Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1957

Elections to the Mysore Legislative Assembly were held on February 25, 1957. 589 candidates contested for the 208 seats of the 179 constituencies in the Assembly.

State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of Coorg State, the Kollegal taluk of the Coimbatore district and the South Kanara district (except the Kasaragod taluk) of Madras State, the districts of Raichur and Gulbarga from western Hyderabad State and the Kannada speaking districts of Dharwar, Bijapur, North Kanara and Belgaum, (except the Chandgad taluk of Belgaum district) from southern Bombay State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The Siruguppa taluk , the Bellary taluk , the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.[1] This resulted in increase in assembly constituencies from 80 with 99 seats to 179 with 208 seats in 1957 assembly elections.

Constituencies

There were 29 two-member constituencies and 179 single-member constituencies. Out of the 179 constituencies, 27 were reserved for Scheduled Castes and 1 was reserved for Scheduled Tribe. There were 73,01,080 electors in single member constituencies while 27,05,851 electors in two-member constituencies. Total electors in the state were 100,06,931 and the electors who were entitled to vote were 1,25,15,312 (including two-member constituencies). 39,59,518 electors voted in single member constituency while 24,60,641 electors caste their vote in double-member constituencies. Poll percentage in the state was 51.3%.[2]

Results

 Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1957[2]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested 		Won Net change
in seats 		% of
Seats		 Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 207 150 Increase 76 72.12 33,43,839 52.08 Increase 5.73
Praja Socialist Party 79 18 New 8.65 9,02,373 14.06 New
Communist Party of India 20 1 Steady 0 0.48 1,23,403 1.92 Increase 1.01
Scheduled Caste Federation 6 2 Steady 0 0.96 83,542 1.30 Decrease 0.44
Peasants and Workers Party of India 2 2 New 0.96 35,462 0.55 New
Independent 251 35 Increase 11 16.83 18,45,456 28.74 N/A
Total Seats 208 (Increase 109) Voters 1,25,15,312 Turnout 64,20,159 (51.3 %)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 26, 2015.


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