1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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.

National parties

 * 1) Bharatiya Jana Sangh
 * 2) Communist Party of India
 * 3) Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
 * 4) Forward Bloc (Ruikar)
 * 5) Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
 * 6) Indian National Congress
 * 7) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
 * 8) Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
 * 9) Revolutionary Socialist Party
 * 10) Scheduled Caste Federation
 * 11) Socialist Party

State parties

 * 1) Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
 * 2) Jharkhand Party
 * 3) Lok Sewak Sangh
 * 4) All India United Kisan Sabha

Registered (unrecognised) parties

 * 1) All India Ganatantra Parishad

Results
 !colspan=10| ! colspan=2| Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % ! colspan = 3| Total seats ! 330 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 2,41,65,389 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 95,48,835 (39.51%) 
 * - style="background: #90EE90;"
 * style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress
 * Flag of Indian National Congress.png
 * 322 || 239 || 72.42 || 39,51,145 || 41.38
 * style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party
 * 266 || 23 || 6.97 || 17,29,750 || 18.11
 * style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
 * 98 || 1 || 0.30 || 2,68,416 || 2.81
 * 53 || 32 || 9.70 || 7,65,272 || 8.01
 * 38 || 11 || 3.33 || 3,01,691 || 3.16
 * style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
 * 34 || 1 || 0.30 || 1,07,386 || 1.12
 * style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
 * 29 || 1 || 0.30 || 60,360 || 0.63
 * 12 || 7 || 2.12 || 1,48,921 || 1.56
 * 1 || 1 || 0.30 || 14,237 || 0.15
 * 638 || 14 || 4.24 || 18,77,236 || 19.66
 * - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * 53 || 32 || 9.70 || 7,65,272 || 8.01
 * 38 || 11 || 3.33 || 3,01,691 || 3.16
 * style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
 * 34 || 1 || 0.30 || 1,07,386 || 1.12
 * style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
 * 29 || 1 || 0.30 || 60,360 || 0.63
 * 12 || 7 || 2.12 || 1,48,921 || 1.56
 * 1 || 1 || 0.30 || 14,237 || 0.15
 * 638 || 14 || 4.24 || 18,77,236 || 19.66
 * - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
 * 29 || 1 || 0.30 || 60,360 || 0.63
 * 12 || 7 || 2.12 || 1,48,921 || 1.56
 * 1 || 1 || 0.30 || 14,237 || 0.15
 * 638 || 14 || 4.24 || 18,77,236 || 19.66
 * - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * 12 || 7 || 2.12 || 1,48,921 || 1.56
 * 1 || 1 || 0.30 || 14,237 || 0.15
 * 638 || 14 || 4.24 || 18,77,236 || 19.66
 * - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * 1 || 1 || 0.30 || 14,237 || 0.15
 * 638 || 14 || 4.24 || 18,77,236 || 19.66
 * - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * 638 || 14 || 4.24 || 18,77,236 || 19.66
 * - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * 638 || 14 || 4.24 || 18,77,236 || 19.66
 * - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * }

State Reorganization
Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.