1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election

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The 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election was held for nine days from 2 January to 25 January 1952, and the votes were counted 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. Outgoing chief minister P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja lost the election from the Srivilliputhur Constituency. 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...

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