The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957 was part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from

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to West Bengal. Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.

Alliances

On the political left two alliances had emerged; the United Left Election Committee (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the

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, the

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, Marxist Forward Bloc and the Revolutionary Socialist Party) and the United Left Front (comprising the Socialist Unity Centre of India, the Bolshevik Party of India, the

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and the Democratic Vanguard). A third alliance was the United Democratic People's Front, consisting of

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the po ...

, Hindu Mahasabha and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India.

Results

Alliance wise result

The election was won by the

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, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.

! Party ! No. of candidates ! No. of elected ! No. of votes ! % , - ,

, 251 , 152 , 4,830,992 , 46.14% , - , Communist Party of India , 103 , 46 , 1,865,106 , 17.81% , - ,

, 67 , 21 , 1,031,392 , 9.85% , - ,

, 26 , 8 , 425,318 , 4.06% , - ,

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, 37 , 25 , 225,126 , 2.15% , - ,

, 33 , 0 , 102,477 , 0.98% , - , Independents , 418 , 22 , 1,989,392 , 19.00% , - , Total: , 935 , 252 , 10,469,803 ,

References

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State Assembly elections in West Bengal 1950s in West Bengal

State Reorganization

Alliances

Results

Alliance wise result

See also

References