Indian National Congress The Congress Party won a clear majority of the seats in the assembly (93 seats out of 175), with 41.86% of the popular vote.
People's Democratic Front The elections were held in the aftermath of the
Telangana armed struggle. The communists had called off their guerrilla campaign in October 1951, just few months before the polls. The
Communist Party of India was banned in the state at the time, but contested the election under the cover of the
People's Democratic Front. The PDF won all of the seats in
Nalgonda district. The socialist leader Mahadev Singh lost the seat he contested (Secunderabad).
Muslim candidates At the time,
Muslims represented 7.75% of the population in the state. Out of the main parties, the
Indian National Congress had nominated 12 Muslim candidates (6.94% of their candidates), People's Democratic Front had six Muslim candidates (7.69%) whilst the Socialist Party nominated three Muslims (3.09%). Eleven Muslims were elected, below their percentage of the population. Eight of the elected Muslims came from the Indian National Congress, two from the People's Democratic Front (Mohamed Abdur Rahman from Malaket constituency and Syed Akhtar Hussain from
Jangaon) and one had contested as an
independent (
Syed Hasan, Hyderabad City constituency). ==Results==