1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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

Chief Minister before election

Partap Singh Kairon
INC

Chief Minister


Partap Singh Kairon
INC

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]

State Reorganization[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

2nd Punjab Legislative Assembly.svg

<section begin=Results />

e • d 
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested
Won Net Change
in seats
% of
Seats
Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 154 120 Increase 24 77.92 36,12,709 47.51 Increase 10.82
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 72 6 Increase 2 3.90 10,30,898 13.56 Increase 9.67
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 72 9 Increase 9 5.84 6,54,395 8.61 Increase 3.05
Scheduled Caste Federation 24 5 Increase 5 3.25 4,10,364 5.40 Increase 3.43
Praja Socialist Party 19 1 New 0.65 94,564 1.24 New
Template:Party name with colour 319 13 Increase 4 8.44 18,00,960 23.69 N/A
Total Seats 154 (Increase 28) Voters 1,31,72,945 Turnout 76,03,890 (57.72%)

<section end=Results />

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PunjabECI1957
  2. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.