Elections to the Bombay Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 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[edit | edit source]
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 Dharwad, Bijapur, North Kannada and Belgaum (excluding the Chandgad taluka) 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[edit | edit source]
| Political party | Flag | Seats Contested |
Won | Net change in seats |
% of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | Change in vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 396 | 234 |  35 |
59.10 | 81,31,604 | 48.66 | 0.71
| ||
| Praja Socialist Party | 100 | 36 | New | 9.09 | 14,98,700 | 8.97 | New | ||
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 55 | 31 |  17 |
7.83 | 11,13,436 | 6.66 | 0.21
| ||
| Scheduled Castes Federation | 51 | 13 | 12 |
3.28 | 10,41,355 | 6.23 | 3.13
| ||
| Communist Party of India | 
|
34 | 13 | 12 |
3.28 | 6,07,383 | 3.63 | 2.19
| |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 24 | 4 | 4 |
1.01 | 2,60,826 | 1.56 | 1.52
| ||
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 11 | 1 | 1 |
0.25 | 71,514 | 0.43 | 0.09
| ||
| Independent | 464 | 64 | 11 |
16.16 | 39,72,548 | 23.77 | N/A | ||
| Total seats | 396 ( 81) |
Voters | 3,14,40,079 | Turnout | 1,67,12,160 (53.16%) | ||||
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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