1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
	1957
	1957
All 176 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, 1957; 89 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Mohan Lal Sukhadia; INC	Chief Minister ; ; Mohan Lal Sukhadia; INC

Elections to the second Rajasthan Legislative Assembly were held in 1957.[1]

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluka of the Banaskantha district of Bombay State, the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the Punjab was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to Madhya Pradesh.[2] This resulted in the change in assembly constituencies from 140 with 160 seats to 136 with 176 seats in 1957 assembly elections.

Constituencies

Due to States Reorganisation Act 1956, Rajasthan assembly constituencies changed from 140 with 160 seats to 136 with 176 seats. 96 of them were single member constituencies while the number of double member constituencies was 40. 28 of the double member constituencies were reserved for Scheduled Caste while 4 of the single member and 12 of the double member constituencies (total 16 constituencies) were reserved for Schedule Tribe. There were 48,43,841 electors in single member constituencies, while 38,92,288 were in double member constituencies. Total 737 candidates contested for the 176 seats of the 136 constituencies in the Assembly. Poll percentage in the 1957 election was 38.45%.[1]

Political Parties

Four national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party and Bharatiya Jana Sangha along with the state party Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad took part in the assembly election.[1] Congress was the clear winner in the elections winning 67.61% of the total seats (i.~e. 119/176 seats) with a vote share of 45.13%. Mohan Lal Sukhadia from the Congress party became the Chief Minister again.

Results

Summary of results of the 1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election [1]
Political Party	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress	176	119	37	67.61	21,41,931	45.13	5.67
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	60	17	7	9.66	4,69,540	9.89	2.37
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	51	6	2	3.41	2,63,443	5.55	0.38
Praja Socialist Party	27	1	New	0.57	1,17,532	2.48	New
Communist Party of India	24	1	1	0.57	1,43,547	3.02	2.49
Independent	399	32	3	18.18	16,10,465	33.93	N/A
	Total Seats	176 ( 16)	Voters	1,24,37,064	Turnout	47,46,458 (38.16 %)

References

"Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
"Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

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[RajECI1957-1] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[1955ReorgStates-2] "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.