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1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

2021-05-14T07:41:46Z

2409:4060:287:B732:0:0:254C:C0A1: /* Alliance wise result */

{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1957 West Bengal state assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1952 West Bengal state assembly election
| previous_year = 1952
| next_election = 1962 West Bengal state assembly election
| next_year = 1962
| election_date = May 8, 1957
| seats_for_election = All 252 seats in the [[West Bengal state assembly]]
| image1 = [[File:Dr._Bidhan_Chandra_Roy_in_1943_(cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
| leader1 = [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Bowbazar]]
| seats1 = 152
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 = 46.14%
| swing1 = {{increase}}7.32%
| image2 = [[File:Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png|100x100px]]
| leader2 = [[Jyoti Basu]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Baranagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baranagar]]
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| alliance2 = United Left Election Committee
| seats2 = 80
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}52
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 = 33.6%
| swing2 = {{increase}}22.84%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 127
}}
[[Image:1957WestBengal.PNG|right|250px|thumb|West Bengal, India]]

The ''' West Bengal state assembly election of 1957''' was part of a series of [[1957 elections in India#Legislative Assembly elections|state assembly elections in 1957]].

==State Reorganization==
On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from [[Bihar]] to West Bengal.<ref name="1955ReorgStates">{{cite web | url=http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1955_7/42/reorganisation_of_statesthe_approach_and_arrangements.pdf | title=Reorganisation of States, 1955 | publisher=The Economic Weekly | date=October 15, 1955 | access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.

==Alliances==
On the political left two alliances had emerged; the [[United Left Election Committee]] (an alliance between the [[Communist Party of India]], the [[Praja Socialist Party]], the [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]], [[Marxist Forward Bloc]] and the [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]) and the [[United Left Front (1957)|United Left Front]] (comprising the [[Socialist Unity Centre of India]], the [[Bolshevik Party of India]], the [[Republican Party (India)|Republican Party]] and the [[Workers Party of India|Democratic Vanguard]]). A third alliance was the [[United Democratic People's Front]], consisting of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], [[Hindu Mahasabha]] and the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]].<ref>M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''. [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 216.</ref>

==Results==

===Alliance wise result===
The election was won by the [[Indian National Congress]], who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|[[United Left Election Committee|ULFC]]
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#DC143C; color:white"|[[United Left Front (1957)|ULF]]
! style="background-color:#DC143C; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|INC+
! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#FF9900; color:white"|[[United Democratic People's Front|UDPF]]
! style="background-color:#FF9900; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#cedff2; color:white"|OTHERS
! style="background-color:#cedff2; color:white"|SEATS
|----
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|46
|[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI]]
|0
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|152
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]
|0
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|25
|----
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|21
|[[Bolshevik Party of India|BPI]]
|0
|
|
|[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha|ABHM]]
|0
|
|
|----
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]]
|8
|[[Republican Party (India)|Republican Party]]
|
|
|
|[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|RCPI]]
|
|
|
|----
|[[Marxist Forward Bloc|MFB]]
|
|[[Workers Party of India|DV]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|----
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|----
| bgcolor=#FF0000|TOTAL (1957)
| bgcolor=#FF0000|75
| bgcolor=#DC143C|TOTAL (1957)
| bgcolor=#DC143C|0
| bgcolor=#009900|TOTAL (1957)
| bgcolor=#009900|152
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|TOTAL (1957)
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|0
| bgcolor=#cedff2|TOTAL (1957)
| bgcolor=#cedff2|0
|----
| bgcolor=#FF0000|TOTAL (1952)
| bgcolor=#FF0000|39
| bgcolor=#DC143C|TOTAL (1952)
| bgcolor=#DC143C|2
| bgcolor=#009900|TOTAL (1952)
| bgcolor=#009900|150
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|TOTAL (1952)
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|13
| bgcolor=#cedff2|TOTAL (1952)
| bgcolor=#cedff2|34
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
| '''Party/Alliance'''
| '''Own'''
| '''%'''
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 152
| 46.14%
|-
| [[United Left Election Committee]]
| 80
| 33.6%
|-
| [[United Left Front (1957)]]
| 2
| 2.45%
|-
| [[United Democratic People's Front]]
| 0
| 3.44%
|-

|}

{{West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957}}

<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title=List Of Political Parties |access-date=2008-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228224555/http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |archive-date=2008-02-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[1957 elections in India]]
* [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{West Bengal assembly elections}}

[[Category:1957 State Assembly elections in India]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in West Bengal]]
[[Category:1950s in West Bengal]]

Sorbhog (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2021-05-03T07:36:38Z

2409:4060:287:B732:0:0:254C:C0A1: /* Member of Legislative Assembly */

''Sorbhog (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of [[Assam]] a north east state of [[India]]. [[Sorbhog]] is also part of [[Kokrajhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>[http://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/sorbhog.html Elections in]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/assam-elections-2016/assemblyelections2016results/state-assam.cms ASSAM ELECTIONS 2016 RESULTS]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/nri/Assam_Delimitation.pdf Election Commission of India]</ref>

