1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Seat Change1:29
Image1:File:Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg
Majority Seats:159
Seats For Election:All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
After Election:Shri Krishna Sinha
Next Year:1962
Next Election:1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Swing2:0.93%
Percentage2:7.08%
Percentage1:42.09%
Popular Vote2:7,49,021
Swing1:0.71%
Popular Vote1:44,55,425
Seats1:210
Type:legislative
Seat Change2:1
Seats2:31
Party2:Jharkhand Party
Party1:Indian National Congress
Before Election:Shri Krishna Sinha
After Party:Indian National Congress
Before Party:Indian National Congress
Chief Minister
Previous Year:1952
Previous Election:1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Country:India
Election Date:25 February 1957
Ongoing:no
Image1 Size:125px
Leader1:Shri Krishna Sinha

Elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1393 candidates contested for the 264 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 54 two-member constituencies and 210 single-member constituencies.

State Reorganization

Bihar was reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal in 1956 under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[1] Hence the constituencies were reduced from 330 in 1951 to 318 in 1957 elections.

Results

!colspan=10||-! colspan=2|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| | 312 || 210 || 29 || 66.04 || 44,55,425 || 42.09 || 0.71|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party|| 222 || 31 || New || 9.75 || 16,94,974 || 16.01 || New|-| || 125 || 23 || 12 || 7.23 || 8,29,195 || 7.83 || 4.67|-| || 71 || 31 || 1 || 9.75 || 7,49,021 || 7.08 || 0.93|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India| | 60 || 7 || 7 || 2.20 || 5,45,577 || 5.15 || 4.01|-| || 572 || 16 || 11 || 5.03 || 21,81,180 || 20.61 || N/A|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan = 3|! style="text-align:center;" |Total seats !! 318 (12) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 2,56,21,144 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|1,05,85,422 (41.32%)|}

