1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

25 February 1957
All 208 seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly 105 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51.3%
First party Second party   Leader S. Nijalingappa Party INC PSP Leader's seat Molakalmuru Last election 74 Did not contest Seats won 150 18 Popular vote 33,43,839 9,02,373 Percentage 52.08% 14.06%
Chief Minister before election S. Nijalingappa INC Elected Chief Minister S. Nijalingappa INC

Elections to the Mysore Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 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 an 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 cast their vote in double-member constituencies. The poll percentage in the state was 51.3%.^[2]

Results

Summary of results of the 1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election^[2]

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

Elected members

See also

• 1957 elections in India
• Mysore State
• 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

References