1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:1957 West Bengal state assembly election
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1952 West Bengal state assembly election
Previous Year:1952
Next Election:1962 West Bengal state assembly election
Next Year:1962
Election Date:May 8, 1957
Seats For Election:All 252 seats in the West Bengal state assembly
Leader1:Bidhan Chandra Roy
Party1:Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat1:Bowbazar
Seats1:152
Seat Change1: 2
Popular Vote1:4,830,992
Percentage1:46.1%
Swing1: 7.3 pp
Leader2:Jyoti Basu
Leaders Seat2:Baranagar
Party2:Communist Party of India
Alliance2:ULEC
Seats2:80
Seat Change2: 52
Popular Vote2:1,865,106
Percentage2:33.6%
Swing2: 22.8 pp
Chief Minister
Posttitle:Chief Minister after election
Before Election:Bidhan Chandra Roy
Before Party:Indian National Congress
After Election:Bidhan Chandra Roy
After Party:Indian National Congress
Majority Seats:127
Elected Members:1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members
Outgoing Members:1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members
Leader Since1:1952
Leader Since2:1952
Last Election1:38.8%, 150 seats
Last Election2:10.8%, 28 seats

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957 was part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from Bihar to West Bengal.[1] Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.

Alliances

On the political left two alliances had emerged; the United Left Election Committee (an alliance between CPI, PSP, AIFB, MFB and RSP) and the United Left Front (comprising the SUCI(C), the BPI, the RPI and the Democratic Vanguard). A third alliance was the United Democratic People's Front, consisting of BJS, Hindu Mahasabha and RCPI.[2]

Results

Alliance wise result

The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.

ULFCSEATSULFSEATSINC+SEATSUDPFSEATSOTHERSSEATS
CPI46SUCI0INC152BJS0IND25
PSP21BPI0ABHM0
AIFB8Republican PartyRCPI
MFBDV
RSP
TOTAL (1957)75TOTAL (1957)0TOTAL (1957)152TOTAL (1957)0TOTAL (1957)0
TOTAL (1952)39TOTAL (1952)2TOTAL (1952)150TOTAL (1952)13TOTAL (1952)34
Party/AllianceOwn%
15246.14%
8033.6%
22.45%
03.44%

!colspan=10||-! Party! No. of candidates! No. of elected! No. of votes! %|- | Indian National Congress | 251| 152| 4,830,992| 46.14%|- | Communist Party of India | 103| 46| 1,865,106| 17.81%|- | Praja Socialist Party | 67| 21| 1,031,392| 9.85%|- | Forward Bloc | 26| 8| 425,318| 4.06%|- | Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 37| 25| 225,126| 2.15%|- | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 33| 0| 102,477| 0.98%|- | Independents| 418| 22| 1,989,392| 19.00%|- | Total:| 935| 252| 10,469,803| |}

