1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957 was part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.

1957 West Bengal state assembly election

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All 252 seats in the West Bengal state assembly 127 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Bidhan Chandra Roy Jyoti Basu Party INC CPI Alliance ULEC Leader since 1952 1952 Leader's seat Bowbazar Baranagar Last election 38.8%, 150 seats 10.8%, 28 seats Seats won 152 80 Seat change 2 52 Popular vote 4,830,992 1,865,106 Percentage 46.1% 33.6% Swing 7.3 pp 22.8 pp
Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Bidhan Chandra Roy INC Chief Minister after election Bidhan Chandra Roy INC

West Bengal, India

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
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	%
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%

Summary of results of the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election^[3]

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

^[4]

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Kalimpong	None	Narbahadur Gurung		Independent
Darjeeling	None	Deo Prakash Rai		Independent
Jore Bungalow	None	Bhadra Bahadur Hamal		Communist Party of India
Siliguri	ST	Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar		Communist Party of India
		T. Wangdi		Indian National Congress
Jalpaiguri	SC	Sarojendra Deb Raikut		Indian National Congress
		Khagendra Nath Das Gupta		Indian National Congress
Mal	ST	Mangru Bhagat		Communist Party of India
		Budhu Bhagat		Indian National Congress
Mainaguri	None	Jaineswar Roy		Indian National Congress
Falakata	None	Jagadananda Roy		Praja Socialist Party
Kalchini	ST	Debendra Nath Brahma Mandal		Indian National Congress
		Anima Hoare		Indian National Congress
Alipur Duars	None	Pijush Kanti Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
Tufanganj	None	Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarker		Indian National Congress
Cooch Behar	SC	Maziruddin Ahmed		Indian National Congress
		Satish Chandra Roy Singha		Indian National Congress
Dinhata	SC	Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar		Indian National Congress
		Umesh Chandra Mandal		Indian National Congress
Mathabhanga	None	Sarada Prasad Pramanik		Indian National Congress
Mekliganj	None	Satyendra Prasanna Chatterjee		Indian National Congress
Balurghat	ST	Mardi Hakai		Indian National Congress
		Dhirendra Nath Banerjee		Independent
Gangarampur	ST	Lakshan Chandra Hasda		Indian National Congress
		Satindra Nath Basu		Indian National Congress
Raiganj	SC	Hazi Badiruddin Ahmmad		Indian National Congress
		Syama Prasad Barman		Indian National Congress
Itahar	None	Basanta Lal Chatterjee		Communist Party of India
Chopra	None	Mahammad Affaque Choudhury		Indian National Congress
Goalpokhar	None	Muzzafar Hussain		Indian National Congress
Karandighi	None	Phanis Chandra Sinha		Indian National Congress
Kharba	None	Golam Yazdani		Independent
Harischandrapur	None	Elias Razi		Independent
Ratua	SC	Sourindra Mohan Misra		Indian National Congress
		Dhaneswar Saha		Indian National Congress
Malda	ST	Nikunja Behari Gupta		Indian National Congress
		Matla Murmu		Indian National Congress
Englishbazar	None	Santi Gopal Sen		Indian National Congress
Sujapur	None	Monoranjan Misra		Independent
Kaliachak	None	Mahibur Rahman Choudhury		Indian National Congress
Farakka	None	Mahammad Giasuddin		Indian National Congress
Suti	None	Lutfal Hoque		Indian National Congress
Jangirpur	SC	Shyamapada Bhattacharjee		Indian National Congress
		Kuber Chand Haldar		Indian National Congress
Murshidabad	None	Durgapada Sinha		Indian National Congress
Lalgola	None	Syed Kazem Ali Meerza		Indian National Congress
Bhagabangola	None	Hafizur Rehman Kazi		Indian National Congress
Raninagar	None	Badrudduja Syed		Independent
