1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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Elections were held in March 1952 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly. There were 276 constituencies with 50 of them being two-member constituencies. The Indian National Congress (INC) 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.
Seat won by parties
- Congress (239 seats) (72.42%)
- Jharkhand Party (32 seats) (9.69%)
- Socialist Party (23 seats) (6.96%)
- CNSPJP (11 seats) (3.33%)
- LSS (7 seats) (2.12%)
- Independent (14 seats) (4.24%)
- Others (4 seats) (1.24%)