1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Bombay Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1146 candidates contested for the 339 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 57 two-member constituencies and 282 single-member constituencies.[1]

State reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra state and Kutch state, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathi speaking Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost Kannada-speaking districts of Dharwad, Bijapur, North Kannada and Belgaum (excluding the Chandgad taluka) were transferred to Mysore state, while Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan.[2] Hence the constituencies increased from 315 to 396 in 1957 elections.

Results

 Summary of results of the 1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election [1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested
WonNet change
in seats
% of
Seats
VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 396234 3559.1081,31,60448.66 0.71
Praja Socialist Party 10036New9.0914,98,7008.97New
Peasants and Workers Party of India 5531 177.8311,13,4366.66 0.21
Scheduled Castes Federation 5113 123.2810,41,3556.23 3.13
Communist Party of India 3413 123.286,07,3833.63 2.19
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 244 41.012,60,8261.56 1.52
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 111 10.2571,5140.43 0.09
Independent 46464 1116.1639,72,54823.77N/A
Total seats396 ( 81)Voters3,14,40,079Turnout1,67,12,160 (53.16 %)

See also

References

  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.


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