1952 Ahmedabad City by-election

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On June 4, 1952 a by-election for one of the two seats of the Ahmedabad City nos. VI, VII constituency of the Bombay Legislative Assembly was held.^[1] The by-election was called following the resignation of Somnath Prabhashankar Dave.^[2]^[3]

The Indian National Congress fielded the Chief Minister Morarji Desai whilst the Communist Party of India fielded Dinkar Mehta.^[4] Desai won the seat with 18,583 votes (61.08%) against 11,841 (38.92%) votes for Mehta.^[1]^[4]^[2]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 G.A. Natesan (1952). The Indian Review. G.A. Natesan & Company. p. 320.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
↑ Election Commission of India. Bombay 1951
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Devavrat N. Pathak; Mathuradas Govindji Parekh; Kirtidev Dahyabhai Desai (1966). Three General Elections in Gujarat: Development of a Decade, 1952-1962. Gujarat University. p. 40.

[Natesan1952-1] 1.0 ^1.1 G.A. Natesan (1952). The Indian Review. G.A. Natesan & Company. p. 320.

[e-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95

[3] Election Commission of India. Bombay 1951

[PathakParekh1966-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Devavrat N. Pathak; Mathuradas Govindji Parekh; Kirtidev Dahyabhai Desai (1966). Three General Elections in Gujarat: Development of a Decade, 1952-1962. Gujarat University. p. 40.

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