Close contests · 1952
Tightest races by winning margin for the 1952 general election.
| Constituency | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contai | West Bengal | DASS, BASANTA KUMAR (INC) | BANDOPADHYA, PROMATHA NATH (KMPP) | 127 (0.1%) |
| Hoshangabad | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | SYED AHMAD (INC) | H. V. KAMATH (IND) | 174 (0.1%) |
| RAJAHMUNDRY | Madras | KANETI MOHANA RAO (CPI) | — (—) | 1,375 (0.2%) |
| SAHARANPUR DISTT (WEST) CUM MUZAFFER NAGAR DISTT NORTH) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SUNDER LAL (INC) | — (—) | 2,045 (0.3%) |
| Diamond Harbour | West Bengal | BASU KAMAL (CPI) | — (—) | 2,311 (0.3%) |
| GHAZIPUR DISTT (EAST) CUM BALLIA DISTRICT SOUTH (WEST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAM NAGINA (SP_ABBR1) | KRISHNA NAND (INC) | 402 (0.3%) |
| CHHATARPUR DATIA TIKAMGARH | Vindhya Pradesh | RAM SAHAI TIWARI (INC) | — (—) | 1,337 (0.4%) |
| TENALI | Madras | KOTHA RAGHURAMIAH (INC) | KORATALA SATYANARAYANA (CPI) | 1,388 (0.5%) |
| SHAHABAD SOUTH | Bihar 1947 1999 | RAM SUBHAG SINGH (INC) | — (—) | 3,464 (0.6%) |
| UNNAO DISTRICT CUM RAE BARELI DISTT (WEST) CUM HARDOI DISTRICT (SOUTH EAST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | VISHAMABHER (INC) | — (—) | 3,342 (0.7%) |
| ERNAKULAM | Travancore Cochin | A. M. THOMAS (INC) | PADMANABHA MENON (KSP) | 1,736 (0.7%) |
| TINDIVANAM | Madras | A. JAYARAMAN (TNT) | — (—) | 5,898 (0.7%) |
| ALIGARH DISTRICT | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | NARDEO JI (INC) | — (—) | 5,616 (0.8%) |
| MADURAI | Madras | S. BALASUBRAMANIAM (INC) | — (—) | 5,817 (0.8%) |
| MONGHYR NORTH EAST | Bihar 1947 1999 | SURESH CHANDRA MISHRA (SP_ABBR1) | RAJENDRA PRASAD YADAV (INC) | 1,246 (0.8%) |
| NELLORE | Madras | BEZWADA RAMACHANDRA REDDY (IND) | VENNALAKURTHI RAGHAVAIAH (INC) | 1,787 (0.9%) |
| Howrah | West Bengal | SANTOSH KUMAR DUTTA (INC) | SARKAR, ANIL KUMAR (CPI) | 1,766 (1.0%) |
| MANBHUM NORTH | Bihar 1947 1999 | MOHAN HARI (INC) | — (—) | 4,527 (1.0%) |
| SITAPUR DISTT CUM KHERI DISTT (WEST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | PRAGI LAL (INC) | — (—) | 6,176 (1.2%) |
| MANBHUM SOUTH CUM DHALBHUM | Bihar 1947 1999 | BHAJAHARI MAHATON (LSS) | — (—) | 5,608 (1.2%) |
| Nowrangpur | Orissa | PONNADA SUBARAO (GP) | JAGDISH CHANDRA NAYAK (INC) | 1,778 (1.2%) |
| CHITTOOR | Madras | T. N. VISHWANATHA REDDI (INC) | — (—) | 10,508 (1.3%) |
| WEST KHANDESH | Bombay | BHARATIYA SHALIGRAM RAMCHANDRA (INC) | — (—) | 10,063 (1.3%) |
| Birbhum | West Bengal | ANIL KUMAR CHANDA (INC) | — (—) | 7,012 (1.4%) |
| BOMBAY CITY NORTH | Bombay | GANDHI VITHAL BALKRISHNA (INC) | MEHTA ASHOK RANJITRAM (SP_ABBR1) | 11,001 (1.5%) |
| FEROZEPORE LUDHIANA | Punjab | LAL SINGH (SAD) | MANGAL SINGH (INC) | 12,543 (1.5%) |
