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
Turnout	37.17%
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 party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		288	232	38	40.74	36,91,999	49.83	0.76
	Praja Socialist Party		163	12	New	9.09	9,76,021	13.17	New
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh		133	10	10	1.01	7,33,315	9.90	6.32
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad		53	5	2	1.29	2,29,010	3.09	0.58
	Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha		48	7	7	0.25	3,45,122	4.66	4.56
	Communist Party of India		25	2	2	3.28	1,20,549	1.63	4.66
	Independent		372	20	3	34.26	12,22,003	16.49	N/A
			Total Seats	288 ( 56)	Voters	1,99,31,685	Turnout	74,08,768 (37.17 %)

See also

• 1957 elections in India
• 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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.