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{{Infobox election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1951–52 Indian general election
| previous_year = 1951–52
| 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]]{{efn|Eleven members were appointed, including 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]].}}
| majority_seats = 248

| image1 = Jawaharlal Nehru 1957 crop.jpg
| leader1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| seats1 = '''371'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 7
| popular_vote1 = '''57,579,589'''
| percentage1 = '''47.78%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}} 2.79[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image2 = {{eppt|Communist Party of India}}
| leader2 = [[Ajoy Ghosh]]
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| seats2 = 27
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 11
| popular_vote2 = 10,754,075
| percentage2 = 8.92%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 5.63[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image4 = Jayaprakash Narayan (cropped2).jpg
| leader4 = [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
| party4 = Praja Socialist Party
| seats4 = 19
| popular_vote4 = 12,542,666
| percentage4 = 10.41%
| image5 = {{eppt|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| leader5 = [[Debaprasad Ghosh]]
| party5 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
| seats5 = 4
| popular_vote5 = 7,193,267
| percentage5 = 5.97%
| last_election5 = 3.06%, 3 seats
| swing5 = {{increase}} 2.91[[Percentage point|pp]]
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 1
| map_image = Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1957.svg
| 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
| last_election1 = {{nowrap|44.99%, 364 seats}}
| registered = 193,652,179
| turnout = 45.44% ({{increase}} 0.57[[Percentage point|pp]])
| last_election2 = 3.29%, 16 seats
| map_caption = Results by constituency
| last_election4 = ''New''
| swing4 = ''New''
| seat_change4 = ''New''
| outgoing_members = List of members of the 1st Lok Sabha
| elected_members = List of members of the 2nd Lok Sabha
}}

General elections were held in [[India]] between 24 February and 14 March 1957, the second elections to the [[Lok Sabha]] after independence. Elections to several state legislatures were held simultaneously.

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% to 48%. The INC received nearly five times more votes than the [[Communist Party of India|Communist Party]], the second largest party. In addition, 19% of the vote and 42 seats went to [[Independent (politician)|independent candidates]], the highest of any Indian general election.

==Electoral system==
There were 494 seats elected using [[first past the post voting]]. 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 | archive-date=20 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320181548/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf | url-status=live }}</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 | archive-date=6 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606155958/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_II_57_LS.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> The multi-seat constituencies were abolished before the next election.

The elections were overseen by [[Sukumar Sen (civil servant)|Sukumar Sen]], the [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Chief Election Commissioner]], who used the existing election infrastructure to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Historian [[Ramachandra Guha]] wrote "this general election cost the exchequer Rs45 million less than the previous one. The prudent Sen had safely stored the 3.5 million ballot boxes the first time round and only half a million additional ones were required."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Guha |first=Ramachandra |title=India after Gandhi: the history of the world's largest democracy |date=2022 |publisher=Picador India |isbn=978-93-82616-97-9 |edition=10th anniversary edition, updated and expanded, first published in hardcover |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

==Conduct==
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|work=The Times of India |date=14 February 2005 |access-date=21 September 2015|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024701/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Where-booth-capturing-was-born/articleshow/1020435.cms|url-status=live}}</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|work=The Times of India |date=21 September 2015 |access-date=21 September 2015|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730185128/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/In-central-Bihar-development-runs-into-caste-wall/articleshow/49038630.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151010/jsp/bihar/story_47122.jsp#.VhikSeyqqko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013155812/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151010/jsp/bihar/story_47122.jsp#.VhikSeyqqko|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2015|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|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-date=12 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012142036/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/the-myth-of-historys-first-booth-capturing-taking-place-in-begusarais-rachiyahi-1150034.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==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]
}}

===Results by state===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"
!rowspan=3|State
!rowspan=3|Total<br>seats
!colspan=10|Seats won
|-
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[All India Ganatantra Parishad|GP]]
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[Scheduled Castes Federation|SCF]]
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[Jharkhand Party|JKP]]
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |Others
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |Ind.
!class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |App.
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|All India Ganatantra Parishad}};;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Scheduled Castes Federation}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Party}};;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}};;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Others}};;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Independent}};;" |
!
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
!1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Andhra Pradesh]]
!43
|37
|2
|
|
|
|
|
|2
|2
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Assam]]
!12
|9
|
|2
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bihar]]
!53
|41
|
|2
|
|
|6
|
|3
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Bombay State|Bombay]]
!66
|38
|4
|5
|
|5
|
|2
|4
|8
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Delhi]]
!5
|5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Himachal Pradesh]]
!4
|4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Kerala]]
!18
|6
|9
|1
|
|
|
|
|
|2
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
!6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|6
|-
![[Lakshadweep|Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands]]
!1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Madhya Pradesh]]
!36
|35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Madras State|Madras]]
!41
|31
|2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|8
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Manipur]]
!2
|1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Mysore State|Mysore]]
!26
|23
|
|1
|
|1
|
|
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[North-East Frontier Agency]]
!1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Orissa]]
!20
|7
|1
|2
|7
|
|
|
|
|3
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[East Punjab|Punjab]]
!22
|21
|1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Rajasthan]]
!22
|19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|3
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Tripura]]
!2
|1
|1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Uttar Pradesh]]
!86
|70
|1
|4
|
|
|
|2
|
|9
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[West Bengal]]
!36
|23
|6
|2
|
|
|
|
|2
|3
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |[[Anglo-Indian people|Anglo-Indians]]
!2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|2
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Total
!505
!371
!27
!19
!7
!6
!6
!4
!12
!42
!11
|-
! colspan="12" |
|-
| colspan="12" |Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200943/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf ECI]
|}