Jalangi	None	Golam Soleman		Indian National Congress
Hariharpara	None	Hazi A. Hameed		Indian National Congress
Berhampore	None	Bejoy Kumar Ghosh		Indian National Congress
Naoda	None	Mohammed Israil		Indian National Congress
Beldanga	None	Parimal Ghosh		Indian National Congress
Bharatpur	None	Goalbadan Trivedi		Indian National Congress
Kandi	SC	Sudhir Mondal		Indian National Congress
		Bimal Chandra Sinha		Indian National Congress
Nalhati	SC	Mohammad Yeakub Hossain		Indian National Congress
		Sisir Kumar Saha		Indian National Congress
Rampurhat	SC	Gobardhan Das		Communist Party of India
		Durgapada Das		Independent
Suri	ST	Turku Hansda		Communist Party of India
		Mihirlal Chatterji		Praja Socialist Party
Rajnagar	SC	Nishapati Majhi		Indian National Congress
		Khagendranath Bandopadhyay		Indian National Congress
Bolpur	None	Amarendra Nath Sarkar		Indian National Congress
Labhpur	None	Radhanath Chattoraj		Communist Party of India
Ketugram	SC	Sankar Dass		Indian National Congress
		Abdus Sattar		Indian National Congress
Katwa	None	Tarapada Chaudhuri		Indian National Congress
Purbasthali	None	Bimalananda Taratirtha		Indian National Congress
Monteswar	None	Bhakta Chandra Roy		Independent
Kalna	ST	Hare Krishna Konar		Communist Party of India
		Jamadar Majhi		Communist Party of India
Raina	SC	Dasorathi Tah		Praja Socialist Party
		Gobardhan Pakray		Praja Socialist Party
Burdwan	None	Benoy Krishna Chowdhury		Communist Party of India
Galsi	SC	Fakir Chandra Roy		Independent
		Pramatha Nath Dhibar		Forward Bloc
Ausgram	None	Kanailal Das		Indian National Congress
Bhatar	None	Abhalata Kundu		Indian National Congress
Ondal	SC	Dhawajadhari Mondal		Indian National Congress
		Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhya		Indian National Congress
Jamuria	SC	Amarendra Mondal		Praja Socialist Party
		Baidya Nath Mondal		Indian National Congress
Kulti	None	Benarashi Prosad Jha		Praja Socialist Party
Hirapur	None	Taher Hossain		Independent
Asansol	None	Shib Das Ghatak		Indian National Congress
Raghunathpur	SC	Shankar Narayan Singha Deo		Indian National Congress
		Nepal Bouri		Indian National Congress
Jhalda	None	Debendra Nath Mahato		Indian National Congress
Arsa	None	Sagar Chandra Mahato		Independent
Purulia	SC	Nakul Chandra Sahis		Independent
		Labanya Prava Ghosh		Independent
Balarampur	None	Bhim Chandra Mahato		Independent
Manbazar	ST	Chaitan Majhi		Independent
		Satya Kinkar Mahato		Independent
Kashipur	ST	Ledu Majhi		Independent
		Budhan Majhi		Indian National Congress
Bankura	SC	Sihsuram Mandal		Indian National Congress
		Anath Bandhu Roy		Indian National Congress
Chhatna	ST	Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhyay		Indian National Congress
		Kamala Kanta Hembram		Indian National Congress
Onda	SC	Gokul Behari Das		Indian National Congress
		Ashutosh Mallick		Indian National Congress
Raipur	ST	Jadu Nath Murmu		Indian National Congress
		Sudha Rani Dutta		Indian National Congress
Vishnupur	SC	Purabi Mukhopadyay		Indian National Congress
		Kiran Chandra Digar		Indian National Congress
Patrasayer	SC	Guru Pada Khan		Indian National Congress
		Bhabataran Chakravarty		Indian National Congress
Kotulpur	None	Jagannath Kolay		Indian National Congress
Arambagh	None	Radha Krishna Pal		Indian National Congress
Khanakul	SC	Panchanan Digpati		Indian National Congress
		Prafulla Chandra Sen		Indian National Congress
Tarakeswar	None	Parbati Hazra		Indian National Congress
Dhaniakhali	SC	Radha Nath Das		Indian National Congress
		D. N. Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
Balagarh	None	Bejoy Krishna Modak		Communist Party of India
Chinsurah	None	Bhupati Majumder		Indian National Congress
Chandernagore	None	Hirendrra Kumar Chattopadhyay		Independent
Bhadreswar	None	Bomkesh Mazumder		Indian National Congress
