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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = '''1952'''
| next_election = 1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = '''1962'''
| election_date = 1957
| seats_for_election = All 176 seats in the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]], 1957
| image1 =
| leader1 = [[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Udaipur]]
| seats1 = 119
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 37
| popular_vote1 = 21,41,931
| percentage1 = 45.13 %
| swing1 = {{increase}} 5.67 %
| image2 =
| leader2 = -
| leaders_seat2 = -
| party2 = Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
| seats2 = 17
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 9
| popular_vote2 = 4,69,540
| percentage2 = 9.89
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 2.37
| title = [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = <br /> [[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 89
}}

Elections to the second [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] were held in 1957.<ref name="RajECI1957"/>

==State Reorganization==
On 1 November 1956, under [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], the [[Ajmer State]], the [[Abu Road]] taluka of the Banaskantha district of [[Bombay State]], the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to [[Madhya Pradesh]].<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=October 15, 1955 | accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref> This resulted in the change in assembly constituencies from 140 with 160 seats to 136 with 176 seats in 1957 assembly elections.

==Constituencies==
Due to States Reorganisation Act 1956, Rajasthan assembly constituencies changed from 140 with 160 seats to 136 with 176 seats. 96 of them were single member constituencies while the number of double member constituencies was 40. 28 of the double member constituencies were reserved for Scheduled Caste while 4 of the single member and 12 of the double member constituencies (total 16 constituencies) were reserved for Schedule Tribe. There were 48,43,841 electors in single member constituencies, while 38,92,288 were in double member constituencies. Total 737 candidates contested for the 176 seats of the 136 constituencies in the Assembly. Poll percentage in the 1957 election was 38.45%.<ref name="RajECI1957"/>

==Political Parties==
Four national parties, [[Communist Party of India]], [[Indian National Congress]], [[Praja Socialist Party]] and [[Bharatiya Jana Sangha]] along with the state party [[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]] took part in the assembly election.<ref name="RajECI1957"/> Congress was the clear winner in the elections winning 67.61% of the total seats (i.~e. 119/176 seats) with a vote share of 45.13%. [[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]] from the Congress party became the [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]] again.

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{Election table|title=Summary of results of the 1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election<ref name="RajECI1957">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Rajasthan_1957.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2015-07-26}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| 176 || 119 || {{increase}} 37 || 67.61 || 21,41,931 || 45.13 || {{increase}} 5.67
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
|
| 60 || 17 || {{decrease}} 7 || 9.66 || 4,69,540 || 9.89 || {{decrease}} 2.37
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
| 51 || 6 || {{decrease}} 2 || 3.41 || 2,63,443 || 5.55 || {{decrease}} 0.38
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|
| 27 || 1 || ''New'' || 0.57 || 1,17,532 || 2.48 || ''New''
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]
| 24 || 1 || {{increase}} 1 || 0.57 || 1,43,547 || 3.02 || {{increase}} 2.49
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 399 || 32 || {{decrease}} 3 || 18.18 || 16,10,465 || 33.93 || N/A
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 176 ({{increase}} 16) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,24,37,064 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|47,46,458 (38.16%)
|}<section end=Results />

==See also==

* [[1957 elections in India]]
* [[1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
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