1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the second Punjab Legislative Assembly were held in 1957. 661 candidates contested for the 154 seats of the 121 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.[1]

1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
1957
All 154 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
78 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Partap Singh Kairon -
Party INC BJS
Leader's seat Sujanpur -
Seats won 120 9
Seat change 24 9
Popular vote 36,12,709 6,54,395
Percentage 47.51 8.61
Swing 10.82 3.05
Chief Minister before election

Partap Singh Kairon
INC

 Chief Minister


Partap Singh Kairon
INC

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab.[2] Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

Constituencies

After the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections. 88 constituencies were single member constituencies while 33 were two-member constituencies. Out of 121 constituencies, 33 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes. There were 52,44,907 electors in single member constituencies, while 3,96,40,19 in two-member constituencies. Total 661 candidates were in fray for these 154 seats.[1]

Political Parties

Four national parties, Communist Party of India, Congress, Praja Socialist Party and Bharatiya Jana Sangha along with the state party Scheduled Caste Federation took part in the assembly election.[1] Congress was the clear winner in the elections winning 77.92% of the total seats (i.~e. 120 seats) with a vote share of 47.51%. Partap Singh Kairon from the Congress party became the Chief Minister again.

Results
 Summary of results of the 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election [1]
Political PartyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet Change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 154120 2477.9236,12,70947.51 10.82
Communist Party of India 726 23.9010,30,89813.56 9.67
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 729 95.846,54,3958.61 3.05
Scheduled Caste Federation 245 53.254,10,3645.40 3.43
Praja Socialist Party 191New0.6594,5641.24New
Independent 31913 48.4418,00,96023.69N/A
Total Seats154 ( 28)Voters1,31,72,945Turnout76,03,890 (57.72 %)

See also

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