General elections were held in India between 24 February and 9 June 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. Elections to many state legislatures were held simultaneously.
Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained an extra seven seats (the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five) and their vote share increased from 45% to 48%. The INC receieved nearly five times more votes than the Communist Party, the second largest party. In addition, 19% of the vote and 42 seats went to independent candidates, the highest of any Indian general election.
There were 494 seats elected using first past the post voting. Out of the 403 constituencies, 91 elected two members, while the remaining 312 elected a single member.[1][2] The multi-seat constituencies were abolished before the next election.
The elections were overseen by Sukumar Sen, the Chief Election Commissioner, who used the existing election infrastructure to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Historian Ramachandra Guha wrote "this general election cost the exchequer Rs45 million less than the previous one. The prudent Sen had safely stored the 3.5 million ballot boxes the first time round and only half a million additional ones were required."[3]
The first instance of booth capturing in India was recorded in 1957 in the General Elections of that year in Rachiyahi, in Begusarai's Matihani assembly seat.[4][5][6][7]
^"Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-I" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^"Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-II" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^Guha, Ramachandra (2022). India after Gandhi: the history of the world's largest democracy (10th anniversary edition, updated and expanded, first published in hardcover ed.). New Delhi: Picador India. ISBN978-93-82616-97-9.
^"The myth of history's first booth capturing taking place in Begusarai's Rachiyahi".
October 14, 2023
1957, indian, general, election, general, elections, were, held, india, between, february, june, 1957, second, elections, sabha, after, independence, elections, many, state, legislatures, were, held, simultaneously, 1951, february, march, 1957, 1962, seats, sa. General elections were held in India between 24 February and 9 June 1957 the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence Elections to many state legislatures were held simultaneously 1957 Indian general election 1951 24 February 14 March 1957 1962 494 of the 505 seats in the Lok Sabha248 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripat Amrit Dange Jayaprakash NarayanParty INC CPI PSPSeats won 371 27 19Seat change 7 11 2Popular vote 57 579 589 10 754 075 12 542 666Percentage 47 78 8 92 10 41 Swing 2 79pp 5 63pp 5 97ppPrime Minister before electionJawaharlal NehruINC Prime Minister after election Jawaharlal NehruINCUnder the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power taking 371 of the 494 seats They gained an extra seven seats the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five and their vote share increased from 45 to 48 The INC receieved nearly five times more votes than the Communist Party the second largest party In addition 19 of the vote and 42 seats went to independent candidates the highest of any Indian general election Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Results 2 1 Results by state 3 Voting 4 See also 5 ReferencesElectoral system EditThere were 494 seats elected using first past the post voting Out of the 403 constituencies 91 elected two members while the remaining 312 elected a single member 1 2 The multi seat constituencies were abolished before the next election The elections were overseen by Sukumar Sen the Chief Election Commissioner who used the existing election infrastructure to reduce costs and improve efficiency Historian Ramachandra Guha wrote this general election cost the exchequer Rs45 million less than the previous one The prudent Sen had safely stored the 3 5 million ballot boxes the first time round and only half a million additional ones were required 3 Results Edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Indian National Congress57 579 58947 78371 7Praja Socialist Party12 542 66610 4119 2Communist Party of India10 754 0758 9227 11Bharatiya Jana Sangh7 193 2675 974 1Scheduled Castes Federation2 038 8901 696 4All India Ganatantra Parishad1 291 1411 077 1People s Democratic Front1 044 0320 872 5Hindu Mahasabha1 032 3220 861 3Peasants and Workers Party of India924 8320 774 2Jharkhand Party751 8300 626 3Forward Bloc Marxist 665 3410 552 1Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party501 3590 423 2Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad460 8380 380 3Revolutionary Socialist Party308 7420 260 3Praja Party140 7420 1200Independents23 284 24919 3242 5Appointed members a 11 1Total120 513 915100 00505 6Registered voters turnout193 652 17945 44Source ECI Six representing Jammu and Kashmir two representing Anglo Indians one representing Part B Tribal Areas in Assam one representing the Amindive Laccadive and Minicoy Islands and one representing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Results by state Edit State Totalseats Seats wonINC CPI PSP GP SCF JKP BJS Others Ind App Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 1Andhra Pradesh 43 37 2 2 2Assam 12 9 2 1Bihar 53 41 2 6 3 1Bombay 66 38 4 5 5 2 4 8Delhi 5 5Himachal Pradesh 4 4Kerala 18 6 9 1 2Jammu and Kashmir 6 6Laccadive Minicoy and Amindivi Islands 1 1Madhya Pradesh 36 35 1Madras 41 31 2 8Manipur 2 1 1Mysore 26 23 1 1 1North East Frontier Agency 1 1Orissa 20 7 1 2 7 3Punjab 22 21 1Rajasthan 22 19 3Tripura 2 1 1Uttar Pradesh 86 70 1 4 2 9West Bengal 36 23 6 2 2 3Anglo Indians 2 2Total 505 371 27 19 7 6 6 4 12 42 11Source ECIVoting EditThe first instance of booth capturing in India was recorded in 1957 in the General Elections of that year in Rachiyahi in Begusarai s Matihani assembly seat 4 5 6 7 See also EditList of members of the 2nd Lok Sabha Election Commission of India Booth capturing 1957 Indian presidential electionReferences Edit Statistical Report on General Election 1957 To the Second Lok Sabha Volume I PDF Election Commission of India p 5 Retrieved 11 July 2015 Statistical Report on General Election 1957 To the Second Lok Sabha Volume II PDF Election Commission of India Retrieved 11 July 2015 Guha Ramachandra 2022 India after Gandhi the history of the world s largest democracy 10th anniversary edition updated and expanded first published in hardcover ed New Delhi Picador India ISBN 978 93 82616 97 9 Where booth capturing was born In central Bihar development runs into caste wall Empty words in legend s forgotten village Archived from the original on 13 October 2015 The myth of history s first booth capturing taking place in Begusarai s Rachiyahi Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1957 Indian general election amp oldid 1168948040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
