STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS) ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI Election Commission of India - General Election, 1957 ( 2nd LOK SABHA) STATISTICAL REPORT – Volume I ( National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results ) CONTENTS SUBJECT Page no. Part - I 1. List of Participating Political Parties and Abbreviation 1 2. Number and Types of Constituencies 2 3. Seats and Constituencies 4. Size of Electorate 3 5. Voter Turnout and Polling Stations 4 6. Number of Candidates per Constituency 5 7. Number of Candidates and Forfeiture of Deposits 6 8. List of Successful Candidates 7 - 28 9. Performance of National Parties vis-à-vis Others 29 10. Seats won by Parties in States / U.T.s 30 - 32 11. Seats won in States / U.T.s by Parties 33 - 35 12. Votes Polled by Parties – National Summary 36 13. Votes Polled by Parties in States / U.T.s 37 - 40 14. Votes Polled in States / U.T.s by Parties 41 - 44 15. Performance of Women Candidates 45 16. Performance of Women Candidates in National Parties vis-à-vis Others 46 17. Women Candidates 47 - 50 Part - II 18. Detailed Results 51- 108 Election Commission of India-General Elections,1957 (2nd LOK SABHA) LIST OF PARTICIPATING POLITICAL PARTIES PARTYTYPE ABBREVIATION PARTY NATIONAL PARTIES 1 . BJS ALL INDIA BHARTIYA JAN SANGH 2 . CPI COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA 3 . INC INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 4 . PSP PRAJA SOCIALIST PARTY OTHER STATE PARTIES 5 . CNSPJP JANATA 6 . FBM FORWARD BLOC (MARXIST) 7 . GP GANATANTRA PARISHAD 8 . HMS AKHIL BHARATIYA HINDU MAHASABHA 9 . JHP JHARKHAND PARTY 10 . PDF PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC FRONT 11 . PP PRAJA PARTY 12 . PWP PEASANTS & WORKERS PARTY 13 . RRP AKHIL BHARATIYA RAM RAJYA PARISHAD 14 . RSP REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST PARTY 15 . SCF All INDIA SCHEDULED CASTE FEDERATION INDEPENDENTS 16 . IND INDEPENDENT (rptListPoliticalParties - Page 1 of 1) 1 Election Commission of India - General Elections, 1957 (2nd LOK SABHA) NUMBER AND TYPES OF CONSTITUENCIES Type of Constituencies GEN SC ST TOTAL TOTAL STATE/UT PCs 1-Seat 2-Seat Total 1-Seat 2-Seat Total 1-Seat 2-Seat Total SEATS 1 Andhra Pradesh 35 27 8 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 2 Assam 10 7 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 3 Bihar 45 33 8 41 0 0 0 4 0 4 53 4 Bombay 58 46 8 54 0 0 0 4 0 4 66 5 Kerala 16 14 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 6 Madhya Pradesh 27 15 9 24 0 0 0 3 0 3 36 7 Madras 34 27 7 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 8 Mysore 23 20 3 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 9 Orrisa 14 6 6 12 0 0 0 2 0 2 20 10 Punjab 17 12 5 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 11 Rajasthan 18 13 4 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 22 12 Uttar Pradesh 68 50 18 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 13 West Bengal 28 20 8 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 14 Delhi 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 Himachal Pradesh 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 Manipur 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17 Tripura 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TOTAL 403 296 91 387 0 0 0 16 0 16 494 (rptNoTypeofConst - 1 of 1) 2 HOUSE OF PEOPLES - 1957 (2nd LOK SABHA) SEATS AND CONSTITUENCIES SINGLE SEAT CONSTITUENCIES DOUBLE SEAT CONSTITUENCIES (Number of seats) (Number of seats) Names of States/ Union Territory Gen SC ST Total Gen SC ST Total Number of Contituencie s Total seats States 1 Andhra Pradesh 35 27 0 27 8 6 2 16 43 2 Assam 10 7 1 8 2 1 1 4 12 3 Bihar 45 33 4 37 8 7 1 16 53 4 Bombay 58 46 4 50 8 7 1 16 66 5 Kerala 16 14 0 14 2 2 4 18 6 Madhya Pradesh 27 15 3 18 9 5 4 18 36 7 Madras 34 27 0 27 7 7 14 41 8 Mysore 23 20 0 20 3 3 6 26 9 Orissa 14 6 2 8 6 4 2 12 20 10 Punjab 17 12 0 12 5 5 10 22 11 Rajasthan 18 13 1 14 4 3 1 8 22 12 Uttar Pradesh 68 50 0 50 18 18 36 86 13 West Bengal 28 20 0 20 8 6 2 16 36 Union Territory 14 Delhi 4 3 0 3 1 1 2 5 15 Himachal Pradesh 