The second 'Legislative Assembly elections were held in
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
in 1957. The
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
won a comfortable margin with 286 of the 430 Vidhan Sabha seats, although it was less of a majority than in the previous election in 1951.
The Elections to the
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Member of the Legislative Assembl ...
were held on 25 February 1957. 1711 candidates contested for the 430 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 89 two-member constituencies and 252 single-member constituencies.
Important members
Sampurnanand was the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He succeeded
Govind Ballabh Pant of his party and served as a Chief Minister from 1954 to 1960. In 1960, due to a political crisis initiated by
Kamlapati Tripathi and
Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Chandra Bhanu Gupta (14 July 1902 – 11 March 1980) served three terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, chief minister of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In 1970s he was a member of Congress (O) and Janata Party.
Early life
He was born in A ...
, Sampurnanand was asked to quit the post of Chief Minister and was sent to
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
as the
Governor
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.
Pandit Dev Narayan ‘Bhartiya’, the First Revolutionist of the North India, from the Constituency, Jamaur Shahjahanpur(U.P.) was the Member of the Second Legislative Assembly (U.P.) from 1957 to 1962 and raised the most questions in the Assembly's Proceedings. Another fact about him is that he did not let any Congress Candidate win nearby his constituency, thus four seats (Jamaur, Tilhar, Khera Bajehra, Jalalabad) were secured by Ram Manohar Lohia's Socialist Party, under the guidance of Pandit Dev Narayan 'Bhartiya'. Following were also the important members of the Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.
Results
Elected members
Source:
See also
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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 electi ...
References
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Events January
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Uttar
February 1957 in Asia
1950s in Uttar Pradesh