| GANGANAGAR JHUNJHUNU | Rajasthan | PANNA LAL (INC) | — (—) | 10,300 (1.6%) |
| THANA | Bombay | NANDKAR ANANT SAVALARAM (INC) | — (—) | 11,348 (1.6%) |
| SHAHABAD NORTH WEST | Bihar 1947 1999 | KAMAL SINGH (IND) | KALAWATI (INC) | 2,392 (1.6%) |
| JHAJJAR REWARI | Punjab | GHAMANDI LAL (INC) | PARTAP SINGH (ZP) | 3,932 (1.6%) |
| CACHAR LUSHAL HILLS | Assam | LASKAR, NIBARAN CHANDRA (INC) | — (—) | 10,155 (1.6%) |
| NORTH BENGAL | West Bengal | UPENDRA NATH BARMAN (INC) | — (—) | 14,014 (1.6%) |
| SANKARANAINARKOIL | Madras | M. SANKARAPANDIAN (INC) | AHMAD IBRAHIM (IND) | 4,118 (1.7%) |
| SURAT | Bombay | DESAI KANHAIYALAL NANABHAI (INC) | — (—) | 14,721 (1.7%) |
| MEHSANA WEST | Bombay | KILACHAND TULSHIDAS KILACHAND (IND) | DESAI KHANDUBHAI KASANJI (INC) | 4,064 (1.8%) |
| MYSORE | Mysore | N. RACHIAH (INC) | — (—) | 13,028 (1.8%) |
| MUZAFFARPUR NORTH WEST | Bihar 1947 1999 | CHANDESWAR NARAIN PRASAD SINHA (INC) | BAIJNATH PD. VERMA (SP_ABBR1) | 2,482 (1.8%) |
| KALAHANDI BOLANGIR | Orissa | GIRIDHARI BHOI (GP) | — (—) | 10,262 (1.9%) |
| WARANGAL | Hyderabad | PENDYAL RAGHAVA RAO (PDF) | KOLOJI NARAYAN RAO (INC) | 3,613 (1.9%) |
| ERODE | Madras | BALAKRISHNAN (INC) | — (—) | 15,181 (1.9%) |
| SANTAL PARGANAS CUM HAZARIBAUG | Bihar 1947 1999 | RAM RAJ JAJWARE (INC) | — (—) | 13,170 (2.1%) |
| SHOLAPUR | Bombay | MORE SHANKAR SHANTARAM (PWP) | — (—) | 16,621 (2.1%) |
| GUNA | Madhya Bharat | V. G. DESHPANDE (HMS) | GOPI KRISHNA VIJAYVARGIYA (INC) | 2,969 (2.1%) |
| Bankura | West Bengal | JAGANNATH KOLEY (INC) | — (—) | 12,619 (2.2%) |
| PALAMAU CUM HAZARIBAGH CUM RANCHI | Bihar 1947 1999 | JITHAN KHERWAR (INC) | — (—) | 10,694 (2.3%) |
| ELURU | Madras | K. SUBHA RAO (CPI) | — (—) | 23,151 (2.3%) |
| GOALPARA GARO HILLS | Assam | JONAB AMJAD ALI (SP_ABBR1) | — (—) | 16,949 (2.4%) |
| Hooghly | West Bengal | N. C. CHATTERJEE (HMS) | RENUKA ROY (INC) | 4,900 (2.5%) |
| TANJORE | Madras | R. VENKATARAMAN (INC) | R. SRINIVASA SARMA (IND) | 5,007 (2.5%) |
| MAYURAM | Madras | K. ANANDA NAMBIAR (CPI) | K. SANTHANAM (INC) | 22,104 (2.5%) |
| DHARAMAPURI | Madras | N. SATYANATHAN (IND) | K. SUBRAMANIAN (INC) | 4,646 (2.5%) |
| Ghatal | West Bengal | CHOWDHURY NIKUNJA BEHARI (CPI) | BASU MAITREYEE (INC) | 4,519 (2.5%) |
| QUILON CUM MAVELIKARA | Travancore Cochin | SREEKANTAN NAIR (RSP) | — (—) | 26,223 (2.5%) |
| MONGHYR SADAR CUM JAMUI | Bihar 1947 1999 | BANARSI PD. SINHA (INC) | — (—) | 13,345 (2.6%) |
| LUCKNOW DISTT CUM BARA BANKI DISTT | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | GANGA DEVI (INC) | — (—) | 13,064 (2.6%) |
| MIRZAPUR DISTRICT CUM BANARAS DISTRICT (WEST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | RUP NARAIN (INC) | — (—) | 13,837 (2.7%) |
| NANDYAL | Madras | SESHAGIRI RAO (IND) | SURA RAMI REDDY (INC) | 6,604 (2.7%) |