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Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
Kalimpong None Narbahadur Gurung
Darjeeling None Deo Prakash Rai
Jore Bungalow None Bhadra Bahadur Hamal
Siliguri ST Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar
T. Wangdi
Jalpaiguri SC Sarojendra Deb Raikut
Khagendra Nath Das Gupta
Mal ST Mangru Bhagat
Budhu Bhagat
Mainaguri None Jaineswar Roy
Falakata None Jagadananda Roy
Kalchini ST Debendra Nath Brahma Mandal
Anima Hoare
Alipur Duars None Pijush Kanti Mukherjee
Tufanganj None Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarker
Cooch Behar SC Maziruddin Ahmed
Satish Chandra Roy Singha
Dinhata SC Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar
Umesh Chandra Mandal
Mathabhanga None Sarada Prasad Pramanik
Mekliganj None Satyendra Prasanna Chatterjee
Balurghat ST Mardi Hakai
Dhirendra Nath Banerjee
Gangarampur ST Lakshan Chandra Hasda
Satindra Nath Basu
Raiganj SC Hazi Badiruddin Ahmmad
Syama Prasad Barman
Itahar None Basanta Lal Chatterjee
Chopra None Mahammad Affaque Choudhury
Goalpokhar None Muzzafar Hussain
Karandighi None Phanis Chandra Sinha
Kharba None Golam Yazdani
Harischandrapur None Elias Razi
Ratua SC Sourindra Mohan Misra
Dhaneswar Saha
Malda ST Nikunja Behari Gupta
Matla Murmu
Englishbazar None Santi Gopal Sen
Sujapur None Monoranjan Misra
Kaliachak None Mahibur Rahman Choudhury
Farakka None Mahammad Giasuddin
Suti None Lutfal Hoque
Jangirpur SC Shyamapada Bhattacharjee
Kuber Chand Haldar
Murshidabad None Durgapada Sinha
Lalgola None Syed Kazem Ali Meerza
Bhagabangola None Hafizur Rehman Kazi
Raninagar None Badrudduja Syed
Jalangi None Golam Soleman
Hariharpara None Hazi A. Hameed
Berhampore None Bejoy Kumar Ghosh
Naoda None Mohammed Israil
Beldanga None Parimal Ghosh
Bharatpur None Goalbadan Trivedi
Kandi SC Sudhir Mondal
Bimal Chandra Sinha
Nalhati SC Mohammad Yeakub Hossain
Sisir Kumar Saha
Rampurhat SC Gobardhan Das
Durgapada Das
Suri ST Turku Hansda
Mihirlal Chatterji
Rajnagar SC Nishapati Majhi
Khagendranath Bandopadhyay
Bolpur None Amarendra Nath Sarkar
Labhpur None Radhanath Chattoraj
Ketugram SC Sankar Dass
Abdus Sattar
Katwa None Tarapada Chaudhuri
Purbasthali None Bimalananda Taratirtha
Monteswar None Bhakta Chandra Roy
Kalna ST Hare Krishna Konar
Jamadar Majhi
Raina SC Dasorathi Tah
Gobardhan Pakray
Burdwan None Benoy Krishna Chowdhury
Galsi SC Fakir Chandra Roy
Pramatha Nath Dhibar
Ausgram None Kanailal Das
Bhatar None Abhalata Kundu
Ondal SC Dhawajadhari Mondal
Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhya
Jamuria SC Amarendra Mondal
Baidya Nath Mondal
Kulti None Benarashi Prosad Jha
Hirapur None Taher Hossain
Asansol None Shib Das Ghatak
Raghunathpur SC Shankar Narayan Singha Deo
Nepal Bouri
Jhalda None Debendra Nath Mahato
Arsa None Sagar Chandra Mahato
Purulia SC Nakul Chandra Sahis
Labanya Prava Ghosh
Balarampur None Bhim Chandra Mahato
Manbazar ST Chaitan Majhi
Satya Kinkar Mahato
Kashipur ST Ledu Majhi
Budhan Majhi
Bankura SC Sihsuram Mandal
Anath Bandhu Roy
Chhatna ST Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhyay
Kamala Kanta Hembram
Onda SC Gokul Behari Das
Ashutosh Mallick
Raipur ST Jadu Nath Murmu
Sudha Rani Dutta
Vishnupur SC Purabi Mukhopadyay
Kiran Chandra Digar
Patrasayer SC Guru Pada Khan
Bhabataran Chakravarty
Kotulpur None Jagannath Kolay
Arambagh None Radha Krishna Pal
Khanakul SC Panchanan Digpati
Prafulla Chandra Sen
Tarakeswar None Parbati Hazra
Dhaniakhali SC Radha Nath Das
D. N. Mukherjee
Balagarh None Bejoy Krishna Modak
Chinsurah None Bhupati Majumder
Chandernagore None Hirendrra Kumar Chattopadhyay
Bhadreswar None Bomkesh Mazumder
Serampore None Panchugopal Bhaduri
Uttarpara None Monoranjan Hazra
Singur None Provakar Pal
Jangipara SC Biswanath Saha
Kanai Dey
Jagatballavpur None Brindaban Behari Basu
Domjur None Tarapada De
Bally None Monilal Basu
Howrah North None Samar Mukhopadhyay
Howrah West None Bankim Chandra Kar
Howrah East None Beni Chandra Dutta
Howrah South None Kanailal Bhattacharjee
Sankrail SC Shyama Prosanna Bhattacharjee
