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All 252 seats in the West Bengal state assembly 127 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] 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 SUCI(C), 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.[2]
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.
| ULFC | SEATS | ULF | SEATS | INC+ | SEATS | UDPF | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS |
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| CPI | 46 | SUCI | 0 | INC | 152 | BJS | 0 | IND | 25 |
| PSP | 21 | BPI | 0 | ABHM | 0 | ||||
| AIFB | 8 | Republican Party | RCPI | ||||||
| MFB | DV | ||||||||
| RSP | |||||||||
| TOTAL (1957) | 75 | TOTAL (1957) | 0 | TOTAL (1957) | 152 | TOTAL (1957) | 0 | TOTAL (1957) | 0 |
| TOTAL (1952) | 39 | TOTAL (1952) | 2 | TOTAL (1952) | 150 | TOTAL (1952) | 13 | TOTAL (1952) | 34 |
| Party/Alliance | Own | % |
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| 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% |
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| 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 | 25 | 225,126 | 2.15% | |||||
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 33 | 0 | 102,477 | 0.98% | |||||
| Independents | 418 | 22 | 1,989,392 | 19.00% | |||||
| Total: | 935 | 252 | 10,469,803 | ||||||