1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Second Legislative Aseembly, Uttar Pradesh

← 1951 February 25, 1957 (1957-02-25) 1962 →
430 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 216 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	44.77% 6.76%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Sampurnanand Triloki Singh Party INC PSP Leader's seat Varanasi City South Lucknow City East Last election 388 seats, 47.93% 21 seats, 17.73% Seats won 286 44 Seat change 102 23 Popular vote 9,298,382 3,170,865 Percentage 42.42% 14.47% Swing 5.51% 3.26%
CM before election Sampurnanand INC Elected CM Sampurnanand INC

The second 'Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh in 1957. The Indian National Congress won a comfortable margin with 286 of the 430 Vidhan Sabha seats, although it was less of a majority than in the previous election in 1951.

The Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1711 candidates contested for the 430 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 89 two-member constituencies and 252 single-member constituencies.^[1]