Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1957

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Elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly were held on February 25, 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

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e • d Summary of results of the Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won Net change
in seats		  % of
Seats		 Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg 312 210 Decrease 29 66.04 44,55,425 42.09 Increase 0.71
Praja Socialist Party 222 31 New 9.75 16,94,974 16.01 New
Chota Nagpur & Santhal Parganas Janta Party 125 23 Increase 12 7.23 8,29,195 7.83 Increase 4.67
Jharkhand Party 71 31 Decrease 1 9.75 7,49,021 7.08 Decrease 0.93
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 60 7 Increase 7 2.20 5,45,577 5.15 Increase 4.01
Independent 572 16 Increase 11 5.03 21,81,180 20.61 N/A
Total seats 318 (Decrease 12) Voters 2,56,21,144 Turnout 1,05,85,422 (41.32 %)

See also

References

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