3 2 0 2 1 1 2 4 16 Manipur 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 17 Tripura 1 1 1 2 2 403 296 0 16 312 91 76 15 182 494 Election Commission of India - General Elections, 1957 (2nd LOK SABHA) SIZE OF ELECTORATE STATE/UT NO OF ELECTORS 1 - Seat 2 - Seat TOTAL 1 . Andhra Pradesh 11051989 6616727 17668716 2 . Assam 2982170 1513189 4495359 3 . Bihar 13668413 5846154 19514567 4 . Bombay 18438847 6019825 24458672 5 . Kerala 5868699 1645927 7514626 6 . Madhya Pradesh 6943243 7066894 14010137 7 . Madras 11646913 5868080 17514993 8 . Mysore 7792544 2214392 10006936 9 . Orrisa 3235747 4748168 7983915 10 . Punjab 5053990 4155036 9209026 11 . Rajasthan 5582979 3162747 8745726 12 . Uttar Pradesh 20047020 14854583 34901603 13 . West Bengal 8532676 6683856 15216532 14 . Delhi 536561 439791 976352 15 . Himachal Pradesh 350998 320908 671906 16 . Manipur 330211 0 330211 17 . Tripura 0 432902 432902 TOTAL 122063000 71589179 193652179 (rptSizeElectorate - 1 of 1) 3 Election Commission of India - General Elections, 1957 (2nd LOK SABHA) VOTER TURNOUT STATE/UT ELECTORS Voters POLL 1-Seat 2-Seat Total 1-Seat 2-Seat Total % (age) 1 . Andhra Pradesh 11051989 6616727 17668716 4692725 4838648 9531373 42.99 2 . Assam 2982170 1513189 4495359 1203192 1089420 2292612 46.14 3 . Bihar 13668413 5846154 19514567 5747637 4260239 10007876 40.65 4 . Bombay 18438847 6019825 24458672 9878618 6881667 16760285 54.99 5 . Kerala 5868699 1645927 7514626 3935763 2114483 6050246 66.05 6 . Madhya Pradesh 6943243 7066894 14010137 2757660 4856562 7614222 36.77 7 . Madras 11646913 5868080 17514993 5373785 5577056 10950841 47.75 8 . Mysore 7792544 2214392 10006936 4118356 1680084 5798440 52.21 9 . Orrisa 3235747 4748168 7983915 1190839 3249651 4440490 34.88 10 . Punjab 5053990 4155036 9209026 3115469 4068361 7183830 53.75 11 . Rajasthan 5582979 3162747 8745726 2360349 2288734 4649083 39.04 12 . Uttar Pradesh 20047020 14854583 34901603 9397054 13499049 22896103 46.02 13 . West Bengal 8532676 6683856 15216532 4523514 5916586 10440100 47.67 14 . Delhi 536561 439791 976352 338940 472404 811344 57.29 15 . Himachal Pradesh 350998 320908 671906 144797 217844 362641 36.53 16 . Manipur 330211 0 330211 174091 0 174091 52.72 17 . Tripura 0 432902 432902 0 550338 550338 63.56 TOTAL 122063000 71589179 193652179 58952789 61561126 120513915 45.44 (rptVoterTurnout - 1 of 1) 4 Election Commission of India - General Elections, 1957 (2nd LOK SABHA) NUMBER OF CANDIDATES PER CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCIES WITH CANDIDATES NUMBERING TOTAL CANDIDATES IN A CANDI- CONSTITUENCY STATE/UT SEATS 1 2 3 4 5 6 - 8 9 -10 >10 DATES AVG MIN MAX 1 . Andhra Pradesh 35 2 13 8 5 4 2 1 0 112 3 1 10 2 . Assam 10 1 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 31 3 1 6 3 . Bihar 45 0 3 18 7 8 7 1 1 189 4 2 11 4 . Bombay 58 0 33 14 4 2 5 0 0 159 3 2 6 5 . Kerala 16 0 1 7 5 1 2 0 0 58 4 2 6 6 . Madhya Pradesh 27 1 5 6 3 2 8 2 0 121 4 1 10 7 . Madras 34 0 5 8 6 5 9 1 0 142 4 1 9 8 . Mysore 23 1 10 7 3 2 0 0 0 62 3 1 5 9 . Orrisa 14 0 2 5 1 2 4 0 0 57 4 2 6 10 . Punjab 17 0 2 2 1 5 7 0 0 78 5 2 7 11 . Rajasthan 18 0 1 6 3 3 5 0 0 60 3 2 6 12 . Uttar Pradesh 68 0 10 21 13 6 13 5 0 292 4 2 10 13 . West Bengal 28 0 5 13 2 5 3 0 0 98 4 2 7 14 . Delhi 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 27 7 4 13 15 . Himachal Pradesh 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 5 2 8 16 . Manipur 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 6 5 6 17 . Tripura 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 7 7 7 Grand Total 403 5 92 120 56 47 71 10 2 1519 3.77 1 13 (rptNoCandidatesPerConstituency - 1 of 1) 5 Election Commission of India - General Elections, 1957 (2nd LOK SABHA) NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FORFEITURE OF DEPOSITS STATE/UT No. of No. of Candidates No of FDs * Seats N S Z TOTAL N S Z TOTAL 1 . Andhra Pradesh 35 61 12 39 112 1 2 27 30 2 . Assam 10 22 0 9 31 0 0 4 4 3 . Bihar 45 106 23 60 189 18 11 48 77 4 . Bombay 58 95 23 41 159 7 6 18 31 5 . Kerala 16 40 3 15 58 7 1 9 17 6 . Madhya Pradesh 27 80 17 24 121 13 6 23 42 7 . Madras 34 61 0 81 142 5 0 55 60 8 .