1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election

1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election

← 1952 Bombay (Legislative Assembly) ← 1952 Hyderabad (Legislative Assembly) 25 February 1957 1962 Maharashtra (Legislative Assembly) → 1962 Gujarat (Legislative Assembly) →
All 396 seats in the Bombay Legislative Assembly 199 seats needed for a majority
Registered	24,458,722
Turnout	53.16% ( 2.38%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party INC PSP Peasants and Workers Party of India Seats before 269 New Seats won 234 36 31 Seat change 35 27 17 Popular vote 81,31,604 14,98,700 11,13,436 Percentage 48.66% 8.97% 6.66%
CM before election Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan INC Elected CM Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan INC

Elections to the Bombay Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1146 candidates contested for the 339 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 57 two-member constituencies and 282 single-member constituencies.^[1]

The incumbent Indian National Congress won reelection, with Yashwantrao Chavan continuing as Chief Minister. Despite suffering a decrease in seats, the incumbent government retained its simple majority in the legislative assembly.