Bombay Legislative Assembly election, 1957

Elections to the Bombay Legislative Assembly were held on February 25, 1957. 1146 candidates contested for the 339 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 57 two-member constituencies and 282 single-member constituencies. [1]

State reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra state and Kutch state, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathi speaking Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost Kannada-speaking districts of Dharwar, Bijapur, North Kanara and Belgaum (excluding the Chandgad taluk) were transferred to Mysore state, while Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan.[2] Hence the constituencies increased from 315 to 396 in 1957 elections.

Results

 Summary of results of the Bombay Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested 		Won Net change
in seats 		% of
Seats		 Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 396 234 Decrease 35 59.10 81,31,604 48.66 Decrease 0.71
Praja Socialist Party 100 36 New 9.09 14,98,700 8.97 New
Peasants and Workers Party of India 55 31 Increase 17 7.83 11,13,436 6.66 Increase 0.21
Scheduled Castes Federation 51 13 Increase 12 3.28 10,41,355 6.23 Increase 3.13
Communist Party of India 34 13 Increase 12 3.28 6,07,383 3.63 Increase 2.19
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 24 4 Increase 4 1.01 2,60,826 1.56 Increase 1.52
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 11 1 Increase 1 0.25 71,514 0.43 Increase 0.09
Independent 464 64 Increase 11 16.16 39,72,548 23.77 N/A
Total seats 396 (Increase 81) Voters 3,14,40,079 Turnout 1,67,12,160 (53.16 %)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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