The Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (a.k.a.Second Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 1 April 1957 as a result of 1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election which was concluded on 25 February 1957. The Second Legislative Assembly had 430 elected and 1 nominated MLAs. The assembly was in house for full term of five years before being dissolved on 6 Mar 1962.
Important members Sampurnanand was the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He succeeded Govind Ballabh Pant of his party and served as a Chief Minister from 1954 to 1960. In 1960, due to a political crisis initiated by Kamlapati Tripathi and Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Sampurnanand was asked to quit the post of Chief Minister and was sent to Rajasthan as the Governor. Following were the important members of the Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Keshav Gupta was a freedom fighter from Muzaffarnagar and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in Uttar Pradesh.
# From To Position Name Party 01 1957 1960 Chief Minister Sampurnanand Indian National Congress 02 1960 1962 Chandra Bhanu Gupta 03 1957 1962 Speaker of the Assembly Atmaram Govind Kher 04 Deputy Speaker Ramnarayan Tripathi 05 Leader of the Opposition Triloki Singh Praja Socialist Party 06 1953 1959 Finance minister Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim Indian National Congress 07 1959 1961 Syed Ali Zaheer 08 1961 1963 Har Govind Singh 09 1957 1960 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs S. Ali Zaheer Indian National Congress 10 1961 1962 Mangala Prasad 11 1957 1962 Principal Secretary D. N. Mithal -
Party wise strength As of 10 Apr 1957, total 430 MLAs were elected from 341 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh. Party Apr 1957 01 Indian National Congress INC 286 02 Independent IND 74 03 Praja Socialist Party PSP 44 04 Bhartiya Jana Sangh BJS 17 05 Communist Party of India CPI 09 06 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad RRP 00 Total 430
Electors Male Female Others Total Electors - - - 34,762,073 Electors who voted - - - 21,918,604 Polling percentage - - - 44.77%
List of constituencies and elected members