1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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]

1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
25 February 1957
All 288 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.17%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC PSP
Last election Did not contest
Seats won 232 12
Seat change 38 N/A
Popular vote 36,91,999 9,76,021
Percentage 49.83% 13.17%
Swing 0.76% N/A
Chief Minister before election

Kailash Nath Katju
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Kailash Nath Katju
INC

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.

Results
 Summary of results of the 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election [1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 288232 3840.7436,91,99949.83 0.76
Praja Socialist Party 16312New9.099,76,02113.17New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 13310 101.017,33,3159.90 6.32
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 535 21.292,29,0103.09 0.58
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 487 70.253,45,1224.66 4.56
Communist Party of India 252 23.281,20,5491.63 4.66
Independent 37220 334.2612,22,00316.49N/A
Total Seats288 ( 56)Voters1,99,31,685Turnout74,08,768 (37.17 %)

See also

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


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