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 Bihar 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 CPI, PSP, AIFB, MFB and RSP) and the United Left Front (comprising the SUC, the BPI, the RPI and the Democratic Vanguard). A third alliance was the United Democratic People's Front, consisting of BJS, Hindu Mahasabha and RCPI.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 216.
Results
Alliance wise result The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party. ULFCSEATSULFSEATSINC+SEATSUDPFSEATSOTHERSSEATSCPI46SUCI0INC152BJS0IND25PSP21BPI0ABHM0AIFB8Republican PartyRCPIMFBDVRSPTOTAL (1957)75TOTAL (1957)0TOTAL (1957)152TOTAL (1957)0TOTAL (1957)0TOTAL (1952)39TOTAL (1952)2TOTAL (1952)150TOTAL (1952)13TOTAL (1952)34
Party/Alliance Own % Indian National Congress 152 46.14% United Left Election Committee 80 33.6% United Left Front (1957) 2 2.45% United Democratic People's Front 0 3.44%
!colspan=10| |- ! Party ! No. of candidates ! No. of elected ! No. of votes ! %
| Indian National Congress | 251 | 152 | 4,830,992 | 46.14%
| Communist Party of India | 103 | 46 | 1,865,106 | 17.81%
| Praja Socialist Party | 67 | 21 | 1,031,392 | 9.85%
| Forward Bloc | 26 | 8 | 425,318 | 4.06%
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 37 | 0 | 225,126 | 2.15%
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 33 | 0 | 102,477 | 0.98%
| Independents | 418 | 25 | 1,989,392 | 19.00%
| Total: | 935 | 252 | 10,469,803
Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberParty Kalimpong None Narbahadur Gurung Darjeeling None Deo Prakash Rai Jore Bungalow None Bhadra Bahadur Hamal Siliguri ST Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar T. Wangdi Jalpaiguri SC Sarojendra Deb Raikut Khagendra Nath Das Gupta Mal ST Mangru Bhagat Budhu Bhagat Mainaguri None Jaineswar Roy Falakata None Jagadananda Roy Kalchini ST Debendra Nath Brahma Mandal Anima Hoare Alipur Duars None Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Tufanganj None Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarker Cooch Behar SC Maziruddin Ahmed Satish Chandra Roy Singha Dinhata SC Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar Umesh Chandra Mandal Mathabhanga None Sarada Prasad Pramanik Mekliganj None Satyendra Prasanna Chatterjee Balurghat ST Mardi Hakai Dhirendra Nath Banerjee Gangarampur ST Lakshan Chandra Hasda Satindra Nath Basu Raiganj SC Hazi Badiruddin Ahmmad Syama Prasad Barman Itahar None Basanta Lal Chatterjee Chopra None Mahammad Affaque Choudhury Goalpokhar None Muzzafar Hussain Karandighi None Phanis Chandra Sinha Kharba None Golam Yazdani Harischandrapur None Elias Razi Ratua SC Sourindra Mohan Misra Dhaneswar Saha Malda ST Nikunja Behari Gupta Matla Murmu Englishbazar None Santi Gopal Sen Sujapur None Monoranjan Misra Kaliachak None Mahibur Rahman Choudhury Farakka None Mahammad Giasuddin Suti None Lutfal Hoque Jangirpur SC Shyamapada Bhattacharjee Kuber Chand Haldar Murshidabad None Durgapada Sinha Lalgola None Syed Kazem Ali Meerza Bhagabangola None Hafizur Rehman Kazi Raninagar None Badrudduja Syed Jalangi None Golam Soleman Hariharpara None Hazi A. Hameed Berhampore None Bejoy Kumar Ghosh Naoda None Mohammed Israil Beldanga None Parimal Ghosh Bharatpur None Goalbadan Trivedi Kandi SC Sudhir Mondal Bimal Chandra Sinha Nalhati SC Mohammad Yeakub Hossain Sisir Kumar Saha Rampurhat SC Gobardhan Das Durgapada Das Suri ST Turku Hansda Mihirlal Chatterji Rajnagar SC Nishapati Majhi Khagendranath Bandopadhyay Bolpur None Amarendra Nath Sarkar Labhpur None Radhanath Chattoraj Ketugram SC Sankar Dass Abdus Sattar Katwa None Tarapada Chaudhuri Purbasthali None Bimalananda Taratirtha Monteswar None Bhakta Chandra Roy Kalna ST Hare Krishna Konar Jamadar Majhi Raina SC Dasorathi Tah Gobardhan Pakray Burdwan None Benoy Krishna Chowdhury Galsi SC Fakir Chandra Roy Pramatha Nath Dhibar Ausgram None Kanailal Das Bhatar None Abhalata Kundu Ondal SC Dhawajadhari Mondal Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhya Jamuria SC Amarendra Mondal Baidya Nath Mondal Kulti None Benarashi Prosad Jha Hirapur None Taher Hossain Asansol None Shib Das Ghatak Raghunathpur SC Shankar Narayan Singha Deo Nepal Bouri Jhalda None Debendra Nath Mahato Arsa None Sagar Chandra Mahato Purulia SC Nakul Chandra Sahis Labanya Prava Ghosh Balarampur None Bhim Chandra Mahato Manbazar ST Chaitan Majhi Satya Kinkar Mahato Kashipur ST Ledu Majhi Budhan Majhi Bankura SC Sihsuram Mandal Anath Bandhu Roy Chhatna ST Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhyay Kamala Kanta Hembram Onda SC Gokul Behari Das Ashutosh Mallick Raipur ST Jadu Nath Murmu Sudha Rani Dutta Vishnupur SC