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
Dhanaha None Jogendra Prasad
Bagaha SC Narsingh Baitha
Kedar Pandey
Shikarpur None Sinheshwar Pd. Verma
Sikta None Fazlur Rahman
Lauria None Subh Narayan Prasad
Chanpatia None Ketaki Devi
Bettiah SC Jagannath Pd. Swatantra
Jaya Narayan Prasad
Raxaul None Rahda Pandey
Adapur None Brajnandan Sharma
Motihari SC Bigoo Ram
Shakuntala Devi
Ghorasahan None Mangal Pd. Yadav
Dhaka None Masoodur Rahman
Patahi None Bibhishan Kumar
Madhuban None Rooplal Rai
Kesaria None Prabhawati Gupta
Pipra None Ganga Nath Mishra
Harsidhi None Parabati Devi
Govindganj None Dhrub Narain Mani Tripathi
Barauli None Abdul Ghafoor
Gopalganj None Kamla Rai
Kuchaikot None Vachaspati Sharma
Bhore SC
Rambali Pandey
Mirganj None Janardan Sinha
Siwan None Gadadhar Pd. Shrivastava
Ziradei None Zawar Hussain
Darauli SC Rajendra Pd. Singh
Basawan Ram
Raghunathpur None Ram Deo Sinha
Manjhi None Girish Tewari
Maharajganj None Anusuya
Basantpur West None Krishna Kant Singh
Basantpur East None Sabhapati Sinha
Barharia None Quamrul Haque
Baikunthpur None Trivikram Deo Narayan Singh
Mashrakh North None Mritunjoy Singh
Mashrakh South None Krishna Madhav Prasad Sinha
Marhaura None Devi Laljee
Baniapur None Uma Pandey
Chapra SC Jaglal Chaudhary
Prabhunath Singh
Garkha None
Parsa None
Sonepur None Ram Binod Singh
Hajipur None Dip Narain Sinha
Raghopur None Haribans Narayan Sinha
Manhar None Banarsi Devi
Patepur None Manzur Ahsan Ajazi
Mahua SC Sheonandan Ram
Bindeshwari Pd. Verma
Lalganj South None Birchand Patel
Lalganj North None Laliteshwar Pd. Shahi
Paru SC Nawal Kishore Sinha
Chandu Ram
Baruraj None Ram Chandra Pd. Shahi
Kanti None Jamuna Pd. Tripathi
Sakra SC Ramgulam Chaudhary
Kapildeo Narain Sinha
Muzaffarpur None Mahamaya Pd. Sinha
Muzaffarpur Muffasil None Ramjanam Ojha
Katra South None Niteshwar Pd. Sinha
Katra North None Ram Briksha Benipuri
Minapur None Janak Singh
Runisaidpur None Tribeni Pd. Singh
Belsand None Ramanand Singh
Sheohar SC Thakur Girjanandan Singh
Ram Saroop Ram
Sitamarhi South None Ram Sewak Saran
Sitamarhi North None
Sonbarsa None Singheshwar Rai
Sursand None Maheshwar Pd. Narain Sinha
Pupri North None Sudama Choudhry
Pupri South None Devendra Jha
Jale None Sheikh Tahir Hussain
Benipatti West None Chhote Pd. Singh
Benipatti East None Subhchandra Mishra
Jainagar SC Ramkrishan Mahto
Khajauli None Sakoor Ahmed
Madhubani West None Ramakant Jha
Madhubani East None Arjun Prasad Singh
Jhanjharpur None Deochandra Jha
Laukaha None Ramdulari Shastri
Phulparas None Rashik Lal Yadav
Madaipur None Radhanandan Jha
Biraul None Jainarain Jha Vineet
Bahera South None Krishna Devi
Bahera East None Mahes Kant Sharma
Bahera West None Harinath Mishra
Darbhanga North None Hirdai Narain Choudhry
Darbhanga Central None Seikh Sayeedul Haque
Darbhanga South SC Janki Raman Pd. Mishra
Babuyelal Mahto
Samastipur West None Jadunandan Sahay
Samastipur East None
Dalsinghsarai SC Baleshwar Ram
Mishri Singh
Mohiuddinagar None Shanti Devi
Tajpur None
Warisnagar West None Ram Sukumari Devi
Warisnagar East None Sunder Singh
Rosera None Mahabir Raut
Singhia SC Shyam Kumari
Braj Mohan Pd. Singh
Supaul None Parmeshwar Kumar
Kishanpur None Baidhyanath Mehta
Pratapganj None Khub Lal Mahto
Tribeniganj SC Tulmohan Ram
Yogeshwar Jha
Murliganj None
Madhipura None
Saharsa None Vishweshvari Devi
Sonbarsa SC Jageshwar Hajra
Upendra Narain Singh
Alamnagar None Yadunandan Jha
Raniganj None Ram Narayan Mandal
Forbesganj SC Shital Pd. Gupta
Dumar Lal Baitha
Araria None Ziaur Rehman
Palasi None Shanti Devi
Bahadurganj None Lakhan Lal Kapoor
Kishanganj None Abdul Haiyat
Amaur None Mohammad Ismail
Purnea None Kamaldeo Narayan Sinha
Dhamdaha SC Bhola Paswan Shastri
Laxmi Narayan Sudhansu
Rupauli None Braj Bihari Singh
Barari None Basudeo Pd. Singh
Manihari None Parwati Debi
Katihar SC Sukhdeo Narayan Sinha
Babulal Manjhi
Kadwa None Mohiuddin Mokhtar
Baisi None Abul Ahmad Mohammad Noor
Rajmahal None Binodanand Jha
Borio None Jetha Kisku
Barhait None Babulal Tudu
Littipara None Ramcharan Kisku
Pakaur ST Rani Jyotir Mayee Debi
Jitu Kisku
Shikaripara None Supai Murmu
Nalla ST Babulal Marandi
Umeshwar Prasad
Jamtara None Satrughna Besra
Sarath None Badri Narayan Singh
Deoghar SC Shailbala Roy
Mangulal Das
Dumka ST Binjamin Hansda
Sanath Rout
Ramgarh ST Sukhu Murmu
Godda ST Manilal Yadav
Chunka Hembrom
Mahagama None Mahendra Mahto
Pirpainti None Ramjanam Mahto
Colgong SC Bhola Nath Dass
Syed Maqbool Ahmad
Bhagalpur None Satyendra Narayan Agrawal
Gopalpur None Mani Ram Singh
Bihpur None Prabhunarain Roy
Sultanganj None Sarswati Devi
Amarpur None Shital Pd. Bhagat
Dhuraiya None
Banka None Bindhyabasini Devi
Katoria ST Raghvendra Narain Singh
Piroo Manjhi
Jhajha ST Chandra Shekhar Singh
Bhagwat Murmu
Jamui ST Hari Prasad Sharma
Bhola Manjhi
