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On 4 June 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
- ^ a b G.A. Natesan (1952). The Indian Review. G.A. Natesan & Company. p. 320.
- ^ a b Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
- ^ Election Commission of India. Bombay 1951
- ^ a b 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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