Serampore	None	Panchugopal Bhaduri		Communist Party of India
Uttarpara	None	Monoranjan Hazra		Communist Party of India
Singur	None	Provakar Pal		Indian National Congress
Jangipara	SC	Biswanath Saha		Indian National Congress
		Kanai Dey		Indian National Congress
Jagatballavpur	None	Brindaban Behari Basu		Forward Bloc
Domjur	None	Tarapada De		Communist Party of India
Bally	None	Monilal Basu		Indian National Congress
Howrah North	None	Samar Mukhopadhyay		Communist Party of India
Howrah West	None	Bankim Chandra Kar		Indian National Congress
Howrah East	None	Beni Chandra Dutta		Indian National Congress
Howrah South	None	Kanailal Bhattacharjee		Forward Bloc
Sankrail	SC	Shyama Prosanna Bhattacharjee		Communist Party of India
		Apurbalal Majumdar		Forward Bloc
Uluberia	SC	Abani Kumar Basu		Indian National Congress
		Bijoy Bhusan Mondal		Forward Bloc
Shyampur	None	Sasabindu Bera		Forward Bloc
Bagnan	None	Amal Kumar Ganguli		Communist Party of India
Amta East	None	Gobinda Charan Maji		Praja Socialist Party
Amta West	None	Arabinda Roy		Indian National Congress
Daspur	None	Bhabani Ranjan Panja		Indian National Congress
Ghatal	SC	Harendra Nath Dolui		Indian National Congress
		Lakshman Chandra Sarkar		Indian National Congress
Garhbeta	ST	Tusar Tudu		Indian National Congress
		Saroj Roy		Communist Party of India
Midnapur	None	Anjali Khan		Indian National Congress
Binpur	ST	Sudhir Kumar Pandey		Communist Party of India
		Jamadar Hasda		Communist Party of India
Jhargram	None	Mahendra Mahata		Indian National Congress
Gopiballavpur	ST	Surendra Nath Mahata		Indian National Congress
		Jagatpati Hansda		Indian National Congress
Kharagpur	None	Narayan Chobey		Communist Party of India
Kharagpur Local	SC	Krishna Prasad Mandal		Indian National Congress
		Mrityunjoy Jana		Indian National Congress
Debra	None	Mohini Mohan Pat		Indian National Congress
Sabang	None	Gopal Chandra Das Adhikari		Indian National Congress
Dantan	None	Charu Chandra Mahanty		Indian National Congress
Pataspur	None	Sisir Kumar Das		Praja Socialist Party
Egra	None	Bhuban Chandra Kar Mahapatra		Praja Socialist Party
Ramnagar	None	Trailokya Nath Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Contai South	None	Rashbehari Pal		Indian National Congress
Contai North	None	Natenda Nath Das		Praja Socialist Party
Bhagwanpur	SC	Basanta Kumar Panda		Praja Socialist Party
		Bhikari Mandal		Indian National Congress
Panskura West	None	Shyamadas Bhattacharyya		Indian National Congress
Pansuka East	None	Rajani Kanta Pramanik		Indian National Congress
Tamiuk	None	Ajoy Kumar Mukherji		Indian National Congress
Nandigram North	None	Subodh Chandra Maity		Indian National Congress
Nandigram South	None	Bhupal Chandra Panda		Communist Party of India
Mahishadal	SC	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh		Praja Socialist Party
		Mahatab Chand Das		Indian National Congress
Mayna	None	Ananga Mohan Das		Indian National Congress
Cossipore	None	Daben Sen		Praja Socialist Party
Belgachia	None	Ganesh Ghosh		Communist Party of India
Shampukur	None	Hemanata Kumar Bose		Forward Bloc
Burtola North	None	Sudhir Chandra Ray Chaudhuri		Praja Socialist Party
Burtola South	None	Amarendra Nath Basu		Independent
Manicktola	None	Ranendra Nath Sen		Communist Party of India
Jorabagan	None	Nepal Ray		Indian National Congress
Jorasanko	None	Anandilall Poddar		Indian National Congress
Bara Bazar	None	Ishwar Das Jalan		Indian National Congress
Sukeas Street	None	Sihrid Malik Chowdhury		Independent
Vidyasagar	None	Narayan Chandra Roy		Communist Party of India
Beliaghata	SC	Rama Shanker Prasad		Communist Party of India
		Jagat Bose		Communist Party of India
Bow Bazar	None	Bidhan Chandra Roy		Indian National Congress
Muchipara	None	Jatindra Chandra Chakravorty		Independent
Taltola	None	Dhirendra Nath Dhar		Communist Party of India
Entally	None	Abu Asad Md. Obaidul Ghani		Communist Party of India
