Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 1952. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats, and Yashwant Singh Parmar became the Chief Minister.
Constituencies The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly consisted of 36 seats, distributed in eight two-member constituencies and twenty single-member constituencies. A total of 135 contestants were in the fray for these 36 seats.
Results
!colspan=8| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 35 || 24 || 66.67 || 84,819 || 47.25
| style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | | 22 || 3 || 8.33 || 26,371 || 14.69
| style="text-align:left;" |Scheduled Caste Federation | | 9 || 1 || 2.78 || 10,352 || 5.77
| 36 || 8 || 22.22 || 47,746 || 26.6 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total seats ! 36 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 7,13,554 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 1,79,515 (25.16%)
Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberParty1Solan None Ram Dass Hira Singh Pal 2 Kasumpti Hitendra Sen 3 Suni Sita Ram 4 Kumarsain Ram Dayal 5Theog Jiwanoo Devi Ram 6 Jubbal Bala Nand 7 Rohru Padam Dev 8 Rajgarh Ghan Shyam 9Rampur Hardayal Singh Bhagat Ram 10 Chini Gopal Chand 11 Bhamla Sarju Singh 12 Rawalsar Pandit Gauri Prasad 13 Mahadev Karam Singh 14Chachiot Piru Krishna Chandar 15 Kersog Rattan Singh 16 Sunder Nagar Baldev Chand 17 Sadar Mandi Krishna Nand Swami 18 Joginder Nagar Besar Ram 19Sandhol Hari Singh Kashmir Singh 20Churah Vidya Dhar Avtar Chand 21 Chamba Chattar Singh 22 Bhattiyat Jaiwant Ram 23 Bharmour Gurditta Mal 24 Pangi Daulat Ram 25 Nahan Tapinder Singh 26 Paonta Shiva Nand 27Pachhad Jiwnu Yashwant Singh Parmar 28Reinka Partap Singh Dharam Singh
State Reorganization Under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory on 1 November 1956, under the direct administration of the President of India and the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously. Under Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, following area of Punjab State namely Simla, Kangra, Kulu and Lahul and Spiti Districts, Nalagarh tehsil of Ambala District, Lohara, Amb and Una kanungo circles, some area of Santokhgarh kanungo circle and some other specified area of Una tehsil of Hoshiarpur District besides some parts of Dhar Kalan Kanungo circle of Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur District; were merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 November 1966 and the next legislative elections were held in 1967.
References
External links Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh