1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1,108 candidates contested for the 218 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 69 two-member constituencies and 149 single-member constituencies.

State Reorganization 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 Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur division and Amravati division (namely Buldana, Akola, Amravati, Yavatmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara and Chanda), were transferred to Bombay State. This resulted in increase in assembly constituencies from 184 with 232 seats to 218 constituencies with 288 seats during 1957 elections.

Results

!colspan=10| |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 288 || 232 || 38 || 80.56 || 36,91,999 || 49.83 || 0.76

| style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party | | 163 || 12 || New || 4.16 || 9,76,021 || 13.17 || New

| style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | | 133 || 10 || 10 || 3.47 || 7,33,315 || 9.90 || 6.32

| style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | | 53 || 5 || 2 || 1.75 || 2,29,010 || 3.09 || 0.58

| style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | | 48 || 7 || 7 || 2.43 || 3,45,122 || 4.66 || 4.56

| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 25 || 2 || 2 || 0.69 || 1,20,549 || 1.63 || 4.66

| 372 || 20 || 3 || 6.94 || 12,22,003 || 16.49 || N/A |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 288 ( 56) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,99,31,685 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|74,08,768 (37.17%)

Elected members ConstituencyReserved forElected MemberParty Lahar SC Premkumari Ranvijay Singh Gokul Prasad Devlal Mehgaon None Yugalkishore Ramkishore Bhind None Narsinghrao Jabarsingh Attair None Hargyansingh Subalal Gahad None Sushila Devi Sovransingh Pichhore Gird SC Brinda Sahai Raja Ram Singh Gird None Ghule Murlidhar Lashkar None Bangad Ram Niwas Morar None Chandra Kala Sahai Gwalior None Ramchandra Ambah None Ram Niwas Chitralal Morena SC Kushwah Kunwar Yashwantsingh Sagar Chameli Bai Joura None Chhote lal Bharadwaj Khashiprasad Sabalgarh SC Baboolal Balmukand Sheopur None Raghunath Shivpur SC Tularam Maloji Karera None Sharma Gautam Pichhore-Shivpore None Laxminarain Kolaras None Vedehi Charan Guna None Daulat Ram Chachaura None Sagarsingh Sisodia Ashoknagar SC Ramdayal Singh Dulichand Munagoli None Khalak Singh Kurwai None Takhatmal Vidisha SC Hiralal Pippal Ajaisingh Sironi None Madanlal Kljocjoir None Prabhudayal Bhanwarlal Raogarj None Dube Ramcharan Biaora None Laxman Singh Narsingarh SC Bhanwarlal Jivan Vijaivargiya Radhavallabh Susner None Haribhau Agar None Madanlal Shaipur SC Pratapbhai Kishanlal Shujalpur None Vishnucharan Kannod None Manjulabai Govindrao Wagle Dewas SC Patwardhan Anant Sadashiv Bapulal Kishan Sonkatch None Bhagirathsingh Puransingh Mahidpur SC Totala Rameshwar Dayal Mahadeo Suryawansi Durgadas Bhagwan Das Ujjain North None Rajdan Kumar Kishori Ujjain South None Ayachit Vishwanath Vasudeo Barnagar None Mehta Kanhaiyalal Bhoorabhai Khacraud None Virendrasingh Parwatsingh Manasa None Sunderlal Jawad None Virendra Kumar Neemuch None Sitaram Jajoo Garoth SC Saraswati Devi Sharda Vimal Kumar Sitamau None Bhanwarlal Mandsaur None Shyam Sunder Jaora None Kailashnath Katju A lot SC Devisingh Miyaram Ralam None Suman Jain Thandia ST Nathulal Jhabua ST Sursingh Jobat ST Ganga Aliraipur ST Chatrarsingh Kukshi ST Rathusingh Sardarpur None Shankar Lal Garg Badnawar None Manoharsingh Mehta Dhat None Vasantrao Pradhan Manawar East ST Ranjitsingh Manawar West ST Shivbhanu Depalpur SC Vishna Sajjansingh Joshi Nandlal Indore None Dravid Vyanktesh Indore City East None Daji Homi Indore City Central None Patodi Babulal Indore City West None Mishrilal Mhow None Jall Rustomji Barwani ST Gulal Rajpur ST Mangilal Tajsingh Sendhwa ST Barku Khargone None Ramakant Khode Sawaisingh Balramsingh Maheshwar SC Vallabhdas Sitaram Sadhav Sitaram Barwaha None Virendrasingh Motisingh Bhopal None Khan Shakir Ali Khan Barasia SC Hari Krishna Singh Bhagwan Singh Sehore SC Umrao Singh Inayattullah Khan Budhni None Rajkumari Surajkala Sanchi None Khuman Singh Raja Daulat Singh Udaipura SC Shankar Dayal Sharma Deori None Bala Prasad Mishra Rehli None Mani Bhai Jaber Bhai Surkhi None B B Rai Sagar None Mohammed Shafi Mohammed Subrati Khurai SC Bhadai Halke Rishabh Kumar Mohanlal Banda None Swami Krishna Nand Ramcharan Hatta SC Kadora Gaya Prasad Damoh None Harishchandra Nohata None Guru Kunjbihari Lal Murwara None Ramdas Bilai Raghogarh ST Kunjilal Khoobchand Chanda Bai Sihora ST Kashiprasad Pande Jairam Pande Harbhagat Singh Patan ST Deva Devi Neknarain Singh Jabalpur 1 None Kunjilal Dharamdas Jabalpur 2 None Jagdishnarayan Laxminarayan Jabalpur 3 None Jagmohandas Seth Govind Das Panagar None Parmanand Mohanlal Bargi None Chandrikaprasad Gotegaon None Shyamsunder Narayan Narsimhapur None Sarla Devi Gadarwara SC Nabha Kishorilal Sohagpu ST Manjabhai Jaggi Narayansingh Dangal Singh Hoshangabad None Nanhelal Bhurelal Itarsi None Hariprasad Nandlal Chaturvedi Hardha SC Gulab Bai Rameshwar Naik Laxmanrao Bhikajee Burhanpur None Abdul Quadir Mohd Masum Siddiqui Shahpur None Keshorao Yashwantrao Khandwa SC Deokaran Balchand Bhagwantrao Mandloi Harsud ST Ramsingh Galba Kalusingh Shersingh Bhainadehi ST Somdatta Deo Betul ST Mokhamsingh Sabsingh Deepchand Lakhmichand Muitai None Anandrao Sonaji Masod None Marotrao Lahnu Parasia ST Phulbhansa Kashiprasad Kanhaiyalal Pagara ST Udaibhanushah Chhindwara SC Vidyawati Vidyashankar Nokhelal Sausar ST Raichandbhai Narsibhai Seoni None Dadu Mahendranath Singh Barghat None Ravindranath Bhargava Bhoma ST Manohar Rao Jatar Thakur Deepsing Lakhnadon ST Vasantrao Uike Niwas ST Sahjoo Mehedwani ST Ramaisingh Dindori ST Dwarka Prasad Akali Bichhia ST Baredi Budana Mandla None Narayani Devi Baihar ST Murlidhar Batailal Asati Haresingh Bakhatsingh Balaghat None Nandkishore Jairaj Sharma Katangi None Ramniklal Amritlal Khairlanjee None Shankar Lal Tiwari Waraseonj None Thansingh Tikaram Kiranpur SC Tejlal Tambhare Harishchandra Motiram Odgoo Kawardha None Dharamrajsingh Birendranagar None Padmavati Devi Bemetara SC Sheolal Laxmanprasad Dhamdha None Ganeshram Bhilai ST Govindsingh Udairam Durg None Vishwanath Tamasker Khairagarli None Rituparna Kishoredas