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{{Short description|General election in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1957 Indian general election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1951–52 Indian general election
| previous_year = 1951
| next_election = 1962 Indian general election
| next_year = 1962
| election_date = 24 February – 14 March 1957
| seats_for_election = 494 of the 505 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| majority_seats = 248
| image_size=130x130px


| image1 = Jnehru.jpg
| leader1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]]
| seats1 = '''371'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 7
| popular_vote1 = '''57,579,589'''
| percentage1 = '''47.78%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}}2.79pp
| image2 = S.A. Dange.jpg
| leader2 = [[Shripat Amrit Dange]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Mumbai South Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bombay City Central]]
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| seats2 = 27
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 11
| popular_vote2 = 10,754,075
| percentage2 = 8.92%
| swing2 = {{increase}}5.63pp
| image3 = Jawaharlal Nehru with Jayaprakash Narayan (cropped).jpg
| leader3 = [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
| leaders_seat3 =
| party3 = Praja Socialist Party
| seats3 = 19
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote3 = 12,542,666
| percentage3 = 10.41%
| swing3 = {{decrease}}5.97pp
| map = [[File:Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1957.svg|300px|lang=en]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| party_colour =
}}
'''General elections''' were held in [[India]] between 24 February and 9 June 1957, the second elections to the [[Lok Sabha]] after independence. They were held five years after the [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]] elections in accordance with the provisions of the [[Constitution of India]]. Elections to many state legislatures were held simultaneously.
There were 494 seats elected using [[first past the post]] voting system. Out of the 403 constituencies, 91 elected two members, while the remaining 312 elected a single member.<ref name="GE1957V1">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-I | work=Election Commission of India | page=5 | access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="GE1957V2">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_II_57_LS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-II | work=Election Commission of India | access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> The multi-seat constituencies were abolished before the next election.
Under the leadership of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the [[Indian National Congress]] easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained an extra seven seats (the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five) and their vote share increased from 45.0% to 47.8%. The INC won nearly five times more votes than the [[Communist Party of India|Communist Party]], the second largest party. In addition, 19.3% of the vote and 42 seats went to [[Independent (politician)|independent candidates]], the highest of any Indian general election.
== Results ==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1957.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=57579589|seats1=371|sc1=+7
|party2=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes2=12542666|seats2=19|sc2=–2
|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes3=10754075|seats3=27|sc3=+11
|party4=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes4=7193267|seats4=4|sc4=+1
|party5=[[Scheduled Castes Federation]]|votes5=2038890|seats5=6|sc5=+4
|party6=[[All India Ganatantra Parishad]]|votes6=1291141|seats6=7|sc6=+1
|party7=[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|People's Democratic Front]]|votes7=1044032|seats7=2|sc7=–5
|party8=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes8=1032322|seats8=1|sc8=–3
|party9=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes9=924832|seats9=4|sc9=+2
|party10=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes10=751830|seats10=6|sc10=+3
|party11=[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist)]]|votes11=665341|seats11=2|sc11=+1
|party12=[[Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party]]|votes12=501359|seats12=3|sc12=+2
|party13=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes13=460838|seats13=0|sc13=–3
|party14=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes14=308742|seats14=0|sc14=–3
|party15=[[Krishak Sramik Party|Praja Party]]|votes15=140742|seats15=0|sc15=0
|party16=Independents|votes16=23284249|seats16=42|sc16=+5
|row17=Appointed members{{efn|Six representing [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], two representing [[Anglo-Indians]], one representing Part B Tribal Areas in [[Assam]], one representing the [[Lakshadweep|Amindive, Laccadive and Minicoy Islands]] and one representing the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].}}|seats17=11|sc17=+1
|total_sc=+6
|electorate=193652179
|turnout=45.44
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4112-general-election-1957-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9737&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=6df04992cf2c2fe96a9487465b425663 ECI]}}
{{notelist}}
==Voting==
The first instance of [[booth capturing]] in India was recorded in 1957 in the General Elections of that year in Rachiyahi, in Begusarai's Matihani assembly seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Where-booth-capturing-was-born/articleshow/1020435.cms|title=Where booth capturing was born}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/In-central-Bihar-development-runs-into-caste-wall/articleshow/49038630.cms|title=In central Bihar, development runs into caste wall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151010/jsp/bihar/story_47122.jsp#.VhikSeyqqko|title=Empty words in legend's forgotten village}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/the-myth-of-historys-first-booth-capturing-taking-place-in-begusarais-rachiyahi-1150034.html|title=The myth of history's first booth capturing taking place in Begusarai's Rachiyahi}}</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Election Commission of India]]
*[[Booth capturing]]
*[[1957 Indian presidential election]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Indian elections}}
[[Category:1957 elections in India|General election]]
[[Category:General elections in India by year]]
[[Category:February 1957 events]]
[[Category:March 1957 events]]
[[Category:1957 elections in Asia|India]]
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