Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957

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Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957
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All 288 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 37.17%

  First party Second party
 
Party INC Praja Socialist Party
Last election Did not contest
Seats won 232 12
Seat changeIncrease2.svg38 N/A
Popular vote 36,91,999 9,76,021
Percentage 49.83% 13.17%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.76% N/A
Chief Minister before election

Kailash Nath Katju
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Kailash Nath Katju
INC

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]

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly State legislature in India

The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the Vidhan Bhavan, an imposing building located at the centre of the Capital Complex in the Arera Hill locality of Bhopal city. The term of the Vidhan Sabha is five years, unless dissolved earlier. Presently, it comprises 230 members who are directly elected from single-seat constituencies and one nominated member.

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State Reorganization

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.

States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Indian act of reformation pertaining to the boundaries of states and territories

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines.

Madhya Bharat former country

Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramukh.

Vindhya Pradesh former country

Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the eastern portion of the former Central India Agency. It was named for the Vindhya Range, which runs through the centre of the province. The capital of the state was Rewa. It lay between Uttar Pradesh to the north and Madhya Pradesh to the south, and the enclave of Datia, which lay a short distance to the west, was surrounded by the state of Madhya Bharat.

Results

e  •  d  Summary of results of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested 		Won Net change
in seats 		% of
Seats		 Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg 288 232 Increase2.svg 38 40.74 36,91,999 49.83 Increase2.svg 0.76
Praja Socialist Party 163 12 New 9.09 9,76,021 13.17 New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 133 10 Increase2.svg 10 1.01 7,33,315 9.90 Increase2.svg 6.32
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 53 5 Increase2.svg 2 1.29 2,29,010 3.09 Increase2.svg 0.58
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 48 7 Increase2.svg 7 0.25 3,45,122 4.66 Increase2.svg 4.56
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 25 2 Increase2.svg 2 3.28 1,20,549 1.63 Increase2.svg 4.66
Independent 372 20 Decrease2.svg 3 34.26 12,22,003 16.49 N/A
Total Seats 288 (Increase2.svg 56) Voters 1,99,31,685 Turnout 74,08,768 (37.17 %)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  2. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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