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Elections to the
Contested !! Won !! Net change
in seats !! % of
Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,
, 60 , , 7 , , 7 , , 2.20 , , 5,45,577 , , 5.15 , , 4.01
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, 572 , , 16 , , 11 , , 5.03 , , 21,81,180 , , 20.61 , , N/A
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! colspan = 3,
! style="text-align:center;" , Total seats !! 318 ( 12) !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 2,56,21,144 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! colspan = 2, 1,05,85,422 (41.32%)
Bihar Legislative Assembly
The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952.
The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated ...
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.
State Reorganization
Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories toWest Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...
in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956
The States Reorganisation act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines.
Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States ...
. Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.
Results
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political party !! Flag !! SeatsContested !! Won !! Net change
in seats !! % of
Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...
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, 312 , , 210 , , 29 , , 66.04 , , 44,55,425 , , 42.09 , , 0.71
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, style="text-align:left;" , Praja Socialist Party
The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazd ...
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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 Janata Party The Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party (CNSPJP) was a political party in Bihar state in India founded by the Maharaja Bahadur of Ramgarh, Kamakhya Narain Singh.
History
In the 1951–52 general elections the party nominated six candidates. ...
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, 125 , , 23 , , 12 , , 7.23 , , 8,29,195 , , 7.83 , , 4.67
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, style="text-align:left;" , Jharkhand Party
The Jharkhand Party (JP) (Hindi:झापा ) is an oldest Political Party in India formed in the year of 5 March 1949 by Jaipal Singh Munda.Which grew out of the demand for a separate Jharkhand state.
Jharkhand Party participated in Election ...
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, 71 , , 31 , , 1 , , 9.75 , , 7,49,021 , , 7.08 , , 0.93
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, style="text-align:left;" , Communist Party of India
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, 60 , , 7 , , 7 , , 2.20 , , 5,45,577 , , 5.15 , , 4.01
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, 572 , , 16 , , 11 , , 5.03 , , 21,81,180 , , 20.61 , , N/A
, - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3,
! style="text-align:center;" , Total seats !! 318 ( 12) !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 2,56,21,144 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! colspan = 2, 1,05,85,422 (41.32%)
Elected members
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. 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.See also
*1957 elections in India
Presidential election
The Election Commission of India held the second presidential elections of India on May 6, 1957. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his nearest rival Chowdhry Hari Ram.
General election
Ge ...
* 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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* 1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
This is a list of the results of the 1962 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, a state in India, including a list of successful candidates. After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Pandit Binodanand ...
References
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1957
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...