1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
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All 154 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
78 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Partap Singh Kairon -
Party INC ABJS
Leader's seat Sirhali -
Seats won 120 9
Seat change Increase 24 Increase 9
Popular vote 3,612,709 654,395
Percentage 47.51% 8.61%
Swing Increase 10.82 Increase 3.05
Chief Minister before election

Partap Singh Kairon
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Partap Singh Kairon
INC

Elections to the Second Punjab Legislative Assembly were held in 1957. 661 candidates contested for the 154 seats of the 121 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 21 two-member constituencies and 84 single-member constituencies.[1]

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