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
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
<section begin=Results />Template:Election table
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! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net change
in seats !! % of
Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote %
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| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress
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| 312 || 210 || Template:Decrease 29 || 66.04 || 44,55,425 || 42.09 || Template:Increase 0.71
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| style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party
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| 222 || 31 || New || 9.75 || 16,94,974 || 16.01 || New
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| style="text-align:left;" |Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party
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| 125 || 23 || Template:Increase 12 || 7.23 || 8,29,195 || 7.83 || Template:Increase 4.67
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| style="text-align:left;" |Jharkhand Party
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| 71 || 31 || Template:Decrease 1 || 9.75 || 7,49,021 || 7.08 || Template:Decrease 0.93
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| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India
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| 60 || 7 || Template:Increase 7 || 2.20 || 5,45,577 || 5.15 || Template:Increase 4.01
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| 572 || 16 || Template:Increase 11 || 5.03 || 21,81,180 || 20.61 || N/A
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! style="text-align:center;" |Total seats !! 318 (Template:Decrease 12) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 2,56,21,144 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|1,05,85,422 (41.32%)
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By-elections
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
- 1957 elections in India
- 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
- 1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedBiharECI1957 - ↑ Reorganisation of States, 1955. The Economic Weekly(October 15, 1955). Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995. ECI, New Delhi.
- ↑ Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995. ECI, New Delhi.