Apurbalal Majumdar
Uluberia SC Abani Kumar Basu
Bijoy Bhusan Mondal
Shyampur None Sasabindu Bera
Bagnan None Amal Kumar Ganguli
Amta East None Gobinda Charan Maji
Amta West None Arabinda Roy
Daspur None Bhabani Ranjan Panja
Ghatal SC Harendra Nath Dolui
Lakshman Chandra Sarkar
Garhbeta ST Tusar Tudu
Saroj Roy
Midnapur None Anjali Khan
Binpur ST Sudhir Kumar Pandey
Jamadar Hasda
Jhargram None Mahendra Mahata
Gopiballavpur ST Surendra Nath Mahata
Jagatpati Hansda
Kharagpur None Narayan Chobey
Kharagpur Local SC Krishna Prasad Mandal
Mrityunjoy Jana
Debra None Mohini Mohan Pat
Sabang None Gopal Chandra Das Adhikari
Dantan None Charu Chandra Mahanty
Pataspur None Sisir Kumar Das
Egra None Bhuban Chandra Kar Mahapatra
Ramnagar None Trailokya Nath Pradhan
Contai South None Rashbehari Pal
Contai North None Natenda Nath Das
Bhagwanpur SC Basanta Kumar Panda
Bhikari Mandal
Panskura West None Shyamadas Bhattacharyya
Pansuka East None Rajani Kanta Pramanik
Tamiuk None Ajoy Kumar Mukherji
Nandigram North None Subodh Chandra Maity
Nandigram South None Bhupal Chandra Panda
Mahishadal SC Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
Mahatab Chand Das
Mayna None Ananga Mohan Das
Cossipore None Daben Sen
Belgachia None Ganesh Ghosh
Shampukur None Hemanata Kumar Bose
Burtola North None Sudhir Chandra Ray Chaudhuri
Burtola South None Amarendra Nath Basu
Manicktola None Ranendra Nath Sen
Jorabagan None Nepal Ray
Jorasanko None Anandilall Poddar
Bara Bazar None Ishwar Das Jalan
Sukeas Street None Sihrid Malik Chowdhury
Vidyasagar None Narayan Chandra Roy
Beliaghata SC Rama Shanker Prasad
Jagat Bose
Bow Bazar None Bidhan Chandra Roy
Muchipara None Jatindra Chandra Chakravorty
Taltola None Dhirendra Nath Dhar
Entally None Abu Asad Md. Obaidul Ghani
Chowringhee None Bijoy Singh Nahar
Bhowanipur None Siddhartha Snenkar Roy
Ballygunge None Jnendra Mazumder
Rashbehari Avenue None Sunil Das
Alipore None Somnath Lahiri
Kalighat None Manikuntala Sen
Ekbalpore None Narenda Nath Sen
Fort None Maitreyee Bose
Tollygunge None Haridas Mitra
Garden Reach None Shaikh Abduallah Farooquie
Behala None Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay
Mahashtola None Sudhir Chandra Bhandari
Budge Budge None Bankim Mukherji
Bishnupur SC Provash Chandra Roy
Rabindra Nath Roy
Baruipur SC Khagendra Kumar Roy Chowdhury
Gangadhar Naskar
Magrahat SC Abul Hashem
Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar
Falta None Khagendra Nath Das
Diamond Harbour None Ramanuj Haider
Kulpi None Hansadhwaj Dhara
Kakdwip None Maya Banerji
Mathurapur SC Bhusan Chandra Das
Brindaban Gayen
Joynagar SC Subodh Banerjee
Renupada Halder
Bhangar None Hem Chandra Naskar
Canning SC Khagenda Nath Naskar
Abdus Shokur
Sandeshkhali None Haran Chandra Mondal
Hasnabad SC Hemanta Kumar Ghosal
Rajkrishna Mondal
Basirhat None Profulla Nath Banerjee
Baduria None Md. Zia Ul Haque
Swarupnagarr None Mohammad Ishaque
Haroa None Zahangir Kabir
Habra None Tarun Kanti Ghosh
Degsanga SC Rafiuddin Ahmed
Atul Krishna Roy
Baraset None Chitto Basu
Dum Dum None Pabitra Mohan Roy
Baranagar None Jyoti Bose
Khardah None Satkari Mitra
Titagarh None Krishna Kumar Sukla
Noapara None Panchanan Bhattacharjee
Bhatpara None Sitaram Gupta
Naihati None Gopal Basu
Bijpur None Niranjan Sen Gupta
Bongaon None Ajit Kumar Ganguli
Manindra Bhusan Biswas
Chakdah None Suresh Chandra Banerjee
Ranaghat None Benoy Kumar Chatterjee
Haringhatta SC Smarajit Bandyopadhyay
Promatha Ranjan Thakur
Santipur None Haridas Dey
Nabadwip None Niranjan Modak
Krishnagar None Jagannath Majumder
Nakashipara SC Mahananda Haldar
S. M. Fazlur Rahman
Tehatta None Sankardas Bandyopadhyay
Karimpur None Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reorganisation of States, 1955 . The Economic Weekly . October 15, 1955 . July 25, 2015.
  2. M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 216.
  3. Web site: List Of Political Parties . 2008-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080228224555/http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf . 2008-02-28 . dead .