| TIRUPATHI | Madras | M. ANANTHASAYANAM AYYANAGAR (INC) | N. VENKATARAM, NAIDU (KLP) | 6,037 (2.7%) |
| KAPURTHALA BHATINDA | Patiala And East Punj | HUKAM SINGH (SAD) | — (—) | 23,444 (2.7%) |
| PURNEA CUM SANTAL PARGANAS | Bihar 1947 1999 | BHAGAT JHA (AZAD) (INC) | — (—) | 18,212 (2.8%) |
| KOTAH JHALAWAR | Rajasthan | NEMICHAND KASILWAL (INC) | SITA RAM (IND) | 2,659 (2.8%) |
| BHARATPUR SAWAIMADHOPUR | Rajasthan | GIRRAJ SHARAN SINGH (IND) | — (—) | 19,996 (2.9%) |
| Sundargarh | Orissa | SIBNARAYAN SINGH (INC) | NATABAR NAYAK (GP) | 5,338 (3.0%) |
| OUTER DELHI | Delhi 21 | C. KRISNAN NAIR (INC) | — (—) | 13,479 (3.0%) |
| KARIMNAGAR | Hyderabad | BADAN YELLA REDDY (PDF) | — (—) | 21,707 (3.0%) |
| sikar | Rajasthan | NAND LAL (RRP) | BAJAI KAMAL NAYAN JAMNA LAL (INC) | 4,185 (3.1%) |
| BILASPUR DURG RAIPUR | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | AGAMDAS (INC) | — (—) | 16,702 (3.2%) |
| VELLORE | Madras | MUTHUKRISHNAN (INC) | — (—) | 21,294 (3.2%) |
| HAMIRPUR DISTRICT | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | MANNU LAL DUVEDI (INC) | RAN VIJAYA BAHADUR SINGH (IND) | 4,144 (3.2%) |
| TIRUVALLUR | Madras | MARGATHAM CHANDRASEKAR (INC) | — (—) | 19,925 (3.2%) |
| MANDI MAHASU | Himachal Pradesh | AMRIT KAUR (INC) | — (—) | 5,719 (3.3%) |
| NALGONDA | Hyderabad | RAVI NARAYAN REDDY (PDF) | — (—) | 27,045 (3.4%) |
| PONNANI | Madras | KELAPPAN KOYHAPALI (KMPP) | KARUNAKARA MENON (INC) | 26,152 (3.4%) |
| REWA | Vindhya Pradesh | RAJBHAN SINGH (INC) | MAHARAO RAJA-KAMLAKAR SINGH (KMPP) | 3,301 (3.4%) |
| AZAMGARH DISTRICT (WEST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | VISHWA NATH (INC) | — (—) | 18,832 (3.4%) |
| Burdwan | West Bengal | ATULLA GHOSE (INC) | — (—) | 17,464 (3.4%) |
| JAUNPUR DISTRICT (EAST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | BIRBAL SINGH (INC) | — (—) | 19,311 (3.4%) |
| HARDOI DISTT (NORTH WEST) CUM FARRUKHABAD DISTT (EAST) CUM SHAHJANPUR DISTT (SOUTH) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | BASHIR (INC) | — (—) | 18,457 (3.5%) |
| FAIZABAD DISTT (NORTH WEST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | PANNA LAL (INC) | — (—) | 18,455 (3.5%) |
| ONGOLE | Madras | M. NANADASS (IND) | — (—) | 26,180 (3.6%) |
| AHMEDABAD | Bombay | MAVLANKAR GANESH VASUDEO (INC) | — (—) | 26,850 (3.7%) |
| BULDANA AKOLA | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | GOPALRAO BAJIRAO KHEDKAR (INC) | — (—) | 32,440 (3.8%) |
| PATHAPATNAM | Madras | V. V. GIRI (INC) | MADUSUDANA JAGADEV RAJA BAHADUR (IND) | 6,395 (3.8%) |
| udaipur | Rajasthan | BALWANT SINGH (INC) | LAL SINGH (BJS) | 3,570 (3.9%) |
| PRATAPGARH DISTT (WEST) CUM RAE BARELI DISTT (EAST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | Feroze Gandhi (INC) | — (—) | 19,084 (4.0%) |
