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
Turnout44.77%
  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]

#FromToPositionNameParty
0119571960Chief MinisterSampurnanandIndian National Congress
0219601962Chandra Bhanu Gupta
0319571962Speaker of the AssemblyAtmaram Govind Kher
04Deputy SpeakerRamnarayan Tripathi
05Leader of the OppositionTriloki SinghPraja Socialist Party
0619531959Finance ministerHafiz Mohamad IbrahimIndian National Congress
0719591961Syed Ali Zaheer
0819611963Har Govind Singh
0919571960Minister of Parliamentary AffairsS. Ali ZaheerIndian National Congress
1019611962Mangala Prasad
1119571962Principal SecretaryD. N. Mithal-

Results

Summary of results of the 1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		 % of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 430286 10266.5192,98,38242.42 5.51
Praja Socialist Party 26244New10.2331,70,86514.47New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 24317 153.9521,57,8819.84 3.39
Communist Party of India 919 92.098,40,3483.83 2.90
Independent 39974 5917.2162,85,45728.68N/A
Total seats430 ( 0)Voters4,89,53,427Turnout2,19,18,604 (44.77%)

See also

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.
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