26 March 1952 1957 → 96 13 36.69 12.44 | Ludhiana City South - 18,30,601 6,20,455 Start date March 26, 1952 | |
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Elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly were held on March 26, 1952. 842 candidates contested for the 105 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab. Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.
References
Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1952 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA