1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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.
Important members
was the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He succeeded Govind Ballabh Pant of his party and served as a Chief Minister from 1954 to 1960. In 1960, due to a political crisis initiated by Kamlapati Tripathi and Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Sampurnanand was asked to quit the post of Chief Minister and was sent to Rajasthan as the Governor. Following were the important members of the Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.# | From | To | Position | Name | Party |
01 | 1957 | 1960 | Chief Minister | Sampurnanand | Indian National Congress |
02 | 1960 | 1962 | Chief Minister | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Indian National Congress |
03 | 1957 | 1962 | Speaker of the Assembly | Atmaram Govind Kher | Indian National Congress |
04 | 1957 | 1962 | Deputy Speaker | Ramnarayan Tripathi | Indian National Congress |
05 | 1957 | 1962 | Leader of the Opposition | Triloki Singh | Praja Socialist Party |
06 | 1953 | 1959 | Finance minister | Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim | Indian National Congress |
07 | 1959 | 1961 | Finance minister | Syed Ali Zaheer | Indian National Congress |
08 | 1961 | 1963 | Finance minister | Har Govind Singh | Indian National Congress |
09 | 1957 | 1960 | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | S. Ali Zaheer | Indian National Congress |
10 | 1961 | 1962 | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | Mangala Prasad | Indian National Congress |
11 | 1957 | 1962 | Principal Secretary | D. N. Mithal | - |