West Bengal state assembly election, 1957
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The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.
[edit] Alliances
On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Praja Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc, Marxist Forward Bloc and the Revolutionary Socialist Party) and the United Left Front (comprised of the Socialist Unity Centre of India, the Bolshevik Party of India, the Republican Party and the Democratic Vanguard). A third alliance was the United Democratic People's Front, consisting of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Hindu Mahasabha and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India.[1]
[edit] Results
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
| Indian National Congress | 251 | 152 | 4830992 | 46,14% |
| Communist Party of India | 103 | 46 | 1865106 | 17,81% |
| Praja Socialist Party | 67 | 21 | 1031392 | 9,85% |
| Forward Bloc | 26 | 8 | 425318 | 4,06% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 37 | 25 | 225126 | 2,15% |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 33 | 0 | 102477 | 0,98% |
| Independents | 418 | 22 | 1989392 | 19,00% |
| Total: | 935 | 252 | 10469803 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 216.
- ^ List Of Political Parties