Purabi Mukhopadyay Kiran Chandra Digar Patrasayer SC Guru Pada Khan Bhabataran Chakravarty Kotulpur None Jagannath Kolay Arambagh None Radha Krishna Pal Khanakul SC Panchanan Digpati Prafulla Chandra Sen Tarakeswar None Parbati Hazra Dhaniakhali SC Radha Nath Das D. N. Mukherjee Balagarh None Bejoy Krishna Modak Chinsurah None Bhupati Majumder Chandernagore None Hirendrra Kumar Chattopadhyay Bhadreswar None Bomkesh Mazumder Serampore None Panchugopal Bhaduri Uttarpara None Monoranjan Hazra Singur None Provakar Pal Jangipara SC Biswanath Saha Kanai Dey Jagatballavpur None Brindaban Behari Basu Domjur None Tarapada De Bally None Monilal Basu Howrah North None Samar Mukhopadhyay Howrah West None Bankim Chandra Kar Howrah East None Beni Chandra Dutta Howrah South None Kanailal Bhattacharjee Sankrail SC Shyama Prosanna Bhattacharjee Apurbalal Majumdar Uluberia SC Abani Kumar Basu Bijoy Bhusan Mondal Shyampur None Sasabindu Bera Bagnan None Amal Kumar Ganguli Amta East None Gobinda Charan Maji Amta West None Arabinda Roy Daspur None Bhabani Ranjan Panja Ghatal SC Harendra Nath Dolui Lakshman Chandra Sarkar Garhbeta ST Tusar Tudu Saroj Roy Midnapur None Anjali Khan Binpur ST Sudhir Kumar Pandey Jamadar Hasda Jhargram None Mahendra Mahata Gopiballavpur ST Surendra Nath Mahata Jagatpati Hansda Kharagpur None Narayan Chobey Kharagpur Local SC Krishna Prasad Mandal Mrityunjoy Jana Debra None Mohini Mohan Pat Sabang None Gopal Chandra Das Adhikari Dantan None Charu Chandra Mahanty Pataspur None Sisir Kumar Das Egra None Bhuban Chandra Kar Mahapatra Ramnagar None Trailokya Nath Pradhan Contai South None Rashbehari Pal Contai North None Natenda Nath Das Bhagwanpur SC Basanta Kumar Panda Bhikari Mandal Panskura West None Shyamadas Bhattacharyya Pansuka East None Rajani Kanta Pramanik Tamiuk None Ajoy Kumar Mukherji Nandigram North None Subodh Chandra Maity Nandigram South None Bhupal Chandra Panda Mahishadal SC Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Mahatab Chand Das Mayna None Ananga Mohan Das Cossipore None Daben Sen Belgachia None Ganesh Ghosh Shampukur None Hemanata Kumar Bose Burtola North None Sudhir Chandra Ray Chaudhuri Burtola South None Amarendra Nath Basu Manicktola None Ranendra Nath Sen Jorabagan None Nepal Ray Jorasanko None Anandilall Poddar Bara Bazar None Ishwar Das Jalan Sukeas Street None Sihrid Malik Chowdhury Vidyasagar None Narayan Chandra Roy Beliaghata SC Rama Shanker Prasad Jagat Bose Bow Bazar None Bidhan Chandra Roy Muchipara None Jatin Chakraborty Taltola None Dhirendra Nath Dhar Entally None A.M.O. Ghani Chowringhee None Bijoy Singh Nahar Bhowanipur None Siddhartha Snenkar Roy Ballygunge None Jnendra Mazumder Rashbehari Avenue None Sunil Das Alipore None Somnath Lahiri Kalighat None Manikuntala Sen Ekbalpore None Narenda Nath Sen Fort None Maitreyee Bose Tollygunge None Haridas Mitra Garden Reach None Shaikh Abduallah Farooquie Behala None Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay Mahashtola None Sudhir Chandra Bhandari Budge Budge None Bankim Mukherji Bishnupur SC Provash Chandra Roy Rabindra Nath Roy Baruipur SC Khagendra Kumar Roy Chowdhury Gangadhar Naskar Magrahat SC Abul Hashem Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar Falta None Khagendra Nath Das Diamond Harbour None Ramanuj Haider Kulpi None Hansadhwaj Dhara Kakdwip None Maya Banerji Mathurapur SC Bhusan Chandra Das Brindaban Gayen Joynagar SC Subodh Banerjee Renupada Halder Bhangar None Hem Chandra Naskar Canning SC Khagenda Nath Naskar Abdus Shokur Sandeshkhali None Haran Chandra Mondal Hasnabad SC Hemanta Kumar Ghosal Rajkrishna Mondal Basirhat None Profulla Nath Banerjee Baduria None Md. Zia Ul Haque Swarupnagarr None Mohammad Ishaque Haroa None Zahangir Kabir Habra None Tarun Kanti Ghosh Degsanga SC Rafiuddin Ahmed Atul Krishna Roy Baraset None Chitto Basu Dum Dum None Pabitra Mohan Roy Baranagar None Jyoti Bose Khardah None Satkari Mitra Titagarh None Krishna Kumar Sukla Noapara None Panchanan Bhattacharjee Bhatpara None Sitaram Gupta Naihati None Gopal Basu Bijpur None Niranjan Sen Gupta Bongaon None Ajit Kumar Ganguli Manindra Bhusan Biswas Chakdah None Suresh Chandra Banerjee Ranaghat None Benoy Kumar Chatterjee Haringhatta SC Smarajit Bandyopadhyay Promatha Ranjan Thakur Santipur None Haridas Dey Nabadwip None Niranjan Modak Krishnagar None Jagannath Majumder Nakashipara SC Mahananda Haldar S. M. Fazlur Rahman Tehatta None Sankardas Bandyopadhyay Karimpur None Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay
See also 1957 elections in India 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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