1957 elections in India

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Presidential election

The Election Commission of India held the second presidential elections of India on May 6, 1957. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his nearest rival Chowdhry Hari Ram.

General election

General elections to the second Lok Sabha since independence were held in India between 24 February to 14 March 1957. The Indian National Congress (INC) easily won the second term, winning 371 of the 494 seats and their vote share increased from 45.0% to 47.8%.[1][2]

Legislative Assembly elections

Legislative Assembly elections in India were conducted for Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Bombay, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal legislative assemblies in 1954.

Andhra Pradesh*

 Summary of results of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [3]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 10968Decrease 5164.7717,07,36447.38Increase 8.03
People's Democratic Front 6522New20.959,27,33325.73New
Praja Socialist Party 291Decrease 120.952,03,4535.65Increase 0.07
Praja Party 81Decrease 40.9528,9680.8Decrease 1.99
Scheduled Caste Federation 21New0.9520,2890.56New
Independent 9712Decrease 1011.436,73,09818.68N/A
Total Seats105 (Decrease 91)Voters75,58,880Turnout36,03,585 (47.67 %)

* : On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with Hyderabad State in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, to form a single state, Andhra Pradesh. The districts of Raichur, Gulbarga and the Marathwada district were detached from the Hyderabad State, while merging with Andhra State. In addition, the Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were transferred from Mysore State to Andhra Pradesh.[4]

Assam

 Summary of results of the Assam Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [5]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 10171Decrease 565.7413,21,36752.35Increase 8.87
Praja Socialist Party 368New7.413,21,56912.74New
Communist Party of India 224Increase 33.702,04,3328.10Increase 5.26
Independent 15325Increase 1123.156,76,69826.81N/A
Total seats108 (Increase 3)Voters55,53,926Turnout25,23,966 (45.44 %)

Bihar*

 Summary of results of the Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [6]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 312210Decrease 2966.0444,55,42542.09Increase 0.71
Praja Socialist Party 22231New9.7516,94,97416.01New
Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party 12523Increase 127.238,29,1957.83Increase 4.67
Jharkhand Party 7131Decrease 19.757,49,0217.08Decrease 0.93
Communist Party of India 607Increase 72.205,45,5775.15Increase 4.01
Independent 57216Increase 115.0321,81,18020.61N/A
Total seats318 (Decrease 12)Voters2,56,21,144Turnout1,05,85,422 (41.32 %)

* : Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[4]

Bombay*

 Summary of results of the Bombay Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [7]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 396234Decrease 3559.1081,31,60448.66Decrease 0.71
Praja Socialist Party 10036New9.0914,98,7008.97New
Peasants and Workers Party of India 5531Increase 177.8311,13,4366.66Increase 0.21
Scheduled Castes Federation 5113Increase 123.2810,41,3556.23Increase 3.13
Communist Party of India 3413Increase 123.286,07,3833.63Increase 2.19
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 244Increase 41.012,60,8261.56Increase 1.52
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 111Increase 10.2571,5140.43Increase 0.09
Independent 46464Increase 1116.1639,72,54823.77N/A
Total seats396 (Increase 81)Voters3,14,40,079Turnout1,67,12,160 (53.16 %)

*: On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was re-organized by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost districts of Bombay were transferred to Mysore State while Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan.[4]

Kerala*

 Summary of results of the Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [8]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		Won% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Vote % in
contested seats
Indian National Congress 1244334.1322,09,25137.8538.1
Communist Party of India 1016047.6220,59,54735.2840.57
Praja Socialist Party 6597.146,28,26110.7617.48
Revolutionary Socialist Party 280751,96512.8822.81
Independent 861411.117,51,96512.88N/A
Total seats126Voters89,13,247Turnout58,37,577 (65.49 %)

* : In 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Kerala was formed by the merger of Travancore-Cochin state with the Malabar district of Madras State, Kasaragod taluk of the South Canara district and the Amindive Islands. The southern part of Travancore-Cochin, Kanyakumari district was transferred to Madras State.[4]

Madhya Pradesh*

 Summary of results of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [9]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 288232Increase 3840.7436,91,99949.83Increase 0.76
Praja Socialist Party 16312New9.099,76,02113.17New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 13310Increase 101.017,33,3159.90Increase 6.32
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 535Increase 21.292,29,0103.09Increase 0.58
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 487Increase 70.253,45,1224.66Increase 4.56
Communist Party of India 252Increase 23.281,20,5491.63Increase 4.66
Independent 37220Decrease 334.2612,22,00316.49N/A
Total Seats288 (Increase 56)Voters1,99,31,685Turnout74,08,768 (37.17 %)

* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district), Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal state and the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan were merged into Madhya Pradesh while the Nagpur Division was transferred to Bombay State.[4]

Madras*

 Summary of results of the Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [10]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 204151Decrease 173.6650,46,57645.34Increase 10.46
Communist Party of India 584Decrease 581.958,23,5827.40Decrease 5.78
Praja Socialist Party 232New0.982,93,7782.64New
Independent 60248Decrease 1423.4149,67,06044.62N/A
Total Seats205 (Decrease 170)Voters2,39,05,575Turnout1,11,30,996 (46.56 %)

* : On 1 November 1956, the southern part of Travancore-Cochin (Kanyakumari district) was added to the Madras State while the Malabar district of the state was transferred to the new state of Kerala, and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was created.[4]

Mysore*

 Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1957[11]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 207150Increase 7672.1233,43,83952.08Increase 5.73
Praja Socialist Party 7918New8.659,02,37314.06New
Communist Party of India 201Steady 00.481,23,4031.92Increase 1.01
Scheduled Caste Federation 62Steady 00.9683,5421.30Decrease 0.44
Peasants and Workers Party of India 22New0.9635,4620.55New
Independent 25135Increase 1116.8318,45,45628.74N/A
Total Seats208 (Increase 109)Voters1,25,15,312Turnout64,20,159 (51.3 %)

* : On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of Coorg State, the Kollegal taluk of the Coimbatore district and the South Kanara district (except the Kasaragod taluk) of Madras State, and the Kannada speaking districts from southern Bombay state and western Hyderabad State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.[4]

Odisha

 Summary of results of the Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [12]
Political PartyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet Change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 14056Decrease 1140.0016,28,18038.26Increase 0.39
All India Ganatantra Parishad 10951Increase 2036.4312,23,01428.74Increase 8.24
Praja Socialist Party 4611New7.864,42,50810.40New
Communist Party of India 439Increase 26.433,57,6598.40Increase 2.78
Independent 17913Decrease 119.296,04,65214.21N/A
Total Seats140 (Steady 0)Voters1,24,67,800Turnout42,56,013 (34.14 %)

Punjab*

 Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [13]
Political PartyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet Change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 154120Increase 2477.9236,12,70947.51Increase 10.82
Communist Party of India 726Increase 23.9010,30,89813.56Increase 9.67
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 729Increase 95.846,54,3958.61Increase 3.05
Scheduled Caste Federation 245Increase 53.254,10,3645.40Increase 3.43
Praja Socialist Party 191New0.6594,5641.24New
Independent 31913Increase 48.4418,00,96023.69N/A
Total Seats154 (Increase 28)Voters1,31,72,945Turnout76,03,890 (57.72 %)

* : Punjab was enlarged by the addition of Patiala & East Punjab States Union in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[4]

Rajasthan*

 Summary of results of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [14]
Political PartyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet Change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 176119Increase 3767.6121,41,93145.13Increase 5.67
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 6017Decrease 79.664,69,5409.89Decrease 2.37
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 516Decrease 23.412,63,4435.55Decrease 0.38
Praja Socialist Party 271New0.571,17,5322.48New
Communist Party of India 241Increase 10.571,43,5473.02Increase 2.49
Independent 39932Decrease 318.1816,10,46533.93N/A
Total Seats176 (Increase 16)Voters1,24,37,064Turnout47,46,458 (38.16 %)

* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district of Bombay State, the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the Punjab was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to Madhya Pradesh.[4]

Uttar Pradesh

 Summary of results of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [15]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 430286Decrease 10266.5192,98,38242.42Decrease 5.51
Praja Socialist Party 26244New10.2331,70,86514.47New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 24317Increase 153.9521,57,8819.84Increase 3.39
Communist Party of India 919Increase 92.098,40,3483.83Increase 2.90
Independent 69974Increase 5917.2162,85,45728.68N/A
Total seats430 (Steady 0)Voters4,89,53,427Turnout2,19,18,604 (44.77 %)

West Bengal*

 Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [16]
Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Indian National Congress 251 152 4,830,992 46.14%
Communist Party of India 103 46 1,865,106 17.81%
Praja Socialist Party 67 21 1,031,392 9.85%
Forward Bloc 26 8 425,318 4.06%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 37 25 225,126 2.15%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 33 0 102,477 0.98%
Independents 418 22 1,989,392 19.00%
Total: 935 252 10,469,803

* : West Bengal was enlarged by the addition of minor territories from Bihar in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-I" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-II" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  9. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  10. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  11. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  13. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Punjab" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  14. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  15. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
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