1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Mysore Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 589 candidates contested for the 208 seats of the 179 constituencies in the Assembly.

1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election
25 February 1957
All 208 seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly
105 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.3%
  First party Second party
 
Leader S. Nijalingappa
Party INC PSP
Leader since Molakalmuru
Last election 74 Did not contest
Seats won 150 18
Seat change 76 N/A
Popular vote 33,43,839 9,02,373
Percentage 52.08% 14.06%
Swing 5.73% N/A
Chief Minister before election

S. Nijalingappa
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

S. Nijalingappa
INC

State Reorganization

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, the districts of Raichur and Gulbarga from western Hyderabad State and the Kannada speaking districts of Dharwar, Bijapur, North Kanara, and Belgaum, (except the Chandgad taluk of Belgaum district) from southern Bombay 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.[1] This resulted in an increase in assembly constituencies from 80 with 99 seats to 179 with 208 seats in 1957 assembly elections.

Constituencies

There were 29 two-member constituencies and 179 single-member constituencies. Out of the 179 constituencies, 27 were reserved for Scheduled Castes and 1 was reserved for Scheduled Tribe. There were 73,01,080 electors in single-member constituencies while 27,05,851 electors in two-member constituencies. Total electors in the state were 100,06,931 and the electors who were entitled to vote were 1,25,15,312 (including two-member constituencies). 39,59,518 electors voted in single-member constituency while 24,60,641 electors cast their vote in double-member constituencies. The poll percentage in the state was 51.3%.[2]

Results
 Summary of results of the 1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election[2]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 207150 7672.1233,43,83952.08 5.73
Praja Socialist Party 7918New8.659,02,37314.06New
Communist Party of India 201 00.481,23,4031.92 1.01
Scheduled Caste Federation 62 00.9683,5421.30 0.44
Peasants and Workers Party of India 22New0.9635,4620.55New
Independent 25135 1116.8318,45,45628.74N/A
Total Seats208 ( 109)Voters1,25,15,312Turnout64,20,159 (51.3 %)

See also

References
  1. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.


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