Sheikhpura ST Shree Krishna Sinha
Leela Devi
Burhee None Kapildeo Singh
Surajgarha None Karyanand Sharma
Tarapur None Basukinath Rai
Kharagpur None Narendra Prasad Singh
Monghyr None Nirpad Mukherji
Jamalpur None Jogendra Mahton
Parbatta None Lakshmi Devi
Chautham None Ghanshyam Singh
Bakhtiarpur None Mohammad Choudhary Salahuddin
Khagaria SC Misri Sada
Kedar Narayan Singh Azad
Balia None Brahmdeo Narain Singh
Begusarai SC Saryoo Prasad Singh
Medni Paswan
Bariarpur None Harihar Mahton
Teghra None Ramcharitar Sinha
Bachhwara None Baidyanath Prasad Singh
Athawan None Nand Kishore Pd. Singh
Mokamah None Jagdish Narain Singh
Barh None Ramyatan Singh
Fatwa SC Shiv Mahadeo Prasad
Keshav Prasad
Bihar North None S. M. Aquil
Bihar South None Girbardhari Singh
Rajgrih SC Shyam Sundar Prasad
Baldeo Prasad
Chandi None Deogam Prasad Singh
Hilsa None Lal Singh Tyagi
Masaurhi SC Nawal Kishore Singh
Saraswati Chaudhary
Naubatpur None Ram Khelawan Singh
Patna South None Badri Nath Varma
Patna East None Zahra Ahmad
Patna West None Ramsaran Sao
Dinapur None Jagat Narayan Lal
Maner None Shribhagwan Singh
Bikram None Manorma Devi
Paliganj None Chandradeo Pd. Verma
Sandesh None Jhaman Prasad
Arrah None Rang Bahadur Prasad
Arrah Muffasil None Ambika Singh
Shahpur None Rama Nand Tiwary
Barhampur None Lallan Prasad Singh
Dumraon None Ganga Prasad Singh
Nawanagar None Raja Ram Arya
Buxar None Sheokumar Thakur
Ramgarh None Dasrath Tewari
Mohania None Badri Singh
Bhabua SC Aliwaris Khan
Dular Chand Ram
Sasaram SC Ramadhar Dusadh
Bipin Behari Sinha
Dehri None Basawon Sinha
Nokha None Jagdish Prasad
Dinara None Ram Asish Singh
Bikramganj None Manorma Devi Pandey
Dawath None Krishnaraj Sinha
Piro SC Sumitra Devi
Nagina Dusadh
Sahar None Sheo Pujan Rai
Arwal None Budhan Mehta
Kurtha None Kameshwar Sharma
Makhdumpur None Mithileshwar Prasad Singh
Jehanabad SC Mahabir Choudhary
Fida Hussain
Tekari SC Sukhdeo Prasad Verma
Rameshwar Manjhi
Daudnagar None Syed Ahmed Qadri
Nabinagar SC Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Deodhari Ram
Aurangabad None Priyabrat Narayan Sinha
Rafiganj None Sarjoo Prasad Sinha
Imamganj None Ambika Prasad Singh
Sherghati None Shahjehan Mohammad
Barachatti None Shreedhar Narain
Bodh Gaya None Shanti Debi
Koch None
Gaya None Sardar Mohammad Latifur Rahman
Gaya Muffasil None Hardeo Singh
Atri None Shivaratan Singh
Hisua None Raj Kumari Devi
Nawada None Manzoor Ahmad
Warsaliganj SC Ramkishun Singh
Chetu Ram
Rajauli None
Gawan SC Nageshwar Rai
Gopal Rabidas
Jamua None Indra Narain Singh
Giridih ST Kamakhya Narain Singh
Hemlal Pragnait
Bermo None Brajeshwar Prasad Singh
Bagodar None Vijay Raje
Barhi None Rameshwar Prasad Mahtha
Kodarma None G. P. Tripathy
Chauparan None Nand Kishore Singh
Chatra None Kamakhya Narain Singh
Barkagaon None Sashank Manjari
Hazaribagh None Basant Narain Singh
Mandu None Moti Ram
Ramgarh ST Rameshwar Manjhi
Tara Prasad Buxi
Topchanchi SC Manorama Sinha
Ram Lal Chamar
Dhanbad None Purushottam Chauhan
Nirsa ST Ram Narin Sharma
Lakshmi Narain Manjhi
Chas None Hardayal Sharma
Tundi None Ram Chandra Prasad Sharma
Ghatsila ST Shyam Charan Murmu
Shishir Kumar Mahto
Potka ST Supai Soren
Jamshedpur None Kedar Das
Jugsalai None V. G. Gopal
Seraikella None Aditya Pratap Singh Deo
Chaibasa ST Sukhdeo Manjhi
Manjari ST Samad Sanatan
Majhgaon ST Saran Balmuchu
Manoharpur None Subhnath Deogam
Chakradharpur ST Shyamal Kumar Pasari
Haricharan Soy
Chandil SC Dhananjoy Mahto
Jatindra Nath Rajak
Tamar ST Dhan Singh Munda
Silli None Bholanath Bhagat
Ranchi SC Jagannath Mahto
Ranchi SC Ramratan Ram
Ranchi Sadr None Chintamanisaran Nath Shahdeo
Khunti ST Bir Singh Munda
Torpa ST Julius Munda
Kolebira ST Sushil Bage
Simdega ST Marshal Kullu
Chainpur ST Phablanus Oraon
Gumla ST Sukru
Sisai ST Kirpa Oraon
Lohardaga ST Pritam Kujur
Mandar ST Ram Vilas Prasad
Ignes Kujur
Latehar ST Johan Munjni
Lal Jagdhatri Nath Sah Deo
Daltonganj None Umeshwari Charan
Garhwa None Rajeshwari Saroj Dass
Bhawanathpur SC Jadunandan Tewari
Ramdeni Chamar
Leslieganj SC Rajkishore Singh
Ram Krishna Ram

By-elections

In 1958 a by-election was held for the Dhanbad seat. The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate R. Chaudhury, who obtained 8,998 votes. His opponent, M. Desai, received 5,792 votes.[2]

In 1959 a by-election was held for the Nawada seat. The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate M. Ahmad, who obtained 10,236 votes. His opponent, T. N. Yadav, received 7,474 votes.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reorganisation of States, 1955 . The Economic Weekly . October 15, 1955 . July 25, 2015.
  2. Web site: Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995. ECI, New Delhi. 13 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995. ECI, New Delhi. 13 September 2017.