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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

341 seats · vs 1951 (347-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957 · 5 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 218 seatsIndependent — 65 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 37 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 15 seatsCommunist Party of India — 6 seats171341of 341 seats
  • INC218
  • IND65
  • PSP37
  • BJS15
  • CPI6

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress21864%92,98,38242.4%425
INDIndependent6519%62,85,45728.7%660
PSPPraja Socialist Party3711%31,70,86514.5%261
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh154%21,57,8819.8%236
CPICommunist Party of India62%8,40,3483.8%90

+ 1 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 171

1957 · selected
Majority 171
INC218IND65PSP37BJS15CPI6
1951 · previous
Majority 174

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1951 → 1957

1951 1957· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
47.9
42.4
19.7
28.7
0.0
14.5
6.5
9.8
0.9
3.8
12.0
0.0
5.7
0.0
INCINDPSPBJSCPISPKMPP

Seat change

1957 seats minus 1951 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
309 → 218
−91
IND
12 → 65
+53
PSP
0 → 37
+37
BJS
2 → 15
+13
CPI
0 → 6
+6
SP
19 → 0
−19
UPPP
2 → 0
−2
KMPP
1 → 0
−1
HMS
1 → 0
−1
UPRSP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1951 → 1957

share lostshare gained
PSP
0.0% → 14.5%
+14.5%
IND
19.7% → 28.7%
+9.0%
BJS
6.5% → 9.8%
+3.4%
CPI
0.9% → 3.8%
+2.9%
UPRSP
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%
RSP
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
RRP
1.7% → 0.8%
−1.0%
HMS
1.4% → 0.0%
−1.4%
SCF
1.5% → 0.0%
−1.5%
UPPP
1.8% → 0.0%
−1.8%

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
Domariaganj South
−78.4%
Bah
−51.9%
Mohanlalganj
−50.4%
Salempur West
−47.4%
Ranikhet South
−38.1%
Iglas
−35.8%
Ranikhet North
+33.3%
Khurja
−31.5%
Devprayag
+30.9%
Deoband
−30.7%
Deoria South
−29.5%
Misrikh
−29.0%

Closest races · 1957

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

All constituencies · 1957

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