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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1957

136 seats · vs 1951 (140-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1957 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 91 seatsIndependent — 26 seatsRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party — 12 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 5 seatsCommunist Party of India — 1 seatPraja Socialist Party — 1 seat69136of 136 seats
  • INC91
  • IND26
  • RRP12
  • BJS5
  • CPI1
  • PSP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress9167%21,41,93145.1%171
INDIndependent2619%16,10,46533.9%324
RRPRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party129%4,69,5409.9%57
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh54%2,63,4435.6%48
CPICommunist Party of India11%1,43,5473.0%23
PSPPraja Socialist Party11%1,17,5322.5%25

Constituency map

Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1957 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 69

1957 · selected
Majority 69
INC91IND26RRP12BJS5CPI1PSP1
1951 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1951 → 1957

1951 1957· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
39.5
45.1
27.5
33.9
12.3
9.9
5.9
5.6
0.5
3.0
8.3
0.0
4.2
0.0
INCINDRRPBJSCPIKLPSP

Seat change

1957 seats minus 1951 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
62 → 91
+29
IND
35 → 26
−9
RRP
24 → 12
−12
BJS
8 → 5
−3
CPI
0 → 1
+1
PSP
0 → 1
+1
KLP
7 → 0
−7
HMS
2 → 0
−2
SP
1 → 0
−1
KMPP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1951 → 1957

share lostshare gained
IND
27.5% → 33.9%
+6.4%
INC
39.5% → 45.1%
+5.7%
CPI
0.5% → 3.0%
+2.5%
PSP
0.0% → 2.5%
+2.5%
BJS
5.9% → 5.6%
−0.4%
KMPP
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
HMS
0.9% → 0.0%
−0.9%
RRP
12.3% → 9.9%
−2.4%
SP
4.2% → 0.0%
−4.2%
KLP
8.3% → 0.0%
−8.3%

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
Behror
−73.9%
Mahwa
−66.9%
Ramgarh
−61.3%
Bairath
−60.0%
Phalodi
+59.6%
Jhalrapatan
+57.0%
Neem Ka Thana
−53.6%
Malpura
−53.5%
Ghatol
−48.0%
Asind
+47.5%
Nawalgarh
−47.4%
Nohar
−44.1%

Closest races · 1957

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

All constituencies · 1957

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