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India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

403 seats · vs 1951 (401-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 56.7%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1957 · 13 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 296 seatsIndependent — 38 seatsCommunist Party of India — 23 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 18 seatsGP — 5 seatsJai Hind Party — 5 seatsSCF — 4 seats6 other parties — 14 seats202403of 403 seats
  • INC296
  • IND38
  • CPI23
  • PSP18
  • GP5
  • JHP5
  • SCF4
  • Others14

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress29673%5,75,79,58947.8%478
INDIndependent389%2,32,84,24919.3%481
CPICommunist Party of India236%1,07,54,0758.9%110
PSPPraja Socialist Party184%1,25,42,66610.4%189
GPGP51%12,91,1411.1%15
JHPJai Hind Party51%7,51,8300.6%12
SCFSCF41%20,38,8901.7%21
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh31%71,93,2676.0%130
PWPPWP31%9,24,8320.8%7
CNSPJPCNSPJP31%5,01,3590.4%11
PDFPeople'S Democratic Front20%10,44,0320.9%8
FBMFBM20%6,65,3410.6%5
HMSHMS10%10,32,3220.9%19

+ 3 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 202

1957 · selected
Majority 202
INC296IND38CPI23PSP18GP5JHP5SCF4BJS3PWP3CNSPJP3+3 more · 5 seats
1951 · previous
Majority 201

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1951 → 1957

1951 1957· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
45.0
47.8
15.9
19.3
3.3
8.9
0.0
10.4
3.1
6.0
10.6
0.0
5.8
0.0
INCINDCPIPSPBJSSPKMPP

Seat change

1957 seats minus 1951 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
299 → 296
−3
IND
33 → 38
+5
CPI
16 → 23
+7
PSP
0 → 18
+18
GP
3 → 5
+2
JHP
2 → 5
+3
SCF
0 → 4
+4
BJS
3 → 3
0
PWP
2 → 3
+1
CNSPJP
1 → 3
+2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1951 → 1957

share lostshare gained
PSP
0.0% → 10.4%
+10.4%
CPI
3.3% → 8.9%
+5.6%
IND
15.9% → 19.3%
+3.4%
BJS
3.1% → 6.0%
+2.9%
INC
45.0% → 47.8%
+2.8%
FBM
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
CWL
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%
PDF
1.3% → 0.9%
−0.4%
SCF
2.4% → 1.7%
−0.7%
TNT
0.8% → 0.0%
−0.8%

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
Bastar
Madhya Pradesh
+120.4%
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
+78.1%
Vicarabad
Andhra Pradesh
−77.7%
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
+73.7%
Nagercoil
Madras
+70.8%
Autonomous Dists
Assam
−69.3%
Bijapur North
Mysore
−64.6%
Ongole
Andhra Pradesh
+63.3%
Hoshangabad
Madhya Pradesh
+58.7%
Kurnool
Andhra Pradesh
+58.4%
Thanjavur
Madras
+55.5%
Kangra
Punjab
−53.6%

Closest races · 1957

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

All constituencies · 1957

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