Elections to the second Rajasthan Legislative Assembly were held in 1957.

State Reorganization On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluka of the Banaskantha district of Bombay State, the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district and the Lohara sub-tehsil of the Hissar district of the Punjab was merged with Rajasthan while the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan was transferred to Madhya Pradesh. This resulted in the change in assembly constituencies from 140 with 160 seats to 136 with 176 seats in 1957 assembly elections.

Constituencies Due to States Reorganisation Act 1956, Rajasthan assembly constituencies changed from 140 with 160 seats to 136 with 176 seats. 96 of them were single member constituencies while the number of double member constituencies was 40. 28 of the double member constituencies were reserved for Scheduled Caste while 4 of the single member and 12 of the double member constituencies (total 16 constituencies) were reserved for Schedule Tribe. There were 48,43,841 electors in single member constituencies, while 38,92,288 were in double member constituencies. Total 737 candidates contested for the 176 seats of the 136 constituencies in the Assembly. Poll percentage in the 1957 election was 38.45%.

Political parties Four national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party and Bharatiya Jana Sangha along with the state party Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad took part in the assembly election. Congress was the clear winner in the elections winning 67.61% of the total seats (i.~e. 119/176 seats) with a vote share of 45.13%. Mohan Lal Sukhadia from the Congress party became the Chief Minister again.

Results

!colspan=10| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! colspan=2| Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;"

| 176 || 119 || 37 || 67.61 || 21,41,931 || 45.13 || 5.67

| 60 || 17 || 7 || 9.66 || 4,69,540 || 9.89 || 2.37

| 51 || 6 || 2 || 3.41 || 2,63,443 || 5.55 || 0.38

| 27 || 1 || New || 0.57 || 1,17,532 || 2.48 || New

| 24 || 1 || 1 || 0.57 || 1,43,547 || 3.02 || 2.49

| 399 || 32 || 3 || 18.18 || 16,10,465 || 33.93 || N/A |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 176 ( 16) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,24,37,064 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|47,46,458 (38.16%)

Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberParty Khetri (SC) SC Mahadeo Prashad Sish Ram Ola Pilani None Sumitra Mandawa None Lachhu Ram Jhunjhunu None Narottam Lal Gudha None Shivnath Singh Nawalgarh None Shri Ram Fatehpur None Abdul Gaffar Khan Lachhmangarh None Kishan Singh Sikar None Jagdish Prasad Singrawat None Ram Deo Singh Danta Ramgarh None Madan Singh Sri Madhopur None Bhaniron Singh Neem Ka Thana (SC) SC Narayan Lal Gyan Chand Hawa Mahal None Ram Kishore Johri Bazar None Satish Kishanpole None Chandra Kala Amber (SC) SC Sahdeo Hari Shankar S. Shastri Phulera None P. K. Chaudhri Dudu (SC) SC Ladu Narendra Singh Lalsot None Nathu Lal Prabhu Lal Dausa (ST) ST Ram Dhan Gajja Bandikui None Bishambher Nath Joshi Jamwa Ramgarh (SC) SC Ram Lal Doongersi Dass Bairath None Mukti Lal Kotputli None Ram Karan Singh Behror None Chander Singh Bansur None Badri Prasad Gupta Tijara (SC) SC Sampat Ram Ghasi Ram Yadav Alwar None Chhotu Singh Ramgarh None Ganga Devi Lachman Garh SC Gokal Chand Bhola Nath Rajgarh ST Raghubir Singh Hari Kishan Kaman None Nathi Singh Deeg None Jugal Kishore Chaturvedi Bharatpur None Hoti Lal Weir SC Raja Man Singh Vishwa Priya Bayana SC Goverdhan Singh Shribhan Singh Bari None Subedar Singh Dholpur None Bahadur Singh Rajakhera None Mahendra Singh Mahwa ST Tika Ram Paliwal Gopi Sahai Karauli SC Brijendra Pal Ummed Sawai Madhopur SC Mangi Lal Abid Ali Gangapur ST Ridhi Chand Prathi Raj Malpura None Damodar Lal Vyas Tonk SC Lalu Ram Narain Singh Uniara None Sardar Singh Hindoli ST Modu Lal Bhanwar Lal Bundi None Sajjan Singh Kotah None Rameshwar Dayal Pipalda ST Rikhab Chand Ram Narayan Baran SC Anandi Devi Dalip Singh Chhabra SC Dhanna Lal Harit Daya Krishna Aklera ST Bhairavlal Kala Badal Sampat Raj Jhalrapatan None Jayandra Singh Dag SC Ram Chandra Harish Chandra Begun None Sugan Chand Chittorgarh None Lal Singh Nimbahera None Shri Niwas Kapasin SC Jai Chand Bhawani Shanker Partapgarh ST Amrit Lal Amra Banswara ST Mogji Ghatol None Hari Deo Bagidora None Nathu Ram Kushalgarh None Heera Sagwara None Bheekha Bhai Dungarpur None Bal Mukund Aspur None Bhogi Lal Pandiya Vallabhnagar SC Har Prasad Gulab Singh Salumber ST Sohan Lal Phoola Sarada ST Devi Lal Phalasia ST Vidhya Sagar Gogunda ST Laxman Udaipur None Mohan Lal Sukhadia Mavli None Janardan Rai Rajsamand None Niranjan Nath Nathdwara None Kishan Lal Kumbhalgarh None Manohar Bhim None Fateh Singh Asind None Jai Singh Ranawat Banera None Tej Mal Shahpura SC Kana Ram Prasad Mandalgarh None Ganpati Lal Bhilwara None Kamla Bai Mandal ST Shiv Charan Das Kalu Ajmer City West None Arjan Das Ajmer City East None Mahendra Singh Pushkar None Prabha Nasirabad None Jwala Prasad Kishangarh None Purshottam Lal Kekri SC Hazari Ram Hari Bhau Upadhyaya Beawar None Brij Mohan Lal Sharma Masuda None Narain Singh Raipur None Shanker Lal Sojat None Teja Ram Kharchi SC Veno Manroop Pali None Mool Chand Bali ST Moti Deva Abu None Dalpat Singh Veerka Sirohi SC Mohabat Singh Sanchore None Laxmi Chand Raniwara None Mangal Singh Jalore SC Narpat Singh Hasiya Ahore None Madho Singh Chohtan None Vali Mohammed Barmer None Tan Singh Balotra SC Anop Singh Rawat Guda Malani None Ram Dan Jaisalmer None Hukam Singh Phalodi SC Keshri Singh Suraj Mal Osian None Paras Ram Bilara None Bhairon Singh Jodhpur City I None Anand Singh Jodhpur City Ii None Barkatullah Khan Luni None Poonam Chand Bikaner City None Murli Dhar Lunkaransar None Bhim Sen Nokha SC Rupa Ram Girdhari Lal Raisinghnagar None Chuni Lal Karanpur None Satwant Kaur Ganganagar None Dev Nath Suratgarh None Raja Ram Hanumangarh None Sheopat Singh Nohar SC Dharam Pal Ram Kishan Churu SC Rawata Mohar Singh Sardar Shahar None Chandan Mal Dungargarh None Daulat Ram Ratangarh None Kishna Sujangarh None Shanno Devi Nagaur None Nathu Ram Nirdha Jayal None Manak Chand Ladnu None Ram Niwas Mirdha Deedwana None Moti Lal Nawan SC Jeth Mal Kishan Lal Degana None Gauri Punia Merta None Gopal Lal

See also

1957 elections in India 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

References