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{{See also|1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1957 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election
| country = India
| flag_year = 1957
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 1951 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1951
| election_date =
| next_election = 1962 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election
| next_year = 1962
| seats_for_election = All 430 seats of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 216
| opinion_polls =
| turnout = 44.77%

| image1 =
| leader1 = [[Sampurnanand]]
| colour1 = FF9900
| party1 = [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| alliance1 =
| leader_since1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Varanasi City South(Assembly constituency)|Varanasi City South]]
| last_election1 =
| seats1 = 286
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 102
| popular_vote1 = 92988382
| percentage1 = 42.42%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 5.51%

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| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Sampurnanand]]
| before_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| after_election = [[Sampurnanand]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| image2 =
| leader2 = [[Triloki Singh]]
| leader_since2 =
| colour2=66FFCC
| party2= [[Praja Socialist Party]]
| alliance2 =
| leaders_seat2 = [[Lucknow City East(Assembly constituency)|Lucknow City East]]
| seats2 = 44
| last_election2 =
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 44
| popular_vote2 = 3170865
| percentage2 = 14.47%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 14.47

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The second '''Legislative Assembly elections''' were held in [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1957. The [[Indian National Congress]] won a comfortable margin with 286 of the 430 Vidhan Sabha seats, although it was less of a majority than in the previous election in 1951.

The Elections to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] were held on 25 February 1957. 1711 candidates contested for the 430 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 89 two-member constituencies and 252 single-member constituencies.<ref name="UPECI1957"/>

==Important members==
[[Sampurnanand]] was the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He succeeded [[Govind Ballabh Pant]] of his party and served as a Chief Minister from 1954 to 1960. In 1960, due to a political crisis initiated by [[Kamlapati Tripathi]] and [[Chandra Bhanu Gupta]], Sampurnanand was asked to quit the post of Chief Minister and was sent to [[Rajasthan]] as the [[Governor of Rajasthan|Governor]].<ref name="Chief Ministers">{{cite news|title=Chief Ministers|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] website|accessdate=20 November 2015|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/prev_chiefminister.htm}}</ref><ref name="Sampurnanand's resignation">{{cite news|title=Sampurnanand's resignation|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=20 November 2015|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/The-men-at-Raj-Bhavan/articleshow/202904.cms?}}</ref> Following were the important members of the Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="Speakers">{{cite news|title=Speakers|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] website|accessdate=20 November 2015|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/prev_speakers.htm}}</ref><ref name="Deputy Speakers">{{cite news|title=Deputy Speakers|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] website|accessdate=20 November 2015|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/deputy_speaker.htm}}</ref><ref name="Leader of Opposition">{{cite news|title=Leader of Opposition|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] website|accessdate=20 November 2015|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/prev_opposition_leader.htm}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Name !! Party
|-
| 01 || 1957 || 1960 || rowspan="2" | [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]] || [[Sampurnanand]] || rowspan="4" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 02 || 1960 || 1962 || [[Chandra Bhanu Gupta]]
|-
| 03 || rowspan="3" | 1957 || rowspan="3" | 1962 || [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker of the Assembly]] || Atmaram Govind Kher
|-
| 04 || [[Speaker (politics)|Deputy Speaker]] || Ramnarayan Tripathi
|-
| 05 || [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]] || [[Triloki Singh]] || [[Praja Socialist Party]]
|-
| 06 || 1953 || 1959 || rowspan="3" | [[Finance minister]] || [[Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim]] || rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 07 || 1959 || 1961 || [[Syed Ali Zaheer]]
|-
| 08 || 1961 || 1963 || Har Govind Singh
|-
| 09 || 1957 || 1960 || rowspan="2" | [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] || S. Ali Zaheer || rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 10 || 1961 || 1962 || Mangala Prasad
|-
| 11 || 1957 || 1962 || [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] || D. N. Mithal || -
|-
|}

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election<ref name="UPECI1957">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_UP_1957.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=July 11, 2015}}</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]]
|
| 430 || 286 || {{decrease}} 102 || 66.51 || 92,98,382 || 42.42 || {{decrease}} 5.51
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|
| 262 || 44 || ''New'' || 10.23 || 31,70,865 || 14.47 || ''New''
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
| 243 || 17 || {{increase}} 15 || 3.95 || 21,57,881 || 9.84 || {{increase}} 3.39
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]
| 91 || 9 || {{increase}} 9 || 2.09 || 8,40,348 || 3.83 || {{increase}} 2.90
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 399 || 74 || {{increase}} 59 || 17.21 || 62,85,457 || 28.68 || N/A
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total seats !! 430 ({{steady}} 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 4,89,53,427 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|2,19,18,604 (44.77%)
|}<section end=Results />

==See also==

* [[1957 elections in India]]

==References==
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