1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The second Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh in 1957. The Indian National Congress won a comfortable margin with 286 of the 430 Vidhan Sabha seats, although it was less of a majority than in the previous election in 1951.

See also: 1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1957 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election

All 430 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 216 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	44.77%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Sampurnanand Triloki Singh Party Congress Praja Socialist Party Leader's seat Varanasi City South Lucknow City East Seats won 286 44 Seat change 102 44 Popular vote 92988382 3170865 Percentage 42.42% 14.47% Swing 5.51% 14.47
Chief Minister before election Sampurnanand Indian National Congress Elected Chief Minister Sampurnanand INC

The Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1711 candidates contested for the 430 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 89 two-member constituencies and 252 single-member constituencies.[1]

Important members

Sampurnanand was the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He succeeded Govind Ballabh Pant of his party and served as a Chief Minister from 1954 to 1960. In 1960, due to a political crisis initiated by Kamlapati Tripathi and Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Sampurnanand was asked to quit the post of Chief Minister and was sent to Rajasthan as the Governor.[2][3] Following were the important members of the Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.[4][5][6]

#	From	To	Position	Name	Party
01	1957	1960	Chief Minister	Sampurnanand	Indian National Congress
02	1960	1962		Chandra Bhanu Gupta
03	1957	1962	Speaker of the Assembly	Atmaram Govind Kher
04			Deputy Speaker	Ramnarayan Tripathi
05			Leader of the Opposition	Triloki Singh	Praja Socialist Party
06	1953	1959	Finance minister	Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim	Indian National Congress
07	1959	1961		Syed Ali Zaheer
08	1961	1963		Har Govind Singh
09	1957	1960	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	S. Ali Zaheer	Indian National Congress
10	1961	1962		Mangala Prasad
11	1957	1962	Principal Secretary	D. N. Mithal	-

Results

 Summary of results of the 1957 Uttar 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		430	286	102	66.51	92,98,382	42.42	5.51
	Praja Socialist Party		262	44	New	10.23	31,70,865	14.47	New
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh		243	17	15	3.95	21,57,881	9.84	3.39
	Communist Party of India		91	9	9	2.09	8,40,348	3.83	2.90
	Independent		699	74	59	17.21	62,85,457	28.68	N/A
			Total seats	430 ( 0)	Voters	4,89,53,427	Turnout	2,19,18,604 (44.77 %)

See also

• 1957 elections in India

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
2. "Chief Ministers". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
3. "Sampurnanand's resignation". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
4. "Speakers". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
5. "Deputy Speakers". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
6. "Leader of Opposition". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 20 November 2015.