1957 elections in India

Presidential election

Main article: 1957 Indian presidential election

The Election Commission of India held the second presidential elections of India on May 6, 1957. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his nearest rival Chowdhry Hari Ram.

General election

Main article: 1957 Indian general election

General elections to the second Lok Sabha since independence were held in India between 24 February to 14 March 1957. The Indian National Congress (INC) easily won the second term, winning 371 of the 494 seats and their vote share increased from 45.0% to 47.8%.^[1][2]

Legislative Assembly elections

Legislative Assembly elections in India were conducted for Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Bombay, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal legislative assemblies in 1957.

Andhra Pradesh^*

Main article: 1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Hold	Won	Total
	Indian National Congress	1,707,364	47.38	119	68	187
	People's Democratic Front	927,333	25.73	15	22	37
	Krishikar Lok Party	0	0.00	22	0	22
	Praja Socialist Party	203,453	5.65	13	1	14
	Praja Party	28,968	0.80	5	1	6
	Scheduled Caste Federation	20,289	0.56	0	1	1
	Peasants and Workers Party	37,271	1.03	0	0	0
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	5,809	0.16	0	0	0
	Independents	673,098	18.68	22	12	34
Total		3,603,585	100.00	196	105	301

^* : On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with Hyderabad State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, to form a single state, Andhra Pradesh. The districts of Raichur, Gulbarga and the Marathwada district were detached from the Hyderabad State, while merging with Andhra State. In addition, the Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were transferred from Mysore State to Andhra Pradesh.^[3]

Assam

Main article: 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election^[4]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		101	71	5	65.74	13,21,367	52.35	8.87
	Praja Socialist Party		36	8	New	7.41	3,21,569	12.74	New
	Communist Party of India		22	4	3	3.70	2,04,332	8.10	5.26
	Independent		153	25	11	23.15	6,76,698	26.81	N/A
			Total seats	108 ( 3)	Voters	55,53,926	Turnout	25,23,966 (45.44%)

Bihar^*

Main article: 1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election^[5]

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		312	210	29	66.04	44,55,425	42.09	0.71
	Praja Socialist Party		222	31	New	9.75	16,94,974	16.01	New
	Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party		125	23	12	7.23	8,29,195	7.83	4.67
	Jharkhand Party		71	31	1	9.75	7,49,021	7.08	0.93
	Communist Party of India		60	7	7	2.20	5,45,577	5.15	4.01
	Independent		572	16	11	5.03	21,81,180	20.61	N/A
			Total seats	318 ( 12)	Voters	2,56,21,144	Turnout	1,05,85,422 (41.32%)

^* : Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[3]

Bombay^*

Main article: 1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election^[6]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress 234 / 396 (59%)		396	234	36	81,31,604	48.66%	1.29%
	Praja Socialist Party 36 / 396 (9%)		98	36	27 (from SP)	14,98,700	8.97%	2.99% (from SP)
	Peasants and Workers Party of India 31 / 396 (8%)		55	31	17	11,13,436	6.66%	0.21%
	Scheduled Castes Federation 13 / 396 (3%)		48	13	12	10,41,355	6.23%	3.13%
	Communist Party of India 13 / 396 (3%)		32	13	12	6,07,383	3.63%	2.19%
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh 4 / 396 (1%)		23	4	4	2,60,826	1.56%	1.52%
	Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 1 / 396 (0.3%)		10	1	1	71,514	0.43%	0.11%
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad		10	0		14,794	0.09%	1.03%
	Independent 64 / 396 (16%)		400	64	45	39,72,548	23.77%	7.53%
Total			1072	396	81	Turnout (Voters) 1,67,12,160 (3,14,40,079)	53.16%	2.38%

^*: On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Bombay state was re-organized by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The state's southernmost districts of Bombay were transferred to Mysore State while Abu Road taluk of the Banaskantha district was transferred to Rajasthan.^[3]

Kerala^*

Main article: 1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election^[7]

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Vote % in contested seats
	Indian National Congress		124	43	34.13	2,209,251	37.85	38.1
	Communist Party of India		101	60	47.62	2,059,547	35.28	40.57
	Praja Socialist Party		65	9	7.14	628,261	10.76	17.48
	Revolutionary Socialist Party		28	0		188,553	3.23	11.12
	Independent politician		86	14	11.11	751,965	12.88	N/A
		Total seats	126	Voters	89,13,247	Turnout	58,37,577 (65.49%)

^* : In 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Kerala was formed by the merger of Travancore-Cochin state with the Malabar district of Madras State, Kasaragod taluk of the South Canara district and the Amindive Islands. The southern part of Travancore-Cochin, Kanyakumari district was transferred to Madras State.^[3]

