1957 Indian general election
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.
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494 of the 505 seats in the Lok Sabha 248 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 193,652,179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 45.44% ( 0.57pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 received 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.
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