Elections to the Second Punjab Legislative Assembly were held in 1957. 661 candidates contested for the 154 seats of the 121 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.

State Reorganization On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab. Thus the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections.

Constituencies After the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the assembly constituencies were increased from 105 with 126 seats in 1952 to 121 with 154 seats in 1957 elections. 88 constituencies were single member constituencies while 33 were two-member constituencies. Out of 121 constituencies, 33 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes. There were 52,44,907 electors in single member constituencies, while 3,96,40,19 in two-member constituencies. Total 661 candidates were in fray for these 154 seats.

Political parties

Four national parties, Communist Party of India, Congress, Praja Socialist Party and Bharatiya Jana Sangha along with the state party Scheduled Caste Federation took part in the assembly election. Congress was the clear winner in the elections winning 77.92% of the total seats (i.~e. 120 seats) with a vote share of 47.51%. Partap Singh Kairon from the Congress party became the Chief Minister again.

Results

!colspan=10| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 154 || 120 || 24 || 77.92 || 36,12,709 || 47.51 || 10.82

| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 72 || 6 || 2 || 3.90 || 10,30,898 || 13.56 || 9.67

| style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | | 72 || 9 || 9 || 5.84 || 6,54,395 || 8.61 || 3.05 |- |bgcolor=#00FFFF| | style="text-align:left;" |Scheduled Caste Federation | | 24 || 5 || 5 || 3.25 || 4,10,364 || 5.40 || 3.43 |- |bgcolor=#00B2B2| | style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party | | 19 || 1 || New || 0.65 || 94,564 || 1.24 || New

| 319 || 13 || 4 || 8.44 || 18,00,960 || 23.69 || N/A |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 154 ( 28) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,31,72,945 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|76,03,890 (57.72%)

Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/None)MemberParty Nurpur None Ram Chandra Dera Gopipur None Mehr Singh Dharamsala None Hari Ram Kangra None Amar Nath Palampur None Partap Singh Kulu SC Raghbir Singh Jit Ram Hamirpur SC Sarla Devi Rup Singh Rupar SC Sadhu Singh Partap Singh Chandigarh None Niranjan Singh Simla None Muni Lal Naraingarh SC Sadhu Ram Roshan Lal Sadhaura None Dev Dutt Jagadhri SC Amar Nath Vidhalankar Ram Parkash Ambala Cantonment None Dev Raj Ambala City None Abdul Gufar Khan Thanesar SC Ran Singh Banarsi Das Pehowa None Jagdish Chand Pundri None Bhag Singh Rajaund None Baru Ram Butana None Chambel Singh Karnal None Ram Piara Gharaunda None Multan Singh Panipat None Parma Nand Sambhalka None Dharam Singh Kaithal None Om Prabha Jain Jind SC Inder Singh Bhala Ram Safidon None Shri Krishan Ganaur None Lahri Singh Sonepat None Shri Ram Gohana SC Bharat Singh Chhajju Ram Kalanaur None Nahnu Ram Rohtak None Mangal Sein Sampla None Suraj Bhan Rai None Hukam Singh Bahadurgarh None Siri Chand Jhajjar SC Sher Singh Phul Singh Ferozepur Jhirka None Yasin Khan Hassanpur None Sumer Singh Palwal SC Bhule Ram Gurdatt Nuh None Abdul Ghani Gurgaon None Gajraj Singh Pataudi None Mohan Lal Rewari None Sumitra Devi Jatusana None Abhai Singh Narnaul None Devki Nandan Mahendragarh None Nihal Singh Dadri SC Sis Ram Attar Singh Hansi SC Dalbir Singh Sarup Singh Bhiwani None Ram Kanwar Tosham None Chander Bhan Hissar Sadar None Sneh Lata Hissar City None Balwant Rai Tohana None Suraj Mal Fatehabad None Mani Ram S/o Ramjas Sirsa SC Ram Dayal Kesara Ram Abohar None Sahi Ram Fazilka None Radha Krishan Malout SC Parkash Singh Teja Singh Guru Har Sahai None Bakhtawar Singh Muktsar None Harcharan Singh Ferozepur None Kundan Lal Zira ST Jaswant Kaur Gurdit Singh Moga None Jagraj Singh Baghapurana ST Sohan Singh Gurmit Singh Patti None Narain Singh Sirhali None Partap Singh Tarn Taran SC Gurdial Singh Dhillon Naranajan Singh Khalra None Gurwaryam Singh Ajnala None Achhar Singh Majitha None Parkash Kaur Amritsar City East None Dr. Baldev Prakash Amritsar City West None Balram Das Tandon Amritsar City Civil Lines None Sarup Singh Amritsar Sadar SC Waryam Singh Charan Singh Beas None Sohan Singh Sri Gobindpur None Gurbachan Singh Batala None Gorakh Nath Fatehgarh None Joginder Singh Dera Baba Nanak None Waryam Singh Dhariwal None Harbans Singh Gurdaspur SC Prabodh Chander Sunder Singh Pathankot None Bhagirath Lal Anandpur None Balloo Ram Una None Ram Kishan Amb None Krishna Garhshankar SC Dasonda Singh Bhag Singh Hoshiarpur SC Balbir Singh Karam Chand Dasuya None Kartar Singh Mukerian SC Guran Dass Ralla Ram Kapurthala None Harnam Singh Sultanpur None Atama Singh Kartarpur SC Gurbanta Singh Karam Singh Jullundar City North East None Lal Chand Jullundar City South West None Jagat Narain Nakodar ST Umrao Singh Sant Ram Nurmahal None Darbara Singh Phillaur None Udham Singh Phagwara None Hans Raj Nawanshahar SC Jagat Ram Hargurand Singh Samrala SC Jagir Singh Ajmer Singh Ludhiana City None Lajpat Rai Ludhiana North None Harbhagwan Ludhiana South None Ramdayal Singh Raikot SC Wazir Singh Bhag Singh Jagraon None Har Prakash Kaur Sirhind SC Mihan Singh Gain Singh Nabha None Balwant Singh Rajpura None Prem Singh Prem Patiala None Surinder Singh Samana SC Bhupinder Singh Harchand Singh Malerkotla None Chanda Singh Dhuri SC Jasdev Singh Jangir Singh Barnala None Kartar Singh Sangrur None Rajinder Singh Sunam SC Maheshinder Singh Pritam Singh Phul None Ram Nath Faridkot None Mehar Singh Jaitu None Jagdish Kaur Bhatinda None Harbans Lal Pakka Kalan SC Dhanna Singh Inder Singh Mansa SC Kirpal Singh Harcharan Singh

See also

Second Punjab Legislative Assembly 1957 elections in India 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

References