Back Pemilihan umum Majelis Legislatif Madras 1952 ID சென்னை மாநில சட்டமன்றத் தேர்தல், 1952 Tamil 1952 మద్రాసు రాష్ట్ర శాసనసభ ఎన్నికలు Tegulu
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All 375 seats in the Madras State Legislative Assembly 188 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 36,600,615 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 54.75% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election was held on 27 March 1952 to elect all 375 members of the Legislative Assembly of Madras State (present-day Tamil Nadu). They were the first elections held in the state following Indian independence. Although voting was held in 1952, the Election Commission of India officially designated it as taking place in 1951.
No party won an outright majority in the election, though the Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as the largest party with 152 seats and more than a third of the vote. The Communist Party of India (CPI) came in second with 62 seats, followed by the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (KMPP) with 35 seats. C. Rajagopalachari of the INC was elected chief minister as a consensus candidate.
This was the only election for Madras State where it still encompassed the Telugu-speaking areas of what is present-day Andhra Pradesh, as it split off to form Andhra State in 1953. The separation consolidated the non-Brahmin INC faction led by K. Kamaraj. Opposition to his education policy led to Rajagopalachari's resignation in 1954 and Kamaraj was elected chief minister in his stead.
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