| Uluberia | West Bengal | SATYABAN ROY (INC) | ARABINDO GHOSAL (FBL(MG)) | 7,398 (4.0%) |
| GAYA WEST | Bihar 1947 1999 | SATYANDRA NARAIN SINGH (INC) | BILASH SINGH (SP_ABBR1) | 5,711 (4.0%) |
| SHAJAHANPUR DISTT (NORTH) CUM KHERI DISTT (EAST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAMESHWAR PRASAD NEVA (INC) | — (—) | 19,409 (4.0%) |
| CUDDALORE | Madras | GOVINDASWAMY KACHIRAYAR (TNT) | KANAKASABAI (INC) | 30,406 (4.1%) |
| ANANTAPUR | Madras | PAIDI LAKSHMAYYA (INC) | PAMIDI BAYAPA REDDI (IND) | 9,000 (4.2%) |
| KRISHNAGIRI | Madras | C. R. NARASIMHAN (INC) | C. DORAISAMI GOUNDER (IND) | 6,194 (4.2%) |
| NANDED | Hyderabad | SHANKER RAO SRINIVAS RAO (INC) | — (—) | 18,820 (4.2%) |
| SOUTH KANARA SOUTH | Madras | B. SHIVA RAO (INC) | K. R. KARANTH (KMPP) | 8,841 (4.3%) |
| KOLAR | Mysore | DODDATHIMMIAH (INC) | — (—) | 31,442 (4.4%) |
| Hoshiarpur | Punjab | DIWAN CHAND (INC) | — (—) | 35,145 (4.4%) |
| SARAN CUM CHAMPARAN | Bihar 1947 1999 | BIBHUTI MISSIR (INC) | — (—) | 19,397 (4.4%) |
| JAJPUR KEONJHAR | Orissa | BHUBANANDA DAS (INC) | — (—) | 20,585 (4.5%) |
| Serampore | West Bengal | TUSAR KANTI CHATTOPADHYAYA (CPI) | SACHINDRA CHAUDHURI (INC) | 8,936 (4.7%) |
| OSMANABAD | Hyderabad | DIWAN RAGHEVENDRA SRINIVAS RAO (INC) | NARSING RAO BALBIM RAO (PWP) | 9,103 (4.7%) |
| AZAMGARH DISTRICT (EAST) CUM BALLIA DISTRICT (WEST) | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | ALGU RAI SHASTRI (INC) | ZAINUL ABDIN AHMAD (CPI) | 7,263 (4.7%) |
| Constituency | Category | Winner | Runner-up | Vote share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contai | GEN | Dass, Basanta Kumar (inc) | — | — | 127 (0.1%) | — |
| Hoshangabad | GEN | Syed Ahmad (inc) | — | — | 174 (0.1%) | — |
| RAJAHMUNDRY | GEN | Kaneti Mohana Rao (cpi) | — | — | 1,375 (0.2%) | — |
| SAHARANPUR DISTT (WEST) CUM MUZAFFER NAGAR DISTT NORTH) | GEN | Sunder Lal (inc) | — | — | 2,045 (0.3%) | — |
| Diamond Harbour | GEN | Basu Kamal (cpi) | — | — | 2,311 (0.3%) | — |
| GHAZIPUR DISTT (EAST) CUM BALLIA DISTRICT SOUTH (WEST) | GEN | Ram Nagina (sp_abbr1) | — | — | 402 (0.3%) | — |
| CHHATARPUR DATIA TIKAMGARH | GEN | Ram Sahai Tiwari (inc) | — | — | 1,337 (0.4%) | — |
| TENALI | GEN | Kotha Raghuramiah (inc) | — | — | 1,388 (0.5%) | — |
| SHAHABAD SOUTH | GEN | Ram Subhag Singh (inc) | — | — | 3,464 (0.6%) | — |
| UNNAO DISTRICT CUM RAE BARELI DISTT (WEST) CUM HARDOI DISTRICT (SOUTH EAST) | GEN | Vishamabher (inc) | — | — | 3,342 (0.7%) | — |
| ERNAKULAM | GEN | A. M. Thomas (inc) | — | — | 1,736 (0.7%) | — |
| TINDIVANAM | GEN | A. Jayaraman (tnt) | — | — | 5,898 (0.7%) | — |
| ALIGARH DISTRICT | GEN | Nardeo Ji (inc) | — | — | 5,616 (0.8%) | — |
| MADURAI | GEN | S. Balasubramaniam (inc) | — | — | 5,817 (0.8%) | — |
| MONGHYR NORTH EAST | GEN | Suresh Chandra Mishra (sp_abbr1) | — | — | 1,246 (0.8%) | — |
