Delhi's first Assembly
What happened
Delhi elected its first-ever Legislative Assembly, and the result was a clear win for one party.
The Indian National Congress won 39 of the 48 seats on offer, a landslide result.
Its nearest rival, the All India Bhartiya Jan Sangh, won just 5 seats.
What changed
Some of Delhi's constituencies used a multi-member design, where a single contest sent more than one member to the Assembly.
6 of the 42 constituencies worked this way.
Together, they helped fill all 48 of the Assembly's seats.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from that election stand out.
The closest race was in Khanjhawla, Delhi, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 24.
At the other extreme, Safdar Jang, Delhi was won by 66.8% of the vote.
The largest electorate was in Rehgar Pura Dev Nagar, Delhi, where 31,019 people were registered to vote.
The most crowded contest was in Mehrauli, Delhi, where 13 candidates stood for a single seat.
The backdrop
Delhi's status later changed, when a nationwide reorganisation replaced this Assembly with direct central administration.
Delhi's first Legislative Assembly, elected in 1952, was dissolved on 1 November 1956 when the States Reorganisation Act converted Delhi from a Part C state into a Union Territory under direct central administration. Delhi had no elected legislature again until 1993.