Dongargarh SC Bhootnath Vijaylal Dongargaon None Dhannalal Jain Rajnandgaon None J.P.L. Francis Dondi Lohara ST Jhamitkunwar Chowki ST Kanak Kumari Balod None Lesholal Gomasta Bijapur ST Br Pambhoi Dantewara ST Sheoram Konta ST Soyam Joga Chitrakote ST Sukhdu Jagadalpur SC Maharaja Pravirchandra Deo Derhaprasad Narayanpur ST Rameshwar Keskal ST Saraduram Kanker ST Pratibha Devi Bisram Raipur None Tiwari Singh Charan Arang SC Gupta Lakhanlal Jagmohandas Kurud None Bhopalrao Bissuli Dhamtari ST Jhitkoo Purshottamdas Bindranawagarh ST Shyama Kumari Shukla Pt Shyama Charan Mahasamund SC Nemichand Miri Bajirao Basna None Rajkumar Birendra Bahadur Singh Saraipali None Jaideo Gadadhar Bhatgaon SC Jitendra Vijai Bahadur Moolchand Baloda Bazar SC Brijlal Naindas Dharsiwan None Baghel Khubchand Bhatapara None Shukla Chakrapani Lormi None Gangaprasad Mungeli SC Ramlal Ghasia Ambika Sao Masturi SC Bashir Ahmed Ganeshram Bilaspur None Shivdulare Kota ST Kashiram Tiwari Suraj Kunwar Gourella None Mathua Prasad Trnakhar ST Yagyaseni Kumari Katghora ST Banwari Lal Dewan Rudrasharan Pratap Singh Champa None Ram Krishna Janjgir None Lakheshwarilal Paliwal Akaltara None Bhuwanbhasker Singh Nwagarh None Bisahudas Sakti None Rajabadadur Liladhar Singh Chandrapur SC Vedram Sashibhushan Singh Sarangarh SC Raja Naresh Chandra Singh Nanhu Dai Rajgarh None Ramkumar Dharamjigarh ST Rajasahib Chandrachud Prasad Singh Deo Umed Singh Ghaghoda ST Raja Lalit Kumar Gouri Shanker Shastri Jashpur ST Raja Bijai Bhushan Singh Deo Johan Pal ST Bhandari Kapildeo Narayan Singh Sitapur ST Haribhajan Singh Ambikapur SC Brijbhushan Kurray Pritam Suraipur ST Singh Mahadeo Sharma Dhirendranath Manendragarh ST Singh Raghubar Brijendralal Kotma ST Hari Raj Kunwar Ratan Singh Pushpraigarh ST Lalan Singh Sohagpur None Shambhu Nath Bandhogarh None Chhotelal Beohari ST Ram Kishore Jhalkan Kumari Singrauli None Shyam Kartik Deosar ST Bhai Lal Jagdeo Singh Sidhi None Chandra Pratap Majhauli None Arjun Singh Mauganj SC Sahadeo Achuta Nand Teibthar None Banaspati Singh Sirmaur None Champa Devi Mangawan None Rukmani Raman Pratap Singh Gurh None Sheonath Prasad Rewa None Joshi Jagdinsh Chand Chitrakoot None Kaushalendra Pratap Bahadur Singh Rampur Beghelan None Lal Govind Narain Singh Amarpatan None Ram Hit Maihar None Gopal Sharan Singh Satna SC Shivanand Vishweshwar Prasad Pawai SC Narendra Singh Ram Das Panna None Devendra Vijay Singh Laundi None Vidyavati Chaturvedi Chhatarpur SC Govind Das Dasrath Bijawar SC Gayatri Devi Hansraj Tikamgarh None Ram Krishna Jatara None Kamta Prasad Niwari SC Lakshmi Narayan Nathu Ram Seondha None Kamta Prasad Sharma Datia None Shyam Sunder Dass Shyam Jaora None Bankatelal Todi Alot SC Lila Devi Choudhary Manasa None Surajbhai Tugnawat Garoth None Kasturchand Chaudhary Suwasara SC Ramgopal Bhartiya Sitamau None Dhansukhlal Bhachawat Mandsaur None Shyam Sunder Patidar Neemuch None Raghunandan Prasad Jawad None Kanhiyalal Nagauri

See also

1957 elections in India 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election 1952 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election 1952 Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

References