1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The second Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh in 1957. The Indian National Congress 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.

See also: 1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1957 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election
February 25, 1957 (1957-02-25)
430 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
216 seats needed for a majority
Turnout44.77% 6.76%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sampurnanand Triloki Singh
Party INC PSP
Leader's seat Varanasi City South Lucknow City East
Last election 388 seats, 47.93% 21 seats, 17.73%
Seats won 286 44
Seat change 102 23
Popular vote 9,298,382 3,170,865
Percentage 42.42% 14.47%
Swing 5.51% 3.26%
CM before election

Sampurnanand
INC

 Elected CM

Sampurnanand
INC

The Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 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.

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