Chowringhee	None	Bijoy Singh Nahar		Indian National Congress
Bhowanipur	None	Siddhartha Snenkar Roy		Indian National Congress
Ballygunge	None	Jnendra Mazumder		Communist Party of India
Rashbehari Avenue	None	Sunil Das		Praja Socialist Party
Alipore	None	Somnath Lahiri		Communist Party of India
Kalighat	None	Manikuntala Sen		Communist Party of India
Ekbalpore	None	Narenda Nath Sen		Indian National Congress
Fort	None	Maitreyee Bose		Indian National Congress
Tollygunge	None	Haridas Mitra		Praja Socialist Party
Garden Reach	None	Shaikh Abduallah Farooquie		Communist Party of India
Behala	None	Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay		Communist Party of India
Mahashtola	None	Sudhir Chandra Bhandari		Communist Party of India
Budge Budge	None	Bankim Mukherji		Communist Party of India
Bishnupur	SC	Provash Chandra Roy		Communist Party of India
		Rabindra Nath Roy		Communist Party of India
Baruipur	SC	Khagendra Kumar Roy Chowdhury		Communist Party of India
		Gangadhar Naskar		Communist Party of India
Magrahat	SC	Abul Hashem		Indian National Congress
		Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar		Indian National Congress
Falta	None	Khagendra Nath Das		Indian National Congress
Diamond Harbour	None	Ramanuj Haider		Praja Socialist Party
Kulpi	None	Hansadhwaj Dhara		Indian National Congress
Kakdwip	None	Maya Banerji		Indian National Congress
Mathurapur	SC	Bhusan Chandra Das		Indian National Congress
		Brindaban Gayen		Indian National Congress
Joynagar	SC	Subodh Banerjee		Independent
		Renupada Halder		Independent
Bhangar	None	Hem Chandra Naskar		Indian National Congress
Canning	SC	Khagenda Nath Naskar		Indian National Congress
		Abdus Shokur		Indian National Congress
Sandeshkhali	None	Haran Chandra Mondal		Independent
Hasnabad	SC	Hemanta Kumar Ghosal		Communist Party of India
		Rajkrishna Mondal		Indian National Congress
Basirhat	None	Profulla Nath Banerjee		Indian National Congress
Baduria	None	Md. Zia Ul Haque		Indian National Congress
Swarupnagarr	None	Mohammad Ishaque		Indian National Congress
Haroa	None	Zahangir Kabir		Indian National Congress
Habra	None	Tarun Kanti Ghosh		Indian National Congress
Degsanga	SC	Rafiuddin Ahmed		Indian National Congress
		Atul Krishna Roy		Indian National Congress
Baraset	None	Chitto Basu		Forward Bloc
Dum Dum	None	Pabitra Mohan Roy		Praja Socialist Party
Baranagar	None	Jyoti Bose		Communist Party of India
Khardah	None	Satkari Mitra		Praja Socialist Party
Titagarh	None	Krishna Kumar Sukla		Indian National Congress
Noapara	None	Panchanan Bhattacharjee		Praja Socialist Party
Bhatpara	None	Sitaram Gupta		Communist Party of India
Naihati	None	Gopal Basu		Communist Party of India
Bijpur	None	Niranjan Sen Gupta		Communist Party of India
Bongaon	None	Ajit Kumar Ganguli		Communist Party of India
		Manindra Bhusan Biswas		Indian National Congress
Chakdah	None	Suresh Chandra Banerjee		Praja Socialist Party
Ranaghat	None	Benoy Kumar Chatterjee		Indian National Congress
Haringhatta	SC	Smarajit Bandyopadhyay		Indian National Congress
		Promatha Ranjan Thakur		Indian National Congress
Santipur	None	Haridas Dey		Indian National Congress
Nabadwip	None	Niranjan Modak		Indian National Congress
Krishnagar	None	Jagannath Majumder		Indian National Congress
Nakashipara	SC	Mahananda Haldar		Indian National Congress
		S. M. Fazlur Rahman		Indian National Congress
Tehatta	None	Sankardas Bandyopadhyay		Indian National Congress
Karimpur	None	Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay		Indian National Congress

See also

• 1957 elections in India
• 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
2. M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 216.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
4. "List Of Political Parties" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-01-02.