1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
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  1952 (Punjab)
1954 (Patiala and East Punjab states Union)
1957 1962  

All 154 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
78 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Partap Singh Kairon.png
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Leader Partap Singh Kairon -
Party INC ABJS
Leader's seatSirhali-
Seats won1209
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 24Increase2.svg 9
Popular vote3,612,709654,395
Percentage47.51%8.61%
SwingIncrease2.svg 10.82Increase2.svg 3.05

Chief Minister before election

Partap Singh Kairon
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Partap Singh Kairon
INC

Elections to the Second Punjab Legislative Assembly were held in 1957. 661 candidates contested for the 154 seats of the 121 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies. [1]

Contents

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab. [2] Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

Constituencies

After the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections. 88 constituencies were single member constituencies while 33 were two-member constituencies. Out of 121 constituencies, 33 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes. There were 52,44,907 electors in single member constituencies, while 3,96,40,19 in two-member constituencies. Total 661 candidates were in fray for these 154 seats. [1]

Political parties

Four national parties, Communist Party of India, Congress, Praja Socialist Party and Bharatiya Jana Sangha along with the state party Scheduled Caste Federation took part in the assembly election. [1] Congress was the clear winner in the elections winning 77.92% of the total seats (i.~e. 120 seats) with a vote share of 47.51%. Partap Singh Kairon from the Congress party became the Chief Minister again.

Results

Summary of results of the 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election [1]
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Political PartyFlagSeats
Contested
WonNet Change
in seats
% of
Seats
VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 154120Increase2.svg 2477.9236,12,70947.51Increase2.svg 10.82
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 726Increase2.svg 23.9010,30,89813.56Increase2.svg 9.67
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 729Increase2.svg 95.846,54,3958.61Increase2.svg 3.05
Scheduled Caste Federation 245Increase2.svg 53.254,10,3645.40Increase2.svg 3.43
Praja Socialist Party 191New0.6594,5641.24New
Independent 31913Increase2.svg 48.4418,00,96023.69N/A
Total Seats154 (Increase2.svg 28)Voters1,31,72,945Turnout76,03,890 (57.72%)

