1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly were held on February 25, 1957. 1393 candidates contested for the 264 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 54 two-member constituencies and 210 single-member constituencies.[1]
State Reorganization
Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2] Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.
Results
| Political 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 Janta 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 %) | ||||
See also
References
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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