election to the Legislative Assembly,1952 |
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| 1. | No. of Seats | 232(136 SINGLE MEMBER & 48 TWO MEMBER |
| 2. | No. of Contestants | 1118 |
| 3. | ELECTORS | |
| MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL | ||
| i. | No. of Electors | 10835802 | ||
| ii. | No. of Voters | 15173925 | ||
| iii. | Polling Percentage |
| 4. | No. of Valid Votes | 7006588 (46.1%) | ||
| 5. | Votes Rejected | |||
| 6. | No. of Polling Stations | |||
| 7. | Average No.of Electors per Polling Station | |||
| Performance of Parties | ||||
| PARTY | No. of candidates | Seats won | % of votes polled |
| CONGRESS | 213 | 195 | 46.80 |
| SOCIALIST PARTY | 135 | 2 | 9.40 |
| KMPP | 65 | 8 | 3.90 |
| COMMUNIST PARTY | 8 | 0 | 0.30 |
| JAN SANGH | 68 | 0 | 3.50 |
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| NATIONAL PARTIES | |||
| OTHER PARTIES & INDEPENDENTS | 629 | 27 | 36.10 |
| TOTAL | 1118 | 232 | 100.00 |