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/None)
MemberParty
NurpurNoneRam Chandra Indian National Congress
Dera GopipurNoneMehr Singh Indian National Congress
DharamsalaNoneHari Ram Indian National Congress
KangraNoneAmar Nath Indian National Congress
PalampurNonePartap Singh Indian National Congress
KuluSCRaghbir Singh Indian National Congress
Jit Ram Indian National Congress
HamirpurSCSarla Devi Indian National Congress
Rup Singh Independent
RuparSCSadhu Singh Independent
Partap Singh Indian National Congress
ChandigarhNoneNiranjan Singh Indian National Congress
SimlaNoneMuni Lal Praja Socialist Party
NaraingarhSCSadhu Ram Indian National Congress
Roshan Lal Indian National Congress
SadhauraNoneDev Dutt Indian National Congress
JagadhriSCAmar Nath Vidhalankar Indian National Congress
Ram Parkash Indian National Congress
Ambala CantonmentNoneDev Raj Indian National Congress
Ambala CityNoneAbdul Gufar Khan Indian National Congress
ThanesarSCRan Singh Indian National Congress
Banarsi Das Indian National Congress
PehowaNoneJagdish Chand Indian National Congress
PundriNoneBhag Singh Scheduled Castes Federation
RajaundNoneBaru Ram Independent
ButanaNoneChambel Singh Indian National Congress
KarnalNoneRam Piara Indian National Congress
GharaundaNoneMultan Singh Indian National Congress
PanipatNoneParma Nand Indian National Congress
SambhalkaNoneDharam Singh Independent
KaithalNoneOm Prabha Jain Indian National Congress
JindSCInder Singh Scheduled Castes Federation
Bhala Ram Scheduled Castes Federation
SafidonNoneShri Krishan Indian National Congress
GanaurNoneLahri Singh Indian National Congress
SonepatNoneShri Ram Indian National Congress
GohanaSCBharat Singh Independent
Chhajju Ram Independent
KalanaurNoneNahnu Ram Indian National Congress
RohtakNone Mangal Sein Bharatiya Jana Sangh
SamplaNoneSuraj Bhan Independent
RaiNoneHukam Singh Communist Party of India
BahadurgarhNoneSiri Chand Indian National Congress
JhajjarSCSher Singh Indian National Congress
Phul Singh Communist Party of India
Ferozepur JhirkaNone Yasin Khan Indian National Congress
HassanpurNoneSumer Singh Indian National Congress
PalwalSCBhule Ram Indian National Congress
Gurdatt Indian National Congress
NuhNoneAbdul Ghani Indian National Congress
GurgaonNoneGajraj Singh Indian National Congress
PataudiNoneMohan Lal Indian National Congress
RewariNoneSumitra Devi Indian National Congress
JatusanaNoneAbhai Singh Indian National Congress
NarnaulNoneDevki Nandan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
MahendragarhNoneNihal Singh Indian National Congress
DadriSCSis Ram Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Attar Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
HansiSCDalbir Singh Indian National Congress
Sarup Singh Indian National Congress
BhiwaniNoneRam Kanwar Indian National Congress
ToshamNoneChander Bhan Independent
Hissar SadarNoneSneh Lata Indian National Congress
Hissar CityNoneBalwant Rai Indian National Congress
TohanaNoneSuraj Mal Indian National Congress
FatehabadNoneMani Ram S/o Ramjas Indian National Congress
SirsaSCRam Dayal Independent
Kesara Ram Indian National Congress
AboharNoneSahi Ram Bharatiya Jana Sangh
FazilkaNoneRadha Krishan Indian National Congress
MaloutSCParkash Singh Indian National Congress
Teja Singh Indian National Congress
Guru Har SahaiNoneBakhtawar Singh Indian National Congress
MuktsarNoneHarcharan Singh Indian National Congress
FerozepurNoneKundan Lal Indian National Congress
ZiraSTJaswant Kaur Indian National Congress
Gurdit Singh Indian National Congress
MogaNoneJagraj Singh Indian National Congress
BaghapuranaSTSohan Singh Indian National Congress
Gurmit Singh Indian National Congress
PattiNoneNarain Singh Indian National Congress
SirhaliNonePartap Singh Indian National Congress
Tarn TaranSCGurdial Singh Dhillon Indian National Congress
Naranajan Singh Indian National Congress
KhalraNoneGurwaryam Singh Independent
AjnalaNoneAchhar Singh Communist Party of India
MajithaNoneParkash Kaur Indian National Congress
Amritsar City EastNoneDr. Baldev Prakash Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Amritsar City WestNone Balram Das Tandon Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Amritsar City Civil LinesNoneSarup Singh Indian National Congress
Amritsar SadarSCWaryam Singh Indian National Congress
Charan Singh Indian National Congress
BeasNoneSohan Singh Indian National Congress
Sri GobindpurNoneGurbachan Singh Indian National Congress
BatalaNoneGorakh Nath Indian National Congress
FatehgarhNoneJoginder Singh Indian National Congress
Dera Baba NanakNoneWaryam Singh Indian National Congress
DhariwalNoneHarbans Singh Indian National Congress
GurdaspurSCPrabodh Chander Indian National Congress
Sunder Singh Indian National Congress
PathankotNoneBhagirath Lal Indian National Congress
AnandpurNoneBalloo Ram Indian National Congress
UnaNoneRam Kishan Communist Party of India
AmbNoneKrishna Indian National Congress
GarhshankarSCDasonda Singh Indian National Congress
Bhag Singh Communist Party of India
HoshiarpurSCBalbir Singh Independent
Karam Chand Scheduled Castes Federation
DasuyaNoneKartar Singh Indian National Congress
MukerianSCGuran Dass Indian National Congress
Ralla Ram Indian National Congress
KapurthalaNoneHarnam Singh Indian National Congress
SultanpurNoneAtama Singh Indian National Congress
KartarpurSCGurbanta Singh Indian National Congress
Karam Singh Indian National Congress
Jullundar City North EastNoneLal Chand Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Jullundar City South WestNone Jagat Narain Independent
NakodarSTUmrao Singh Indian National Congress
Sant Ram Indian National Congress
NurmahalNoneDarbara Singh Indian National Congress
PhillaurNoneUdham Singh Indian National Congress
PhagwaraNoneHans Raj Indian National Congress
NawanshaharSCJagat Ram Indian National Congress
Hargurand Singh Indian National Congress
SamralaSCJagir Singh Indian National Congress
Ajmer Singh Indian National Congress
Ludhiana CityNoneLajpat Rai Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Ludhiana NorthNoneHarbhagwan Indian National Congress
Ludhiana SouthNoneRamdayal Singh Indian National Congress
RaikotSCWazir Singh Indian National Congress
Bhag Singh Indian National Congress
JagraonNoneHar Prakash Kaur Indian National Congress
SirhindSCMihan Singh Indian National Congress
Gain Singh Indian National Congress
NabhaNoneBalwant Singh Indian National Congress
RajpuraNonePrem Singh Prem Indian National Congress
PatialaNoneSurinder Singh Indian National Congress
SamanaSCBhupinder Singh Indian National Congress
Harchand Singh Indian National Congress
MalerkotlaNoneChanda Singh Indian National Congress
DhuriSCJasdev Singh Indian National Congress
Jangir Singh Communist Party of India
BarnalaNoneKartar Singh Indian National Congress
SangrurNoneRajinder Singh Indian National Congress
SunamSCMaheshinder Singh Independent
Pritam Singh Indian National Congress
PhulNoneRam Nath Indian National Congress
FaridkotNoneMehar Singh Indian National Congress
JaituNoneJagdish Kaur Independent
BhatindaNoneHarbans Lal Indian National Congress
Pakka KalanSCDhanna Singh Indian National Congress
Inder Singh Indian National Congress
MansaSCKirpal Singh Indian National Congress
Harcharan Singh Indian National Congress

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Punjab" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.