| NELLORE | GEN | Bezwada Ramachandra Reddy (ind) | — | — | 1,787 (0.9%) | — |
| Howrah | GEN | Santosh Kumar Dutta (inc) | — | — | 1,766 (1.0%) | — |
| MANBHUM NORTH | GEN | Mohan Hari (inc) | — | — | 4,527 (1.0%) | — |
| SITAPUR DISTT CUM KHERI DISTT (WEST) | GEN | Pragi Lal (inc) | — | — | 6,176 (1.2%) | — |
| MANBHUM SOUTH CUM DHALBHUM | GEN | Bhajahari Mahaton (lss) | — | — | 5,608 (1.2%) | — |
| Nowrangpur | GEN | Ponnada Subarao (gp) | — | — | 1,778 (1.2%) | — |
| CHITTOOR | GEN | T. N. Vishwanatha Reddi (inc) | — | — | 10,508 (1.3%) | — |
| WEST KHANDESH | GEN | Bharatiya Shaligram Ramchandra (inc) | — | — | 10,063 (1.3%) | — |
| Birbhum | GEN | Anil Kumar Chanda (inc) | — | — | 7,012 (1.4%) | — |
| BOMBAY CITY NORTH | GEN | Gandhi Vithal Balkrishna (inc) | — | — | 11,001 (1.5%) | — |
| FEROZEPORE LUDHIANA | GEN | Lal Singh (sad) | — | — | 12,543 (1.5%) | — |
| GANGANAGAR JHUNJHUNU | GEN | Panna Lal (inc) | — | — | 10,300 (1.6%) | — |
| THANA | GEN | Nandkar Anant Savalaram (inc) | — | — | 11,348 (1.6%) | — |
| SHAHABAD NORTH WEST | GEN | Kamal Singh (ind) | — | — | 2,392 (1.6%) | — |
| JHAJJAR REWARI | GEN | Ghamandi Lal (inc) | — | — | 3,932 (1.6%) | — |
| CACHAR LUSHAL HILLS | GEN | Laskar, Nibaran Chandra (inc) | — | — | 10,155 (1.6%) | — |
| NORTH BENGAL | GEN | Upendra Nath Barman (inc) | — | — | 14,014 (1.6%) | — |
| SANKARANAINARKOIL | GEN | M. Sankarapandian (inc) | — | — | 4,118 (1.7%) | — |
| SURAT | GEN | Desai Kanhaiyalal Nanabhai (inc) | — | — | 14,721 (1.7%) | — |
| MEHSANA WEST | GEN | Kilachand Tulshidas Kilachand (ind) | — | — | 4,064 (1.8%) | — |
| MYSORE | GEN | N. Rachiah (inc) | — | — | 13,028 (1.8%) | — |
| MUZAFFARPUR NORTH WEST | GEN | Chandeswar Narain Prasad Sinha (inc) | — | — | 2,482 (1.8%) | — |
| KALAHANDI BOLANGIR | GEN | Giridhari Bhoi (gp) | — | — | 10,262 (1.9%) | — |
| WARANGAL | GEN | Pendyal Raghava Rao (pdf) | — | — | 3,613 (1.9%) | — |
| ERODE | GEN | Balakrishnan (inc) | — | — | 15,181 (1.9%) | — |
| SANTAL PARGANAS CUM HAZARIBAUG | GEN | Ram Raj Jajware (inc) | — | — | 13,170 (2.1%) | — |
| SHOLAPUR | GEN | More Shankar Shantaram (pwp) | — | — | 16,621 (2.1%) | — |
| GUNA | GEN | V. G. Deshpande (hms) | — | — | 2,969 (2.1%) | — |
| Bankura | GEN | Jagannath Koley (inc) | — | — | 12,619 (2.2%) | — |
| PALAMAU CUM HAZARIBAGH CUM RANCHI | GEN | Jithan Kherwar (inc) | — | — | 10,694 (2.3%) | — |
| ELURU | GEN | K. Subha Rao (cpi) | — | — | 23,151 (2.3%) | — |
| GOALPARA GARO HILLS | GEN | Jonab Amjad Ali (sp_abbr1) | — | — | 16,949 (2.4%) | — |
| Hooghly | GEN | N. C. Chatterjee (hms) | — | — | 4,900 (2.5%) | — |
| TANJORE | GEN | R. Venkataraman (inc) | — | — | 5,007 (2.5%) | — |
| MAYURAM | GEN | K. Ananda Nambiar (cpi) | — | — | 22,104 (2.5%) | — |
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