Madhya Pradesh^*

Main article: 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election^[8]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		288	232	38	80.56	36,91,999	49.83	0.76
	Praja Socialist Party		163	12	New	4.16	9,76,021	13.17	New
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh		133	10	10	3.47	7,33,315	9.90	6.32
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad		53	5	2	1.75	2,29,010	3.09	0.58
	Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha		48	7	7	2.43	3,45,122	4.66	4.56
	Communist Party of India		25	2	2	0.69	1,20,549	1.63	4.66
	Independent		372	20	3	6.94	12,22,003	16.49	N/A
			Total Seats	288 ( 56)	Voters	1,99,31,685	Turnout	74,08,768 (37.17%)

^* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Madhya Bharat (except the Sunel enclave of the Mandsaur district), Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal state and the Sironj sub-division of the Kota district of Rajasthan were merged into Madhya Pradesh while the Nagpur Division was transferred to Bombay State.^[3]

Madras^*

Main article: 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election^[9]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		204	151 (1)	73.66	50,46,576	45.34	10.46
	Communist Party of India		58	4 (58)	1.95	8,23,582	7.40	5.78
	Praja Socialist Party		23	2 (New)	0.98	2,93,778	2.64	New
	Independent		602	48 ( 14)	23.41	49,67,060	44.62	N/A
			Total Seats	205 (170)	Voters	2,39,05,575	Turnout	1,11,30,996 (46.56%)

^* : On 1 November 1956, the southern part of Travancore-Cochin (Kanyakumari district) was added to the Madras State while the Malabar district of the state was transferred to the new state of Kerala, and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was created.^[3]

Mysore^*

Main article: 1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election^[10]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		207	150	76	72.12	33,43,839	52.08	5.73
	Praja Socialist Party		79	18	New	8.65	9,02,373	14.06	New
	Communist Party of India		20	1	0	0.48	1,23,403	1.92	1.01
	Scheduled Caste Federation		6	2	0	0.96	83,542	1.30	0.44
	Peasants and Workers Party of India		2	2	New	0.96	35,462	0.55	New
	Independent		251	35	11	16.83	18,45,456	28.74	N/A
			Total Seats	208 ( 109)	Voters	1,25,15,312	Turnout	64,20,159 (51.3%)

^* : On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of Coorg State, the Kollegal taluk of the Coimbatore district and the South Kanara district (except the Kasaragod taluk) of Madras State, and the Kannada speaking districts from southern Bombay state and western Hyderabad State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.^[3]

Odisha

Main article: 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[11]

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		140	56	11	40.00	16,28,180	38.26	0.39
	Ganatantra Parishad		109	51	20	36.43	12,23,014	28.74	8.24
	Praja Socialist Party		46	11	New	7.86	4,42,508	10.40	New
	Communist Party of India		43	9	2	6.43	3,57,659	8.40	2.78
	Independent politician		179	13	11	9.29	6,04,652	14.21	N/A
			Total Seats	140 ( 0)	Voters	1,24,67,800	Turnout	42,56,013 (34.14%)

Punjab^*

Main article: 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election^[12]

	Political Party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		154	120	24	77.92	36,12,709	47.51	10.82
	Communist Party of India		72	6	2	3.90	10,30,898	13.56	9.67
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh		72	9	9	5.84	6,54,395	8.61	3.05
	Scheduled Caste Federation		24	5	5	3.25	4,10,364	5.40	3.43
	Praja Socialist Party		19	1	New	0.65	94,564	1.24	New
	Independent		319	13	4	8.44	18,00,960	23.69	N/A
			Total Seats	154 ( 28)	Voters	1,31,72,945	Turnout	76,03,890 (57.72%)

^* : Punjab was enlarged by the addition of Patiala & East Punjab States Union in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[3]

Rajasthan^*

Main article: 1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election^[13]

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		176	119	37	67.61	21,41,931	45.13	5.67
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad		60	17	7	9.66	4,69,540	9.89	2.37
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh		51	6	2	3.41	2,63,443	5.55	0.38
	Praja Socialist Party		27	1	New	0.57	1,17,532	2.48	New
	Communist Party of India		24	1	1	0.57	1,43,547	3.02	2.49
	Independent		399	32	3	18.18	16,10,465	33.93	N/A
			Total Seats	176 ( 16)	Voters	1,24,37,064	Turnout	47,46,458 (38.16%)

^* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State, the Abu Road taluk 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.^[3]

Uttar Pradesh

Main article: 1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	9,298,382	42.42	5.51%	286	102
	Praja Socialist Party	3,170,865	14.47	3.26%	44	23
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,157,881	9.84	3.39%	17	15
	Communist Party of India	840,348	3.83	3.49%	9	8
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	165,671	0.76	0.98%	0	1
	Independents	6,285,457	28.68	9.02%	74	59
Total		21,918,604	100.00	–	430
Source: [14]

West Bengal^*

Main article: 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election^[15]

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	0	225,126	2.15%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	33	0	102,477	0.98%
Independents	418	25	1,989,392	19.00%
Total:	935	252	10,469,803

^[16]

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

^* : West Bengal was enlarged by the addition of minor territories from Bihar in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[1]

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3. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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