1957 elections in India

Last updated March 13, 2023

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 1957.

Andhra Pradesh^*


Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and Coalitions		Vote	%	+/-	Contested	Won	+/-
	Indian National Congress	1,707,364	47.38%		109	68
	People's Democratic Front	927,333	25.73%		65	22
	Praja Socialist Party	203,453	5.65		29	1
	Praja Party	28,968	0.80%		8	1
	Others	63,369	1.75%		10	1
	Independent	673,098	18.68%		97	12
Source:https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4043-andhra-pradesh-1957/

^* : On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with Hyderabad State 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.^[3]

Assam

Summary of results of the 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election^[4]
Political party	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress	101	71	5	65.74	13,21,367	52.35	8.87
Praja Socialist Party	36	8	New	7.41	3,21,569	12.74	New
Communist Party of India	22	4	3	3.70	2,04,332	8.10	5.26
Independent	153	25	11	23.15	6,76,698	26.81	N/A
	Total seats	108 ( 3)	Voters	55,53,926	Turnout	25,23,966 (45.44%)

Bihar^*

Summary of results of the 1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election^[5]

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		312	210	29	66.04	44,55,425	42.09	0.71
	Praja Socialist Party		222	31	New	9.75	16,94,974	16.01	New
	Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party		125	23	12	7.23	8,29,195	7.83	4.67
	Jharkhand Party		71	31	1	9.75	7,49,021	7.08	0.93
	Communist Party of India		60	7	7	2.20	5,45,577	5.15	4.01
	Independent		572	16	11	5.03	21,81,180	20.61	N/A
			Total seats	318 ( 12)	Voters	2,56,21,144	Turnout	1,05,85,422 (41.32%)

^* : Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[3]

Bombay^*

Summary of results of the 1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election^[6]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress 234 / 396 (59%)		396	234	36	81,31,604	48.66%	1.29%
	Praja Socialist Party 36 / 396 (9%)		98	36	27 (from SP)	14,98,700	8.97%	2.99% (from SP)
	Peasants and Workers Party of India 31 / 396 (8%)		55	31	17	11,13,436	6.66%	0.21%
	Scheduled Castes Federation 13 / 396 (3%)		48	13	12	10,41,355	6.23%	3.13%
	Communist Party of India 13 / 396 (3%)		32	13	12	6,07,383	3.63%	2.19%
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh 4 / 396 (1%)		23	4	4	2,60,826	1.56%	1.52%
	Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 1 / 396 (0.3%)		10	1	1	71,514	0.43%	0.11%
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad		10	0		14,794	0.09%	1.03%
	Independent 64 / 396 (16%)		400	64	45	39,72,548	23.77%	7.53%
Total			1072	396	81	Turnout (Voters) 1,67,12,160 (3,14,40,079)	53.16%	2.38%

^*: 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.^[3]

Kerala^*

Summary of results of the 1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election^[7]
Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Vote % in contested seats
Indian National Congress		124	43	34.13	2,209,251	37.85	38.1
Communist Party of India		101	60	47.62	2,059,547	35.28	40.57
Praja Socialist Party		65	9	7.14	628,261	10.76	17.48
Revolutionary Socialist Party		28	0		188,553	3.23	11.12
Independent		86	14	11.11	751,965	12.88	N/A
	Total seats	126	Voters	89,13,247	Turnout	58,37,577 (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.^[3]

Madhya Pradesh^*

Summary of results of the 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election^[8]

Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress		288	232	38	40.74	36,91,999	49.83	0.76
Praja Socialist Party		163	12	New	9.09	9,76,021	13.17	New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh		133	10	10	1.01	7,33,315	9.90	6.32
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad		53	5	2	1.29	2,29,010	3.09	0.58
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha		48	7	7	0.25	3,45,122	4.66	4.56
Communist Party of India		25	2	2	3.28	1,20,549	1.63	4.66
Independent		372	20	3	34.26	12,22,003	16.49	N/A
		Total Seats	288 ( 56)	Voters	1,99,31,685	Turnout	74,08,768 (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.^[3]

Madras^*

Summary of results of the 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election^[9]

Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress		204	151 (1)	73.66	50,46,576	45.34	10.46
Communist Party of India		58	4 (58)	1.95	8,23,582	7.40	5.78
Praja Socialist Party		23	2 (New)	0.98	2,93,778	2.64	New
Independent		602	48 ( 14)	23.41	49,67,060	44.62	N/A
		Total Seats	205 (170)	Voters	2,39,05,575	Turnout	1,11,30,996 (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.^[3]

Mysore^*

Summary of results of the 1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election^[10]

Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress		207	150	76	72.12	33,43,839	52.08	5.73
Praja Socialist Party		79	18	New	8.65	9,02,373	14.06	New
Communist Party of India		20	1	0	0.48	1,23,403	1.92	1.01
Scheduled Caste Federation		6	2	0	0.96	83,542	1.30	0.44
Peasants and Workers Party of India		2	2	New	0.96	35,462	0.55	New
Independent		251	35	11	16.83	18,45,456	28.74	N/A
		Total Seats	208 ( 109)	Voters	1,25,15,312	Turnout	64,20,159 (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.^[3]

Odisha

Summary of results of the 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[11]

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		140	56	11	40.00	16,28,180	38.26	0.39
	Ganatantra Parishad		109	51	20	36.43	12,23,014	28.74	8.24
	Praja Socialist Party		46	11	New	7.86	4,42,508	10.40	New
	Communist Party of India		43	9	2	6.43	3,57,659	8.40	2.78
	Independent politician		179	13	11	9.29	6,04,652	14.21	N/A
			Total Seats	140 ( 0)	Voters	1,24,67,800	Turnout	42,56,013 (34.14%)

Punjab^*

Summary of results of the 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election^[12]

Political Party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress		154	120	24	77.92	36,12,709	47.51	10.82
Communist Party of India		72	6	2	3.90	10,30,898	13.56	9.67
Bharatiya Jana Sangh		72	9	9	5.84	6,54,395	8.61	3.05
Scheduled Caste Federation		24	5	5	3.25	4,10,364	5.40	3.43
Praja Socialist Party		19	1	New	0.65	94,564	1.24	New
Independent		319	13	4	8.44	18,00,960	23.69	N/A
		Total Seats	154 ( 28)	Voters	1,31,72,945	Turnout	76,03,890 (57.72%)

^* : Punjab was enlarged by the addition of Patiala & East Punjab States Union in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[3]

Rajasthan^*

Summary of results of the 1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election^[13]

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		176	119	37	67.61	21,41,931	45.13	5.67
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad		60	17	7	9.66	4,69,540	9.89	2.37
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh		51	6	2	3.41	2,63,443	5.55	0.38
	Praja Socialist Party		27	1	New	0.57	1,17,532	2.48	New
	Communist Party of India		24	1	1	0.57	1,43,547	3.02	2.49
	Independent		399	32	3	18.18	16,10,465	33.93	N/A
			Total Seats	176 ( 16)	Voters	1,24,37,064	Turnout	47,46,458 (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.^[3]

Uttar Pradesh

Summary of results of the 1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election^[14]
Political party	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress	430	286	102	66.51	92,98,382	42.42	5.51
Praja Socialist Party	262	44	New	10.23	31,70,865	14.47	New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	243	17	15	3.95	21,57,881	9.84	3.39
Communist Party of India	91	9	9	2.09	8,40,348	3.83	2.90
Independent	399	74	59	17.21	62,85,457	28.68	N/A
	Total seats	430 ( 0)	Voters	4,89,53,427	Turnout	2,19,18,604 (44.77%)

West Bengal^*

Summary of results of the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election^[15]
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.^[3]

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References

↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-I" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-II" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
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.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Punjab" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
↑ "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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[GE1957V1-1] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-I" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[GE1957V2-2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-II" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[1955ReorgStates-3] 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.

[AssamECI1957-4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[BiharECI1957-5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[BombayECI1957-6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

[KeralaECI1957-7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Kerala". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2020-02-22.

[MPECI1957-8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[MadrasECI1957-9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[MYSECI1957-10] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 26, 2015.

[OdishaECI1957-11] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[PunjabECI1957-12] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Punjab" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[RajECI1957-13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[UPECI1957-14] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[WBECI1957-15] "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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Andhra Pradesh*

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