[2] Six of the constituencies elected two assembly members, the remaining 36 constituencies elected a single member.

[1] Congress emerged as the single largest party in the first legislative elections held in Delhi.

[1] Chaudhary Brahm Prakash of Indian National Congress was elected Chief Minister.

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.

[3] Next legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution.