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{{Short description|Elections to the second Punjab Legislative Assembly held in 1957}}{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

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24| popular_vote1 = 3,612,709| percentage1 = 47.51%| swing1 = {{increase}} 10.82| image2 = | leader2 = -| leaders_seat2 = -| party2 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh| seats2 = 9| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 9| popular_vote2 = 654,395| percentage2 = 8.61%| swing2 = {{increase}} 3.05Chief Minister of Punjab (India)>Chief Minister| before_election = Partap Singh Kairon| before_party = Indian National Congress| after_election = Partap Singh Kairon| after_party = Indian National Congress}}Elections to the Second Punjab Legislative Assembly were held in 1957. 661 candidates contested for the 154 seats of the 121 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab.WEB,weblink Reorganisation of States, 1955, The Economic Weekly, 15 October 1955, 25 July 2015, Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

Constituencies

After the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections. 88 constituencies were single member constituencies while 33 were two-member constituencies. Out of 121 constituencies, 33 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes. There were 52,44,907 electors in single member constituencies, while 3,96,40,19 in two-member constituencies. Total 661 candidates were in fray for these 154 seats.

Political parties

Four national parties, Communist Party of India, Congress, Praja Socialist Party and Bharatiya Jana Sangha along with the state party Scheduled Caste Federation took part in the assembly election. Congress was the clear winner in the elections winning 77.92% of the total seats (i.~e. 120 seats) with a vote share of 47.51%. Partap Singh Kairon from the Congress party became the Chief Minister again.

Results

{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly electionWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Punjab, Election Commission of India, 2015-07-26, |sortable=yes}}!colspan=10|(File:2nd Punjab Legislative Assembly.svg) style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"! class="unsortable" |! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % style="background: #90EE90;"Indian National Congress}}Indian National Congress| | {{increase}} 10.82Communist Party of India}}Communist Party of India35px)| {{increase}} 9.67Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}Bharatiya Jana Sangh|| {{increase}} 3.05Scheduled Caste Federation|| {{increase}} 3.43Praja Socialist Party|New >| NewIndependent politician}}|| N/A class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan = 3|! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 154 ({{increase}} 28) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,31,72,945 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|76,03,890 (57.72%)

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See also

• Second Punjab Legislative Assembly
• 1957 elections in India
• 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

References

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