Elections to the
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India.
The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the ''Vidha ...
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.
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, under
States Reorganisation Act, 1956,
Madhya Bharat
Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramukh.
...
(except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district),
Vindhya Pradesh
Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the e ...
,
Bhopal State
Bhopal State (pronounced ) was an Islamic principality founded in the beginning of 18th-century India by the Afghan Mughal noble Dost Muhammad Khan. It was a tributary state during 18th century, a princely salute state with 19-gun salute ...
and the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
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.
This resulted in increase in assembly constituencies from 184 with 232 seats to 218 constituencies with 288 seats during 1957 elections.
Results
!colspan=10,
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" ,
! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net change
in seats !! % of
Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote %
, - style="background: #90EE90;"
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
,
, 288 , , 232 , , 38 , , 40.74 , , 36,91,999 , , 49.83 , , 0.76
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Praja Socialist Party
The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoo ...
,
, 163 , , 12 , , ''New'' , , 9.09 , , 9,76,021 , , 13.17 , , ''New''
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) ( ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the po ...
,
, 133 , , 10 , , 10 , , 1.01 , , 7,33,315 , , 9.90 , , 6.32
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
,
, 53 , , 5 , , 2 , , 1.29 , , 2,29,010 , , 3.09 , , 0.58
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
The Hindu Mahasabha (officially Akhil Bhārat Hindū Mahāsabhā, ) is a Hindu nationalist political party in India.
Founded in 1915, the Mahasabha functioned mainly as a pressure group advocating the interests of orthodox Hindus before the ...
,
, 48 , , 7 , , 7 , , 0.25 , , 3,45,122 , , 4.66 , , 4.56
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925.
H ...
,
, 25 , , 2 , , 2 , , 3.28 , , 1,20,549 , , 1.63 , , 4.66
, -
,
,
, 372 , , 20 , , 3 , , 34.26 , , 12,22,003 , , 16.49 , , N/A
, - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3,
! style="text-align:center;" , Total Seats !! 288 ( 56) !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 1,99,31,685 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! colspan = 2, 74,08,768 (37.17%)
Elected members
See also
*
1957 elections in India
*
1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 26 March 1952. 1,122 candidates contested for the 184 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 48 two-member constituencies and 136 single-member constituencies, for a total of 23 ...
*
1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Madhya Bharat were held on 26 March 1952. 440 candidates contested for the 79 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 20 two-member constituencies and 59 single-member constituenci ...
*
1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Bhopal Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Shankar Dayal Sharma became the Chief Minister.
Constituencies
The Bhopal Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seat ...
*
1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh were held on March 26, 1952. 252 candidates contested the 48 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 12 two-member constituencies, and 36 single-member constituencie ...
References
{{Madhya Pradesh elections
1957
1957
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...