1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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All 288 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 145 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 37.17% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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, (namely Buldana, Akola, Amravati, Yeotmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara and Chanda), were transferred to Bombay State.[2] This resulted in increase in assembly constituencies from 184 with 232 seats to 218 constituencies with 288 seats during 1957 elections.
Results
Template:Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957
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
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
MPECI1957was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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