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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = '''1952'''
| next_election = 1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = '''1962'''
| election_date = 1957
| seats_for_election = All 154 seats in the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| image1 = File:Partap Singh Kairon.png
| leader1 = [[Partap Singh Kairon]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Sujanpur]]
| seats1 = 120
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 24
| popular_vote1 = 36,12,709
| percentage1 = 47.51
| swing1 = {{increase}} 10.82
| image2 =
| leader2 = -
| leaders_seat2 = -
| party2 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
| seats2 = 9
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 9
| popular_vote2 = 6,54,395
| percentage2 = 8.61
| swing2 = {{increase}} 3.05
| title = [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Partap Singh Kairon]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = <br /> [[Partap Singh Kairon]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 78
}}

Elections to the second [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] were held in 1957. 661 candidates contested for the 154 seats of the 121 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.<ref name="PunjabECI1957"/>

==State Reorganization==
On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], [[Patiala & East Punjab States Union]] was merged with [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]].<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=15 October 1955 | accessdate=25 July 2015}}</ref> Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

==Constituencies==
After the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections. 88 constituencies were single member constituencies while 33 were two-member constituencies. Out of 121 constituencies, 33 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes. There were 52,44,907 electors in single member constituencies, while 3,96,40,19 in two-member constituencies. Total 661 candidates were in fray for these 154 seats.<ref name="PunjabECI1957"/>

==Political Parties==

Four national parties, [[Communist Party of India]], [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], [[Praja Socialist Party]] and [[Bharatiya Jana Sangha]] along with the state party [[Scheduled Caste Federation]] took part in the assembly election.<ref name="PunjabECI1957"/> Congress was the clear winner in the elections winning 77.92% of the total seats (i.~e. 120 seats) with a vote share of 47.51%. [[Partap Singh Kairon]] from the Congress party became the [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]] again.

==Results==
[[File:2nd Punjab Legislative Assembly.svg|thumb|]]
{{Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1957}}

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[1957 elections in India]]
* [[1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
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{{Punjab (India) elections}}

[[Category:1957 State Assembly elections in India]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Punjab, India|1957]]
[[Category:1950s in Punjab, India|1957]]