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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

121 seats · vs 1951 (105-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Punjab Assembly Election, 1957 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 95 seatsIndependent — 11 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 8 seatsCommunist Party of India — 3 seatsSCF — 3 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 1 seat61121of 121 seats
  • INC95
  • IND11
  • BJS8
  • CPI3
  • SCF3
  • PSP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress9579%36,12,70947.5%153
INDIndependent119%18,00,96023.7%260
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh87%6,54,3958.6%64
CPICommunist Party of India32%10,30,89813.6%69
SCFSCF32%4,10,3645.4%24
PSPPraja Socialist Party11%94,5641.2%15

Constituency map

Punjab Assembly Election, 1957 · winner by seat

117 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 61

1957 · selected
Majority 61
INC95IND11BJS8CPI3SCF3PSP1
1951 · previous
Majority 53

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1951 → 1957

1951 1957· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
36.7
47.5
23.9
23.7
5.6
8.6
3.9
13.6
2.0
5.4
12.4
0.0
7.5
0.0
INCINDBJSCPISCFSADZP

Seat change

1957 seats minus 1951 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
83 → 95
+12
IND
7 → 11
+4
BJS
0 → 8
+8
CPI
3 → 3
0
SCF
0 → 3
+3
PSP
0 → 1
+1
SAD
8 → 0
−8
ZP
2 → 0
−2
FBLMG
1 → 0
−1
LCP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1951 → 1957

share lostshare gained
INC
36.7% → 47.5%
+10.8%
CPI
3.9% → 13.6%
+9.7%
SCF
2.0% → 5.4%
+3.4%
BJS
5.6% → 8.6%
+3.0%
PSP
0.0% → 1.2%
+1.2%
PDCL
0.9% → 0.0%
−0.9%
LCP
1.2% → 0.0%
−1.2%
FBLMG
1.4% → 0.0%
−1.4%
SP
4.5% → 0.0%
−4.5%
ZP
7.5% → 0.0%
−7.5%

Biggest INC–IND swings

Seats where the INC-vs-IND vote gap moved most, 1951 → 1957. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − IND share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward IND.

toward INDtoward INC
Muktsar
+81.1%
Pathankot
+72.8%
Fazilka
+56.0%
Sambhalka
−43.7%
Fatehabad
+41.9%
Nuh
−39.9%
Kartarpur
−36.7%
Dharamsala
−35.9%
Dera Baba Nanak
−32.3%
Rai
−26.2%
Rewari
−24.9%
Mukerian
−24.2%

Closest races · 1957

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1957

121 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1951