1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
← 1952 25 February 1957 1962 →
All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
159 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg
Leader Shri Krishna Sinha
Party INC Jharkhand Party
Seats won 210 31
Seat change Decrease29 Decrease1
Popular vote 44,55,425 7,49,021
Percentage 42.09% 7.08%
Swing Increase0.71% Decrease0.93%
Chief Minister before election

Shri Krishna Sinha
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Shri Krishna Sinha
INC

Elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1393 candidates contested for the 264 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 54 two-member constituencies and 210 single-member constituencies.[1]

State Reorganization[edit]

Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2] Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.

Results[edit]

<section begin=Results />

e • d 
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won Net change
in seats		 % of
Seats 		Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 312 210 Decrease 29 66.04 44,55,425 42.09 Increase 0.71
Praja Socialist Party 222 31 New 9.75 16,94,974 16.01 New
Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party 125 23 Increase 12 7.23 8,29,195 7.83 Increase 4.67
Jharkhand Party 71 31 Decrease 1 9.75 7,49,021 7.08 Decrease 0.93
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 60 7 Increase 7 2.20 5,45,577 5.15 Increase 4.01
Template:Party name with colour 572 16 Increase 11 5.03 21,81,180 20.61 N/A
Total seats 318 (Decrease 12) Voters 2,56,21,144 Turnout 1,05,85,422 (41.32%)

<section end=Results />

By-elections[edit]

In 1958 a by-election was held for the Dhanbad seat. The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate R. Chaudhury, who obtained 8,998 votes. His opponent, M. Desai, received 5,792 votes.[3]

In 1959 a by-election was held for the Nawada seat. The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate M. Ahmad, who obtained 10,236 votes. His opponent, T. N. Yadav, received 7,474 votes.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BiharECI1957
  2. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.


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