====Andhra Pradesh====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 4906044|seats1 = 37|sc1=+31
|party2 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes2 = 1144811|seats2 = 2|sc2=–4
|party3 = [[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|People's Democratic Front]]|votes3 = 1044032|seats3 = 2
|party5 = Other parties|votes5 = 600686|seats5 = 0
|party6 = Independents|votes6 = 1835800|seats6 = 2|sc6=–6
}}

====Assam====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 1184708|sw1 = +5.94 |seats1 = 9|sc1 = –2
|party2 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes2 = 457643|sw2 = –9.23 |seats2 = 2|sc2 = +1
|party4 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes4 = 235044|sw4 = New|seats4 = 0|sc4 = New
|party5 = Independents|votes5 = 415217|sw5 = +4.37 |seats5 = 1|sc5 = +1
|total_sc = 0
}}

====Bihar====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 4450208|sw1 = –1.30 |seats1 = 41|sc1 = –4
|party2 = [[Jharkhand Party]]|votes2 = 751830|sw2 = +0.10 |seats2 = 6|sc2 = +3
|party3 = [[Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party]]|votes3 = 501359|sw3 = +2.65 |seats3 = 3|sc3 = +2
|party4 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes4 = 2165462|sw4 = –2.83 |seats4 = 2|sc4 = –1
|party6 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes6 = 502707|sw6 = +4.62 |seats6 = 0|sc6 = 0
|party7 = Other parties|votes7 = 51416|sw7 = –6.00 |seats7 = 0|sc7 = –2
|party8 = Independents|votes8 = 1584894|sw8 = +2.76 |seats8 = 1|sc8 = 0
|total_sc = –2
}}

====Bombay====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 8156272|sw1 = –1.49 |seats1 = 38|sc1 = –2
|party3 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes3 = 1457203|sw3 = –11.45 |seats3 = 5|sc3 = +5
|party4 = [[Republican Party of India|Scheduled Caste Federation]]|votes4 = 1354475|sw4 = +3.65 |seats4 = 5|sc4 = +4
|party5 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes5 = 1055013|sw5 = +4.95 |seats5 = 4|sc5 = +4
|party6 = [[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes6 = 924832|sw6 = –1.48 |seats6 = 4|sc6 = +3
|party7 = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes7 = 566008|sw7 = New|seats7 = 2|sc7 = New
|party8 = Other parties|votes8 = 136749|sw8 = –4.14 |seats8 = 0|sc8 = 0
|party9 = Independents|votes9 = 3109733|sw9 = +6.58 |seats9 = 8|sc9 = +5
|total_sc = +21
}}

====Kerala====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes1 = 2267888|seats1 = 9
|party2 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes2 = 2102883|seats2 = 6
|party4 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes4 = 438459|seats4 = 1
|party5 = [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes5 = 308742|seats5 = 0
|party6 = Independents|votes6 = 932274|seats6 = 2
}}

====Madhya Pradesh====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 3967199|sw1 = +0.47 |seats1 = 35|sc1 = +8
|party2 = [[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes2 = 373503|sw2 = +4.60 |seats2 = 1|sc2 = +1
|party3 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes3 = 1225735|sw3 = –2.38 |seats3 = 0|sc3 = 0
|party4 = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes4 = 1062936|sw4 = +9.02 |seats4 = 0|sc4 = 0
|party6 = Other parties |votes6 = 376441|sw6 = –7.77 |seats6 = 0|sc6 = 0
|party7 = Independents|votes7 = 608408|sw7 = –3.94 |seats7 = 0|sc7 = –2
|total_sc = +7
}}

====Madras====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 5094552|sw1 = +10.13 |seats1 = 31|sc1 = +7
|party3 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes3 = 1101338|sw3 = +1.11 |seats3 = 2|sc3 = –1
|party4 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes4 = 399789|sw4 = –11.43 |seats4 = 0|sc4 = +0
|party5 = Independents|votes5 = 4355162|sw5 = +16.62 |seats5 = 8|sc5 = +8
|total_sc = –34
}}

====Mysore====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 3219014|sw1 = –13.42 |seats1 = 23|sc1 = +13
|party2 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes2 = 1082698|sw2 = –10.79 |seats2 = 1|sc2 = 0
|party3 = [[Republican Party of India|Scheduled Caste Federation]]|votes3 = 115214|sw3 = New|seats3 = 1|sc3 = New
|party5 = Other parties|votes5 = 228979|sw5 = |seats5 = 0|sc5 =0
|party6 = Independents|votes6 = 1152535|sw6 = +9.52 |seats6 = 1|sc6 = +1
|total_sc = +15
}}

