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| Registered | 13,871,727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 37.17% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1,108 candidates contested for the 218 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 69 two-member constituencies and 149 single-member constituencies. [1]
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 Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division, (namely Buldana, Akola, Amravati, Yeotmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara and Chanda), were transferred to Bombay State. [2] This resulted in increase in assembly constituencies from 184 with 232 seats to 218 constituencies with 288 seats during 1957 elections.
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| Political party | Flag | Seats Contested | Won | Net change in seats | % of Seats | Votes | Vote % | Change in vote % | |
| Indian National Congress | 288 | 232 |  38 | 80.56 | 36,91,999 | 49.83 | 0.76 | ||
| Praja Socialist Party | 163 | 12 | New | 4.16 | 9,76,021 | 13.17 | New | ||
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 133 | 10 | 10 | 3.47 | 7,33,315 | 9.90 | 6.32 | ||
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 53 | 5 | 2 | 1.75 | 2,29,010 | 3.09 | 0.58 | ||
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 48 | 7 | 7 | 2.43 | 3,45,122 | 4.66 | 4.56 | ||
| Communist Party of India |  | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0.69 | 1,20,549 | 1.63 | 4.66 | |
| Independent | 372 | 20 |  3 | 6.94 | 12,22,003 | 16.49 | N/A | ||
| Total Seats | 288 ( 56) | Voters | 1,99,31,685 | Turnout | 74,08,768 (37.17%) | ||||
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