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The Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (a.k.a.Second Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 1 Apr 1957 as a result of
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 195 ...
which was concluded on 25 Feb 1957. The Second Legislative Assembly had 430 elected and 1 nominated MLAs. The assembly was in house for full term of five years before being dissolved on 6 Mar 1962.


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 Chandra Bhanu Gupta (14 July 1902 – 11 March 1980) served three terms as chief minister of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In 1970s he was a member of Congress (O) and Janata Party. Early life He was born in Atrauli, Aligarh district in 190 ...
, Sampurnanand was asked to quit the post of Chief Minister and was sent to
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as the
Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
. Following were the important members of the Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.


Party wise strength

As of 10 Apr 1957, total 430 MLAs were elected from 341 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh.


Electors


List of constituencies and elected members


See also

*
Government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...
* List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh * Politics of India * Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh *
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...


References

{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Indian politics articles by importance Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962