1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election













West Bengal state assembly election, 1957






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 May 8, 1957
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All 195 seats in the West Bengal state assembly




















































 
 First party
 Second party
 

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Leader
Bidhan Chandra Roy
Jyoti Basu
Party
INC
CPI
Alliance
United Left Election Committee
Leader's seat
Bowbazar
Baranagar
Seats won
 152
 80
Seat change
 +2
 +52
Percentage
 46,14%
 33.6%
Swing
 N/A
 N/A







Chief Minister before election

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC
Chief Minister

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC




West Bengal, India


The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957 were part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.




Contents






  • 1 State Reorganization


  • 2 Alliances


  • 3 Results


    • 3.1 Alliance wise result




  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





State Reorganization


On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from Bihar to West Bengal.[1] Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.



Alliances


On the political left two alliances had emerged; the United Left Election Committee (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Praja Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc, Marxist Forward Bloc and the Revolutionary Socialist Party) and the United Left Front (comprising the Socialist Unity Centre of India, the Bolshevik Party of India, the Republican Party and the Democratic Vanguard). A third alliance was the United Democratic People's Front, consisting of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Hindu Mahasabha and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India.[2]



Results



Alliance wise result


The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.




































































































ULFC
 SEATS
ULF
 SEATS
 INC+
 SEATS
UDPF
 SEATS
 OTHERS
 SEATS

CPI
 46
SUCI
 0
INC
 152
BJS
 0
IND
 25

PSP
 21
BPI
 0


ABHM
 0


AIFB
 8
Republican Party



RCPI



MFB

DV







RSP








TOTAL (1957)
 75
 TOTAL (1957)
 0
 TOTAL (1957)
 152
 TOTAL (1957)
 0
 TOTAL (1957)
 25
TOTAL (1952)
 39
 TOTAL (1952)
 2
 TOTAL (1952)
 150
 TOTAL (1952)
 13
 TOTAL (1952)
 34




























Party/Alliance
Own
%

Indian National Congress
 152
 46.14%

United Left Election Committee
 80
 33.6%

United Left Front (1957)
 2
 2.45%

United Democratic People's Front
 0
 3.44%







































































e • d Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [3]

Party
No. of candidates
No. of elected
No. of votes
%

Indian National Congress
 251
 152
 4,830,992
 46.14%

Communist Party of India
 103
 46
 1,865,106
 17.81%

Praja Socialist Party
 67
 21
 1,031,392
 9.85%

Forward Bloc
 26
 8
 425,318
 4.06%

Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
 37
 25
 225,126
 2.15%

Bharatiya Jana Sangh
 33
 0
 102,477
 0.98%
Independents
 418
 22
 1,989,392
 19.00%

Total:
 935
 252
 10,469,803

[4]



See also



  • 1957 elections in India

  • West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1952



References





  1. ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 216.


  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.


  4. ^ List Of Political Parties










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