====Orissa====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 1776767|sw1 = –2.50 |seats1 = 7|sc1 = –4
|party2 = [[All India Ganatantra Parishad]]|votes2 = 1291141|sw2 = +2.85 |seats2 = 7|sc2 = +1
|party4 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes4 = 684023|sw4 = –1.44 |seats4 = 2|sc4 = +1
|party5 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes5 = 214903|sw5 = –0.93 |seats5 = 1|sc5 = 0
|party6 = Independents|votes6 = 473656|sw6 = +2.02 |seats6 = 3|sc6 = +2
|total_sc = 0
}}

====Punjab====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 3682219|sw1 = +8.50 |seats1 = 21|sc1 = +5
|party2 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes2 = 1207600|sw2 = +11.77 |seats2 = 1|sc2 = +1
|party3 = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes3 = 1152672|sw3 = +10.45 |seats3 = 0|sc3 = 0
|party5 = Other parties|votes5 = 333630|sw5 = –23.32 |seats5 = 0|sc5 = –2
|party6 = Independents|votes6 = 807709|sw6 = –7.40 |seats6 = 0|sc6 = 0
|total_sc = +4
}}

====Rajasthan====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 2494094|sw1 = +12.23 |seats1 = 19|sc1 = +10
|party3 = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes3 = 518355|sw3 = +8.11 |seats3 = 0|sc3 = –1
|party4 = Other parties|votes4 = 356278|sw4 = –18.72 |seats4 = 0|sc4 = –4
|party5 = Independents|votes5 = 1280356|sw5 = –1.62 |seats5 = 3|sc5 = –3
|total_sc = +2
}}

====Uttar Pradesh====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 10599639|sw1 = –6.70 |seats1 = 70|sc1 = –11
|party3 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes3 = 3511157|sw3 = –2.50 |seats3 = 4|sc3 = +2
|party4 = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes4 = 3385247|sw4 = +7.50 |seats4 = 2|sc4 = +2
|party5 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes5 = 383509|sw5 = +1.32 |seats5 = 1|sc5 = +1
|party6 = [[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes6 = 98138|sw6 = –3.12 |seats6 = 0|sc6 = 0
|party7 = Independents|votes7 = 4918413|sw7 = +10.14 |seats7 = 9|sc7 = +7
|total_sc = 0
}}

====West Bengal====
{{Election results
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress]]|votes1 = 5031696|sw1 = +6.10 |seats1 = 23|sc1 = –1
|party2 = [[Communist Party of India]]|votes2 = 1985181|sw2 = +9.55 |seats2 = 6|sc2 = +1
|party4 = [[Marxist Forward Bloc]]|votes4 = 665341|sw4 = +1.85 |seats4 = 2|sc4 = +2
|party5 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes5 = 590692|sw5 = –5.26 |seats5 = 2|sc5 = +2
|party6 = [[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes6 = 561741|sw6 = +1.11 |seats6 = 0|sc6 = –1
|party7 = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes7 = 149351|sw7 = –4.51 |seats7 = 0|sc7 = –2
|party8 = Independents|votes8 = 1456098|sw8 = –4.51 |seats8 = 3|sc8 = +3
|total_sc = +2
}}

===Women performance in elections===
Based on the published data from the Election Commission of India (ECI) website.<ref>{{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 | archive-date=20 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320181548/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
====Participation====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! rowspan=2|State/UT
! rowspan=2|Total seats
! colspan=2|Women contestants
! rowspan=2|Elected
! rowspan=2|Women contestants (%)
! rowspan=2|Elected (%)
|-
! Women
! Seats
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || 43 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 3.5% || 6.9%
|-
| Assam || 12 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 6.5% || 14.3%
|-
| Bihar || 53 || 7 || 7 || 5 || 3.7% || 9.4%
|-
| Bombay || 66 || 5 || 5 || 3 || 3.11% || 4.5%
|-
| Kerala || 18 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1.7% || 0
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || 36 || 8 || 6 || 3 || 6.6% || 8.3%
|-
| Madras || 41 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 3.2% || 2.4%
|-
| Mysore || 26 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Manipur || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Orissa || 20 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0
|-
| Punjab || 22 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1.3% || 4.5%
|-
| Rajasthan || 22 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Tripura || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || 86 || 6 || 4 || 1 || 2.05% || 13.75%
|-
| West Bengal || 36 || 5 || 4 || 2 || 11.59% || 1.1%
|-
| Delhi || 5 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 14.8% || 20%
|-
| Himachal Pradesh || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- class="sortbottom"
| '''India''' || '''494''' || '''45''' || '''37''' || '''22''' || '''2.96%''' || '''4.45%'''
|}

==See also==
*[[List of members of the 2nd Lok Sabha]]
*[[Election Commission of India]]
*[[Booth capturing]]
*[[:Category:1957 Indian general election by state or union territory]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Indian elections}}

[[Category:1957 elections in India|General]]
[[Category:February 1957 in Asia|India]]
[[Category:March 1957 in Asia|India]]
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