==Member of Legislative Assembly==

* 1951: [[Akshoy Kumar Das]], [[Indian National Congress]]
* 1957: [[Ghaneshyam Talukdar]], Independent
* 1962: [[Akshoy Kumar Das]], [[Indian National Congress]]
* 1967: [[Pranita Talukdar]], [[Indian National Congress]]
* 1972: [[Pranita Talukdar]], [[Indian National Congress]]
* 1978: [[Hemen Das]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
* 1983: [[Hemen Das]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
* 1985: [[Hemen Das]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
* 1991: [[Samsul Hoque]], [[Indian National Congress]]
* 1996: [[Hemen Das]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
* 2001: [[Samsul Hoque]], Independent
* 2006: [[Uddhab Barman]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
* 2011: [[Ranjit Kumar Das]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* 2016: [[Ranjit Kumar Das]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* 2021: [[Manoranjan Talukdar]],
[[Communist Party of India (Marxist) ]]

== Election results ==
===2016 result===
{{Election box begin|
title=[[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]: Sorbhog}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ranjit Kumar Das]]
|votes = 56,454
|percentage = 33.33
|change = +2.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Anurupa Hannan
|votes = 36,928
|percentage = 21.80
|change = +5.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Manoranjan Talukdar
|votes = 29,082
|percentage = 17.17
|change = +1.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Pradip Deb Nath
|votes = 19,387
|percentage = 11.44
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India United Democratic Front
|candidate = Samsul Hoque
|votes = 17,504
|percentage = 10.33
|change = -6.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Anilananda Pathak
|votes = 3,755
|percentage = 2.21
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Himangshu Bharali
|votes = 1,181
|percentage = 0.69
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mohidul Islam
|votes = 1,010
|percentage = 0.59
|change = -0.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nirmal Kumar Agarwala
|votes = 630
|percentage = 0.37
|change = -0.06
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = TNRMPI
|candidate = Ikbal Hussain
|votes = 602
|percentage = 0.35
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party of India (A)
|candidate = Manju Shabnam
|votes = 466
|percentage = 0.27
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = JCP
|candidate = Mukhtar Hussain
|votes = 435
|percentage = 0.25
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = BGP
|candidate = Subal Ch. Das
|votes = 414
|percentage = 0.24
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Abdul Hakim Ahmed
|votes = 370
|percentage = 0.21
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,129
|percentage = 0.66
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,526
|percentage = 11.53
|change = -3.19
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,69,347
|percentage = 86.69
|change = +3.69
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,95,330
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011 result===
{{Election box begin|
title=[[2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]: Sorbhog}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ranjit Kumar Das]]
|votes = 40,716
|percentage = 31.25
|change = +15.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India United Democratic Front
|candidate = Abdul Salim
|votes = 21,534
|percentage = 16.53
|change = +6.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Abdus Samad Ahmed
|votes = 21,099
|percentage = 16.20
|change = -5.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Manoranjan Talukdar
|votes = 20,609
|percentage = 15.82
|change = -11.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Iyad Ali
|votes = 20,516
|percentage = 15.75
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mohidul Islam
|votes = 1,392
|percentage = 1.07
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Mrinal Kanti Sarkar
|votes = 1,190
|percentage = 0.91
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Khanindra Nath Sarkar
|votes = 809
|percentage = 0.62
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Faizan Nessa
|votes = 807
|percentage = 0.62
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nirmal Agarwal
|votes = 556
|percentage = 0.43
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Moniram Patgiri
|votes = 552
|percentage = 0.42
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Khalilur Rahman
|votes = 492
|percentage = 0.38
|change = -0.28
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,182
|percentage = 14.72
|change = +9.00
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,30,272
|percentage = 83.00
|change = +1.69
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,56,954
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +1.69
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2006 result===
{{Election box begin|
title=Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006: Sorbhog}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Uddhab Barman]]
|votes = 33,681
|percentage = 27.59
|change = +1.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Samsul Hoque
|votes = 27,600
|percentage = 21.87
|change = +18.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sankar Chandra Das
|votes = 19,238
|percentage = 15.76
|change = -12.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Feddus Ali
|votes = 15,444
|percentage = 12.65
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India United Democratic Front
|candidate = Anowar Hussain
|votes = 12,641
|percentage = 10.35
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Basanta Swargiary
|votes = 4,670
|percentage = 3.82
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Pranita Talukdar
|votes = 3,408
|percentage = 2.79
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Benu Saha
|votes = 2,566
|percentage = 2.10
|change = +1.90
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = AGP(P)
|candidate = Abdul Hakim Mandal
|votes = 1,180
|percentage = 0.97
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = HSP
|candidate = Bhabendra Brahma
|votes = 915
|percentage = 0.75
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Lal Mahmud Ansari
|votes = 850
|percentage = 0.70
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Khalilur Rahman
|votes = 805
|percentage = 0.66
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,081
|percentage = 5.72
|change = +1.52
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,22,098
|percentage = 81.31
|change = +6.35
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,50,171
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2001 result===
{{Election box begin|
title=Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2001: Sorbhog}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Samsul Hoque
|votes = 31,890
|percentage = 32.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Anilananda Pathak
|votes = 27,819
|percentage = 28.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Hemen Das
|votes = 24,859
|percentage = 25.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Kuladhar Das
|votes = 6,850
|percentage = 7.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Samarendra Uzir
|votes = 3,606
|percentage = 3.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Kulendra
|votes = 816
|percentage = 0.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Haripada Mandal
|votes = 532
|percentage = 0.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = UBNLF
|candidate = Rajib Basumatary
|votes = 367
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Benu Saha
|votes = 192
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,071
|percentage = 4.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 96,931
|percentage = 74.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,29,311
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==

* [[Sorbhog]]
* [[List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Assam}}

{{coord missing|Assam}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Assam]]
[[Category:Barpeta district]]